Acontece, entre 20 e 23 de agosto, o Seminário sobre Literatura e Cultura Brasileira e o II Festival de Cinema Lusófono, na University of Delhi, em Nova Delhi, Índia. Serão apresentados alguns filmes e vários trabalhos acadêmicos relacionados à literatura e cultura brasileira e lusófona. O escritor Luiz Ruffato é o escritor brasileiro convidado. Na ocasião, apresentará uma conferência sobre literatura brasileira. A conferência, em inglês, é um resumo do texto “Apontamentos sobre Literatura Brasileira”, publicado no site do Conexões. A conferência será apresentada na sede local do Instituto Camões. Confira a programação:

 

20 August (Tuesday)

 

4 pm: Lecture by Luiz Ruffato, followed by interaction with the audience

          Venue: Instituto Camões/Portuguese Cultural Centre, Chanakyapuri

 

Luiz Ruffato – writer, author of “They were many horses” (2001, also published in France, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Germany and Spain), “I am no longer remembered” (2007, also published in Portugal) , “I was in Lisbon and thought of you” (2009, also published in Portugal, Italy, Argentina and Spain) and the cycle “Temporary Hell”, which consists of five volumes: “Mamma, I’m so happy” (2005, also published in France, Mexico and Germany), “The enemy world” (2005, also published in France and Mexico), “Partial view of the night” (2006), “The book of impossibilities” (2008) and “Sundays without God” (2012 also published in Cuba).

 

5:30 pm: High Tea

 

6:15 pm: Opening of the II CPLP Film Festival

                Venue: Instituto Camões/Portuguese Cultural Centre, Chanakyapur

6:30 pm: Screening of the Film “Language – Lives in Portuguese”

               Venue: Instituto Camões/Portuguese Cultural Centre, Chanakyapuri

 Direction: Victor Lopes

 Duration: 91 min.

 Language: Portuguese

 Subtitles: English

 Year: 2002

Synopsis: Shot in Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, India and Macau, the film includes interviews with José Saramago (Portuguese Literary Nobel Prize), Martinho da Vila (Brazilian singer and songwriter), and Mia Couto (Mozambican writer), to illustrate its main premise: “there is no Portuguese language; there are languages in Portuguese”

 

21 August (Wednesday)

 

10 am: Conference on Brazilian Literature and Culture

            Venue: Arts Faculty of University of Delhi, Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, Room nº 32

 

10:05 am: Donation of Brazilian books to the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi

 

Panel Discussion (in collaboration with the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi):

 

Enlightening El Rei on India and on Brazil: First letters and chronicles from the Indies and the Land of Vera Cruz

Ajay Prasad (Professor of the Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)

 

Some elements for a compared artistic-literary review of Brazil/India

José Abílio Perez Junior (Doctor in Religious Science, Federal University of Juiz de Fora/Brazil. Graduated in Social Communications, University of São Paulo)

 

“Father against Mother” – a Short Story by Machado de Assis

Manjulata Sharma (Professor of the Department of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi)

 

Bossa Nova: A Brazilian contribution to the world

Smriti Ladsaria (MA, First Year, Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)                                         

12 pm: Screening of the Portuguese Film “Slave’s Island”

            Venue: Arts Faculty of University of Delhi, Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, Room nº 32

            Direction: Francisco Manso

            Duration: 102 min.

            Language: Portuguese

            Subtitles: English

            Year: 2008

            Synopsis: Following the sinking of a French slave ship off the coast of the island, flocks of escaped slaves disperse in the most remote areas. The military repression, blind and indiscriminate, do not wait. In this circumstance, a slave named John is confronted with the arrest of his biological mother and will be required to assume an attitude of revolt, dragging with him many other slaves of the island. The film raises the issue of miscegenation, forced by white settlers, of the population of Cape Verde.

 

2 pm: High Tea

 

3 pm:     Screening of the Brazilian Film “The year my parents went on vacation”

                Venue: Arts Faculty of University of Delhi (Department of Germanic and Romance Studies)

                Direction: Cao Hamburger

                Duration: 110 min.

                Language: Portuguese

                Subtitles: English

                Year: 2006

Synopsis: 1970. Brazil and the world seem to be upside down, but the main concern of Mauro, a 12 year-old boy, has little to do with the military regime that holds sway over Brazil: his dream is too see Brazil win its third Football World Championship. Suddenly, he is separated from his parents and has to adapt to a “strange” and funny community – the “Bom Retiro”, a neighbourhood in São Paulo where Jews, Italians and many other cultures meet. This a touching story of solidarity.         

22 August (Thursday)

 

3 pm: Conference on Brazilian Literature and Culture

          Venue: Committee Room, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

3:05 pm: Donation of Brazilian books to the Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies (CSPILAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

A Conference on India-Brazil: Exploring Shared Designs (in collaboration with CSPILAS/JNU):

 

Brazil through Indian Eyes: A Poetic Journey

Makarand R. Paranjape (Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi; Author/editor of over thirty-books)

 

A Close Reading of Cecília Meireles’ Poemas escritos na Índia

Rita Ray (Assitant Professor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata)

 

Exploring the Spatial Trope of a Journey towards a Father in two Films Central do Brasil by Walter Salles (1998) and Masoom  by Shekhar Kapoor (1985)

Lovey Shristava (JRF in the CSPILAS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and working towards her PhD on Latin American and Indian Cinema from a Comparative Studies perspective)

 

Exploring Men without Women through Feminist Interpolations in Central do Brazil and Awaara

Richa Nehra (Guest Faculty/Portuguese, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)

 

The Kalaripayattu and the Capoeira as Masculine Performances: From Bodies of Resistance to Neoliberal Tourism Bodies.

Indrani Mukherjee (Professor in the CSPILS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and teacher of Latin American Studies)

 

5:00 pm: High Tea

 

6:00 pm: Screening of the Brazilian Film “Brazil Station”

 Venue: Committee Room, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 Direction: Walter Salles

 Duration:  112 min.

 Language: Portuguese

 Subtitles: English

 Year: 1998

 Synopsis: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.

23 August (Friday)

 

3 pm: Conference on Brazilian Literature and Culture

          Venue: Tagore Hall, Mir-Taqi Mir, Administrative Block, Jamia Millia Islamia

3:05 pm: Donation of Brazilian books to the Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

Panel Discussion (in collaboration with the Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia):

 

In Pursuit of Happiness: Proletarian Journeys through Dystopia in the works of Luiz Ruffato

Sonya Surabhi Gupta (Professor and Director of the Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)

 

Street protests in Brazil and India: A comparative analysis

Ambassador B. S. Prakash (Indian Ambassador to Brazil  from 2008 to 2012 and Visiting Professor at the Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)

 

Muslims in Brazil

Tanzeem Haider (Research Scholar, Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)

 

5:00 pm: High Tea

 

6:00 pm: Screening of the Mozambican film “The Last Flight of the Famingo”

               Venue: Tagore Hall, Mir-Taqi Mir, Administrative Block, Jamia Millia Islamia

 Direction: João Ribeiro

               Duration: 83 min.

               Language: Portuguese

               Subtitles: English

               Year: 2010

            Synopsis: “If you want to discover the truth do not ask people, ask to life.” Tizangara, a small village lost in the interior of Mozambique, a few months after the end of the Civil War. Five mysterious explosions kill as many soldiers of the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations. The only remaining evidences: severed penis and the emblematic blue helmets. This is the starting point for an enigmatic investigation conducted by the duty officer designated by the United Nations, Italian Lieutenant Colonel Massimo Risi.