Teaching American Studies in Brazilian Universities: Johannes Factotum Or Janus?

Cristina M. T. STEVENS

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Teaching American Studies in Brazilian Universities: Johannes Factotum Or Janus?

Authors:

Cristina M. T. STEVENS

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1999 Issue 10, pp.69-79

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/1999

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735220

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606

Abstract:

 

“North American Culture and Institutions” courses, as they are called, have been   taught in Brazil since the early 1980s. At the University of Brasilia where I teach,   these courses have been offered since 1980 and are compulsory courses for the   students of the Translation Department. They are designed to give support to   English Language and Literature courses but look beyond language and literature   by providing students with cultural awareness, an important component of the   process of acquisition of the language they are learning to translate. They were  and   to a large degree still are  taught in the so-called “life and civilization” fashion; i.e.,   as the study of North American history and institutions. Similar courses are taught   at the graduate level, forming part of the M.A. programme in English.

Article Details

Teaching American Studies in Brazilian Universities: Johannes Factotum Or Janus?

Authors: Cristina M. T. STEVENS

Publisher: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1999 Issue 10, pp.69-79

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/1999

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000735220

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Authors:

Cristina M. T. STEVENS

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1999 Issue 10, pp.69-79

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/1999

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735220

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606