History and Periodisation of Portuguese Literature II

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The theoretical approach carried out in class will be complemented with textual analysis. The participation of students will be systematically requested either through oral participation or with regard to the presentation of papers.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester students should be able to assess the evolution of Portuguese Literature from the 19th to the 21st century, to discuss issues concerning literary (re)creation and identify and relate manifestations of literary movements. It is also expected that students develop imaginative, interpretative and argumentative skills.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Overview of the European literary framework of the 19th century. Peculiarities of the Portuguese  case

2. Literature for a 'democratic' century: the romantic  idealism

3. The emergence of the realistic and naturalist novel

4. The '­isms ' of end of century: the ruptures of the ‘new’  poets

5. The periodological problematics of Modernism

6. Ideology and fictional practice of the neo­realist novel

7. The periodological problematics of Post­Modernism.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Paula dos Santos Duarte Arnaut

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Research work: 80.0%

Bibliography

ARNAUT, A. (2002). Post­Modernismo no romance português contemporâneo. Coimbra: Almedina.

BESSERMAN, L. (1996). The Chalenge of Periodization. Old paradigms and new perspectives, N.York­London: Garlland Publishing.

BOURDIEU, P.  (1996). As Regras da Arte. Lisboa: Presença.

FRANÇA, J. (1993). O Romantismo em Portugal. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.

GUIMARÃES, Fernando (1992). Simbolismo, Modernismo e Vanguardas. Porto:  Lello.

LOPES, Óscar (1987). Entre Fialho e Nemésio: estudos de literatura portuguesa contemporânea, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional ­ Casa da Moeda.

PEREIRA, J. (1995). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. VII (Do Fim­de­Século ao Modernismo). Lisboa: Verbo.

REIS, C. (2005). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Do Neo­Realismo ao Post­Modernismo. Vol. IX. Lisboa: Verbo.

SANTANA, M.(2007). Literatura e ciência na ficção do século XIX: a narrativa naturalista e pós­naturalista portuguesa, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional ­ Casa da  Moeda.