PORT
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Fernando Pessoa
Hours
3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab
Seminar on one of the major European poets of the twentieth century and the only Portuguese poet on a par with Camões.
Discuss historical context
Discuss the historical and social context for Pessoa's work.
Identify heteronyms
Identify Pessoa's various heteronyms and discuss their individual world views.
Discuss key works
Recognize key works by Pessoa and discuss their unique characteristics and literary value.
Analyze themes and symbols
Analyze themes and symbols in Pessoa's poetry.
Compare Mensagem and Lusíadas
Describe the implicit tension between Pessoa's Mensagem and Camões' Lusíadas.
Research one or more works
Develop a reasonable interpretation of one or more works by Pessoa and support that interpretation with appropriate evidence in a research paper.