Ícaro Carvalho is a graduate student 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. Literature, Society and History of 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
  • Cinema, visual arts and adaptations
  • History and history of literature

Articles

– Carvalho, I. Ravazolo, I. (2022). Feiticeiros, fantasmas e ecos do passado: as manifestações do trauma em Harry Potter e na trilogia Simon Snow. (Forthcoming) 

– Carvalho, I, Dariva, B. (2022) “Lion in the winter”. Ciclo de Filmes UFRGS. (Forthcoming)  

– Carvalho, I. Sanseverino, A. (2022). “O Povo no Abismo: uma exploração do lado obscuro da sociedade Londrina”. Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG).  

– Carvalho, I. (2022). Papéis Avulsos: O anel de Polícrates e Teoria do Medalhão. Abralic 2021. (Forthcoming) 

– Carvalho, I. (2021). O Sul da América do Sul por Angélica Freitas. Revista Mester, UCLA.  

– Carvalho, I (2021). “Of these sea stuff, she knew nothing about”. Westwind Journal of Arts Fall 2021. Web: https://d85fc821-26f6-4f4d-a859-1112589da0d0.filesusr.com/ugd/58c2ec_270b17e6b85544d2b3bdc4a36140a81a.pdf   

– Carvalho, I. (2021). “Migração, exílio e fronteiras: a narrativa de Ruffato em Flores Artificiais”. Fronteiras, migrações, representações. UFMA. 

– Carvalho, I. (2021). “The Moment Both Hands Touched”. Westwind Flash Horror. UCLA. Web: https://d85fc821-26f6-4f4d-a859-1112589da0d0.filesusr.com/ugd/58c2ec_e7280178853e4f81bcf9ad8eb22a8e21.pdf    

– Carvalho, I. (2021). José Pereira Rego. História e descrição da febre amarela epidêmica que grassou no Rio de Janeiro em 1850. Posfácio de Sidney Chalhoub. São Paulo: Chão Editora, 2020. 352 p. Brasil/ Brazil, Brown University/ UFRGS. Web: https://www.seer.ufrgs.br/brasilbrazil/article/view/117402   

– Carvalho, I. (2021). O livro-poema-objecto-escultura de Ricardo Tiago Moura. eLyra, Universidade do Porto. Web: https://www.elyra.org/index.php/elyra/article/view/387   

– Carvalho, I., Zandomeneghi, R. (2021).  Beyond the Best Seller: The Brilliance of Elena Ferrante.. Westwind Journal of Arts, UCLA. Web: https://www.westwinducla.com/post/beyond-the-best-seller-the-brilliance-of-elena-ferrante   

– Carvalho, I. (2020).  Who the f*** are Arctic Monkeys?. Revista Scriptorium, PUC Rio Grande do Sul. 

– Carvalho, I. (2020).  The middle-class of Machado de Assis. Caderno de Pós-Graduação em Letras, Mackenzie São Paulo. 

– Carvalho, I. (2020). Amanda and the sea. Revista Interdisciplinar em Estudos da Linguagem, Federal Institute of São Paulo. 

– Carvalho, I. (2020). Migration, exile and borders: the narrative by Ruffato in Flores Artificiais. Revista Contraponto, Federal University of Piaui.  

– Carvalho, I., Dariva, B. (2020). “The southern gothic: adaptation of the environment in different media”. Poetics and Internationalization. UFRGS. Web: https://www.ufrgs.br/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Poe%CC%81ticaseInternacionalizac%CC%A7a%CC%83o2020.pdf    

– Carvalho, I. Vidal, Leonardo Poglia. (2020). Um monstro de raíz: a presença da tradição no Monstro do Pântano, de Alan Moore. In: Figuração de personagens monstruosas: 1 ed. Rio de Janeiro: Dialogarts UERJ, p. 133-160. 

– Carvalho, I. (2019). The verbalization of the undemocratic. Revista Opiniães, University of São Paulo.  

– Carvalho, I. (2018). Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. In: Coloquiumm Mochileiros de Outros Mares 2018: Caderno de Resumos. 1ed. North Charleston: CreateSpace. v. 1, p. 46-46. 

– Carvalho, I. (2018). Movements like a painter. In: Palavra por palavra. 1ed.Porto Alegre: Sintrajufe, p. 127-132. 

– Carvalho, I., Copetti, I. (2017). Flying Bottles and Emergency Lights: the portrait of the British youth of the ’00 through the album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’. In:.Shakespeare & Friends Event Ufrgs. 1ed.North Charleston: CreateSpace, v. 1, p. 34-34. 

– Carvalho, I., Horst, K. (2016). The Olympics 2016. Revista Bem Legal, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. 176-182.  

Courses

Spring 2022 Portuguese 11B – Intensive Portuguese and culture 

Winter 2022 Portuguese 11A – Intensive Portuguese and culture 

Fall 2021 Portuguese 11A – Intensive Portuguese and culture 

Publishing and Organization of Events

Fiction