Ícaro Carvalho is a Ph.D. candidate and Teaching Fellow who focuses his studies in Brazilian geographical spaces and social classes through literature, cinema and music lyrics. His masters’ thesis aimed to voice the social, political and cultural conflicts of the 20th century urban Brazilian working class by studying its background and its impact on the subsequent decades. Moreover, the study analyzed how these people expressed themselves artistically in such a harsh and unique environment. Ícaro Carvalho’s current main interests are historical studies, studies of social classes and narrative studies in general, through the dialogue of different media, specially films and literature written in Portuguese. Besides his experience teaching Portuguese language, Brazilian literature and creative writing at university context, he has also published articles, book chapters and has presented at academic events.
Education
- M.A. Comparative Literature, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2020).
- B.A. Languages and Literature – English and Portuguese, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2018).
Research
- Literature written in Portuguese
- Narrative studies
- Comparative Literature
- Cinema, visual arts and adaptations
- History and history of literature
Articles
Peer-Reviewed
- 2024 – “Lion in the winter”. Ciclo de Filmes UFRGS. Co-authored with: Bruno Dariva
- 2023 – “The People of the Abyss: an exploration of the obscure side of London society”. (FURG). Co-authored with: Antonio Sanseverino
- 2022 – Variations on saudade: the baroque fold as an act of invention. Entrelaces, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
- 2022 – Feiticeiros, fantasmas e ecos do passado: as manifestações do trauma em Harry Potter e na trilogia Simon Snow. Co-authored with: Isadora Ravazolo.
- 2022 – Papéis Avulsos: O anel de Polícrates e Teoria do Medalhão. Machado de Assis: ficção, criação e sociedade.
- 2021 – The south of the South America by Angélica Freitas. Revista Mester, UCLA.
- 2021 – “Migration, exile and borders: narrative by Ruffato in Flores Artificiais”. Fronteiras, migrações, representações. UFMA.
- 2021 – History and description of the yellow fever epidemic that raged Rio de Janeiro in 1850. Brasil/ Brazil, Brown University/ UFRGS.
- 2021 – The book-poem-object-sculpture by Ricardo Tiago Moura. eLyra, Universidade do Porto.
- 2021 – Beyond the Best Seller: The Brilliance of Elena Ferrante. Westwind Journal of Arts, UCLA. Co-authored with: Raquel Zandomeneghi.
- 2020 – Who the f*** are Arctic Monkeys?. Scriptorium, PUC Rio Grande do Sul.
- 2020 – The middle-class of Machado de Assis. Caderno de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Mackenzie São Paulo.
- 2020 – Migration, exile and borders: the narrative by Ruffato in Flores Artificiais. Contraponto, Federal University of Piaui.
- 2020 – “The southern gothic: adaptation of the environment in different media”. Poetics and Internationalization. UFRGS. Co-authored with: Bruno Dariva.
- 2020 – Um monstro de raíz: a presença da tradição no Monstro do Pântano, de Alan Moore. Figuração de personagens monstruosas. UERJ, Co-Authored with: Leonardo Vidal.
- 2019 –The verbalization of the undemocratic. Opiniães, University of São Paulo.
Fiction
– “Of these sea stuff, she knew nothing about“. Westwind Journal of Arts Fall (2021).
– “The Moment Both Hands Touched“. Westwind Flash Horror. UCLA. (2021)
– “Amanda foi à Praia”. Revista Interdisciplinar em Estudos da Linguagem, Federal Institute of São Paulo. (2020)
– Movements like a painter. In: Palavra por palavra. 1ed.Porto Alegre: Sintrajufe, (2018)
Courses
Teaching fellow
- Winter 2025 Spanish 2 — Elementary Spanish
- Summer 2024 Spanish 1 — Elementary Spanish
- Spring 2024 Portuguese 11A — Intensive Portuguese and culture
- Winter 2024 Portuguese 46 — Luso Speaking World
- Fall 2023 Portuguese 25 — Advanced Portuguese
Teaching Associate
- Spring 2023 Portuguese 3 – Intermediate Portuguese
- Winter 2023 Portuguese 46 – Luso Speaking World
- Fall 2022 Portuguese 1 – Elementary Portuguese
Teaching Assistant
- Spring 2022 Portuguese 11B – Intensive Portuguese and culture
- Winter 2022 Portuguese 11A – Intensive Portuguese and culture
- Fall 2021 Portuguese 11A – Intensive Portuguese and culture
Awards and Grants
UCLA/ Keck Humanistic Inquiry Research Awards. 2024.
Harry and Yvonne Lenart Graduate Travel Fellowship. 2024
Joan M. Arias Graduate Student International Conference Travel Award. 2024.
APSA Congress Travel Support for Graduate Students. 2024.
Graduate Summer Researcher, UCLA. 2024.
EPIC-Lang pedagogical grant, The Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms, UCLA. 2022
Graduate Summer Researcher, UCLA. 2022.
UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Fellowship. 2020.
Capes-PROEX Research Scholarship (Academic Excellence Program). 2018.
Honorable mention at short-stories contest “Festive and affective Memories”. 2018.
Second place for short stories in the “14º Mário Quintana Literary Contest”. 2018.