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 students will be encouraged to contribute their own personal reflections to the analysis and questioning of the subjects of this course unit, following the summaries and questions presented by the teaching staff. The contribution of the students presupposes their planned participation in seminars, later to be discussed, with the support of theoretical texts or case studies. Interaction with research projects, mainly conducted at CLP, will be encouraged.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course unit, the student should be able to develop advanced questions posed by Portuguese-language literature in the various aspects stated in the course contents and in direct relation with topics and sub­topics of literary theory within a perspective encompassing the interweaving of identity and multicultural matters in Portuguese Language Literature, thus transcending the scope 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 scientific scope of the 2nd Cycle of studies, so as to be able 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 assayes 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 main epistemological concepts, methodological routines and research tools related to the concerned field of study.

Course subjects to be developed in the compass of Portuguese-language literatures: language and literature; writing and literature; literature and the history of literature; literature and the literary field; production and reception of literary texts (circulation, diffusion, translating and editing); social, cultural, political and ideological questions (from the medieval courtois frame to the postcolonial issue); the scope of comparatism; Portuguese literature and Portuguese-language literatures; the literary field and Portuguese-language literatures; fields of study, interdisciplinarity and institutional implications.

Head Lecturer(s)

Professor a Definir - Faculdade de Letras

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Research work: 60.0%

Bibliography

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

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

DOMÍNGUEZ, C. et alii.(2010-2016). A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula. 2vols. Amsterdão: John Benjamin P.

FERREIRA. M.R.(2019). Pedro de Barcelos e a Escrita da História. Porto: Estratégias Criativas.

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.(Dir.) et alii.(1998-2006). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. 9vols. Lisboa: Verbo.

PALMER, R.(2018). Hermenêutica. Lisboa: Edições70.

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