This course aims at studying current developments in Portuguese Studies in light of recent postcolonial debates. By addressing the diversity of cultural and artistic production in Portuguese within different geocultural frames (Europe, South America, Africa and the East), the course will stress the symbolic capital of Portuguese as a world language in times of expanding globalization and multicultural complexity.

CILO-1: Discuss current developments in Portuguese Studies in light of recent postcolonial debates. CILO-2: Compare the diversity of cultural and artistic production in Portuguese within different geocultural frames (Europe, South America, Africa and the East). CILO-3: Interpret the value of Portuguese as a world language in times of expanding globalization and multicultural complexity.