Research

Dr Perdigao’s research focuses on Brazilian Cinema with a particular interest in literary adaptation.

His doctoral thesis investigated Brazilian film and television adaptations of novels by Portuguese nineteenth-century author Eça de Queirós, with focus on the clash of discourses between hypo- and hypertext. His analysis brings to the fore the role of constructed affections in the adaptations, highlighting how heightened doses of cordiality, sensuality, humour, and melodrama in the adaptations worked to subvert well-established readings of the novels under focus. 

Other research interests include translation, Brazilian popular culture,  queer cinema, and Latin American cinema.

Teaching

Prelims

Papers I & II (Portuguese Language) 

FHS

Oral

Paper I (Prose Composition & Essay)

Paper II (Translation from Modern Portuguese)

Paper XII (Special Subject: Brazilian Cinema)

Paper XII (Special Subject: Latin American Cinema)