Luiz Roberto Farias

Luiz Roberto Farias
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PhD Student Brazilian & Lusophone Studies
Teaching Assistant of Portuguese at the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LASCI)

Luiz Roberto Farias is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia, specializing in Brazilian cinema and literature from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. He wrote the preface to Agá (2019), a novel by Hermilo Borba Filho, and participated in the documentary A Prática da Anarquia: Uma Leitura de Sobrados e Mocambos, directed by the acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Hilton Lacerda. Farias holds an M.A. in Theory of Literature from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. In addition to his academic pursuits, he studied classical guitar and double bass at the Conservatório Pernambucano de Música and performs both Brazilian and American music.

Selected Publications:

FARIAS, L. R. L. Hermilo Borba Filho e seu Agá: as espetaculares confissões de um personagem grotesco. In: BORBA FILHO, Hermilo. Agá (Novel). Prefácio: Luiz Farias. Recife: Editora CEPE, 2019.

FARIAS, L. R. L. O grotesco e as imagens do corpo no romance Agá de Hermilo Borba Filho. Dissertação (Mestrado). Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Centro de Artes e Comunicação. Letras, 2017. Available in: https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/24973.

FARIAS, L. R. L. Isto é meu corpo (que é dado por vós): o grotesco, a tortura e o sacrifício no romance Agá, de Hermilo Borba Filho. INVESTIGAÇÕES (ONLINE). , v.30, p.1-2017.

FARIAS, L. R. L. A estética do grotesco em Os ambulantes de Deus, de Hermilo Borba Filho In: WANDERLEY, André de Sena (org.). Literatura Fantástica e Grotesco.23 ed. Recife: Editora UFPE, 2017, p. 125-140.

FARIAS, L. R. L. Confessional e Autobiográfico. Continente magazine. Recife, p.26 - 31, 2017.

FARIAS, L. R. L. A Donzela Arrevesada: Representações do Grotesco e dos Afetos num Conto de Hermilo Borba Filho. Intersemiose - Revista Digital. , v.IV, 2015.

FARIAS, L. R. L. Para que servem os afetos?. RECIFE:NELI-NÚCLEO DE ESTUDOS DE LITERATURA E INTERSEMIOSE, 2015. Translation. (Michael HARDT. “Foreword: What affects are good for.” Preface to the book The affective turn – theorizing the social, organized by Patricia Ticineto CLOUGH and Jean HALLEY (Durkham and London: Duke University Press, 2007).

 
Education:

M.A IN THEORY OF LITERATURE, February 2017.

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO, Recife PE.

FULLY LICENCED in LETTERS – PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH, December 2013.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO, Recife PE

Events featuring Luiz Roberto Farias
Tropical Tunes poster
October 13, 3:00pm

Tropical Tunes: An Afternoon of Brazilian Music with Luiz Roberto Farias

Gilbert Hall Room 115

Luiz Roberto Farias is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia. He also studied classical guitar and double bass and he plays Brazilian and American music.

Poster_LiveMusic
November 30, 5:30pm

Live Music - Curupira Beats: A Journey Through Brazilian Music

Tate Center Reception Hall

Come listen to live Brazilian music played by students, instructors, and guests. Short presentations about the songs will enrich the experience. Delicious feijoada [Brazilian Black Bean Stew] will be served. Everyone is welcome!

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February 4, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Romance Languages Colloquium

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Gilbert Hall 118

The Romance Languages Colloquium is a series of free, open to the public events organized by graduate students of the Department. The spirit of the event is to share our department’s work with the community, making us more aware of what our colleagues do and giving us the opportunity of talking to about our production.

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