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Is it possible for a student of other nationality to understand the brazilian social and cultural context?

Is it possible for a brazilian regional author to develop global and universal problems in the novel?

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Activity three - Cultural problems - Connections between times and spaces 

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Activity three - Cultural problems - Connections between times and spaces 

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- In groups, the students will compare the novel and the documentary, sharing with the class the brazilian social problems in both.

- After that, they will research other documentary, paper or news to relate with the novel and the painting.

- The main objective of the activity is the students comprehend the maintenance of the brazilian problems.

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Connections - Novel "Torto Arado" (2019), by Itamar Vieira Junior 

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Connections - Novel "Torto Arado" (2019), by Itamar Vieira Junior 

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A recent novel that discuss the poverty, the mandonistic society and the violence of the brazilian society by the eyes of two sisters.

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Connections - Documentary "Brazil without the basic" (2018) 

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Connections - Documentary "Brazil without the basic" (2018) 

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A documentary about poverty and structural problems  in modern Brazil.

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Caminhos da Reportagem | Um Brasil sem o básico

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Brazilian modernism and the representation of the social and political problems.

The teacher will present the main aspects and characteristics of the brazilian second modernismo.

The class will discuss the main problems of brazilian society and politics, in a historical and cultural perspective.

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- What’s the importance of the cultural and social context to the production of the brazilian art and literature?

- How can we recognize the brazilian social, cultural and political questions in the novel?

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Can we establish the connection between the problems represented in the novel with our modern times?

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Activity two - The brazilian social and political problems

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Activity two - The brazilian social and political problems

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In the same groups, the students will raize the social e political problems represented in the novel and establish the connection with the painting. After that, they will share with the class their point of view.

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Literary work - Vidas Secas (1938), by Graciliano Ramos

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Literary work - Vidas Secas (1938), by Graciliano Ramos

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A neo realistic novel that narrates the survival of a miserable family in brazilian county;

This family walks across the county to find a place to establish and to live;

This family is composed by the father, Fabiano, the mother, Sinhá Vitória, and the two kids;

The family is humiliated in the city on the christmas, because they are miserable;

The state, represented by a yellow soldier, humiliates Fabiano every time he see him;

At the end of the novel, they are obligated to walk again, because a storm destroys the house;

The novel is organized in a circle structure, indicating that they will live in this way.

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- Teaching focused on a conceptual understanding;
- Teaching developed in local and global contexts.

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Thinking Skills: understand the brazilian modernism; analyse the novel and the paintings; connect with modern times;

Communication Skills: communicate in written and oral form; read and understand different texts; the ability to share the impressions with the class

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During the course, they students will do two activities, preparing them to the IB exams:

- (Internal Assessment / Individual Oral) The students will compare and contrast the novel “Vidas Secas” with Portinari's painting relating to a global issue.

- (Higher Level Essay) The students will write a higher level essay about the novel “Vidas Secas”

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In groups, the students will analyse one chapter of the novel. They must discuss the following items: a) literary structure; b) time and space; c) action; d) characters.

After this first moment, they will share the analysis with the class. After all the presentations, we will have a global discussion about the novel.

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The representation of the novel in brazilian 60s cinema - Vidas Secas (1963), by Glauber Rocha 

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The representation of the novel in brazilian 60s cinema - Vidas Secas (1963), by Glauber Rocha 

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Painting - Os retirantes (1944), by Candido Portinari 

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Painting - Os retirantes (1944), by Candido Portinari 

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- The themes and styles of brazilian second modernismo;
- The innovation and maintenance of the brazilian 30s novel;
- The relationship between art and literature in 30s;
- The maintenance of brazilian social problems in modern times.