Research in Portuguese Language and Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

The student should hold a graduate degree in the generic field of literary studies, with an emphasis on Portuguese literature and other Portuguese-language literatures. The student should also show an impeccable language proficiency in Portuguese. The knowledge of two foreign languages, one of them being English, in the framework of the reading competence for educational purposes, is also recommended.

Teaching Methods

This course will function in seminars. The student will be encouraged to contribute with his/her own personal reflection to the analysis and questioning of the subjects of this course unit, following the summaries and questions presented by the teacher. The contribution of the student presupposes his/her planned participation in seminars, later to be discussed, with the support of theoretical texts or case  studies.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course unit, the student should be able to develop advanced questions posed by Portuguese literature in the various aspects stated in the course contents and in direct relation with topics and sub­topics of literary theory, within a perspective that goes beyond the context of national literatures. At the same time, the student should have the competence to choose between domains or fields of study that, in line with the scientific­educational field of the 2nd Cycle of studies, allow him/her to develop research leading to the attainment of the Master's Degree. To that effect, the student should have a knowledge of the research tools and routines in literary studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This course unit questions research subjects leading to academic assignments to be carried out by the  students in specific subjects and fields. To that effect, the unit aims to provide the student with research tools and routines related to the concerned field of study. Course subjects to be developed: The literary field and the Portuguese­language literatures. The question of Lusophony and the Portuguese­speaking  literatures.

Institutional, sociocultural and ideological questions; the post­colonial question. Portuguese­language literature and its relation with the field of the Portuguese­language literatures. Linguistic and Comparatistic incidences. World literature and littérature­monde. The history of literature: methodological and epistemological problems. Fields of study and institutional implications. Textual criticism and text  editing.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos António Alves dos Reis

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 50.0%

Bibliography

BERNARDES, J. (1999). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. II (Humanismo e Renascimento). Lisboa: Verbo.

COUTINHO, A. (Dir.) & COUTINHO, E. (Co­Dir.) (1999). A Literatura no Brasil. 6 vols. 5.ª ed. São Paulo: Global.

DAMROSCH, D. (2003). What Is World Literature? Princeton: Princeton University Press.

GLISSANT, É. & CHAMOISEAU, P. (2007). Quand les murs tombent. Paris: Galaade.

LARANJEIRA, P. et alii. (1995). Literaturas africanas de expressão portuguesa. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta. REIS, C. (2006). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. IX (Do Neo­Realismo ao Post­Modernismo). Lisboa: Verbo.

REIS, C. & PIRES, M. (1999). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. V (O Romantismo). 2.ª ed. Lisboa: Verbo.

RIBEIRO, M. (2000). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. VI (Realismo e Naturalismo). 2.ª ed. Lisboa: Verbo.

SAUSSY, H. (2005). Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.