History and Periodisation of Portuguese Literature I

Recommended Prerequisites

Complete and sound mastery of the Portuguese language. Knowledge of the main canonical texts of the Portuguese literature from the 13th to the 18th centuries.

Teaching Methods

This unit will function in seminars. In addition to the theoretical presentation carried out by the teacher, who will resort to various strategies and teaching support materials, the students' active critical contribution, both in the specialized presentation of discussion subjects and in the continuous questioning of the main subjects to be addressed, will also be valued.

Learning Outcomes

This course unit aims to reflect critically on the understanding of Portuguese Literature as a diachronic phenomenon, in a time scale ranging from the Middle Ages to the mid­18th century, in constant articulation with other discursive practices. On one hand, an inquiry of the theoretical assumptions at the basis of the literary historiography paradigms in force in distinct time periods, namely those of the 19th and 20th centuries, and a careful research of the most recent methodological proposals will be carried out. On another hand, this unit will also attempt to address specific situations of a strained character with a significant interest for the understanding of the issue of literary evolution, through the critical analysis of a selected textual corpus.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Literary History, Periodization and Teaching of Literature: practices of research and of educational and pedagogical transmission. A brief reflection.

2. The Periodization of Portuguese Literature from the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism. Assumptions and main models of narrative arrangement.

2.1. The Middle Ages. From Romantic construction to the Postmodern  perspective.

2.2. Humanism, Renaissance and Classicism: genesis, differentiation patterns and overlapping  effects.

2.3. Mannerism: emergence of the concept and conditions for  existence.

2.4. Luso­Brazilian and Iberian Baroque.

2.5. Neoclassicism: founding origins and horizon of  movement.

3. New challenges in the research and teaching of Portuguese Literature from the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism: a summary.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Maria Silva Machado

Assessment Methods

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

Bibliography

MARNOTO, R. (2010). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. IV (Neoclassicismo e Pré­Romantismo). Lisboa: Verbo.

PERKINS, D. (1992). Is Literary History possible? Baltimore, J. Hopkins U.  Press.

PIRES, M., e CARVALHO, J. de (2001). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol.III (Maneirismo e Barroco). Lisboa: Verbo.

 

ARMAND, A. (1993). L´histoire littéraire: théories et pratiques. Paris:  Bertrand­Lacoste.

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

BERNARDES, J.. (2002). História literária e ensino da Literatura. In II Jornadas Científico­Pedagógicas de Português (pp.15­39). Coimbra: Almedina.

CUNHA, C. (2002). A construção do discurso da história literária portuguesa do século XIX. Braga: Univ. do Minho.

DIAS, A. (1998). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. I (Idade Média). Lisboa: Verbo.

HUTCHEON, L., & VALDÉS, M. (Orgs.) (2002). Rethinking Literary History. Oxford, O. University  Press.