Portuguese Language Literatures

Recommended Prerequisites

Level C1 in Portuguese is a prerequisite for all courses in the program.

Teaching Methods

Student collaborationis thepriviledged teaechin method. Students are required to actively participate in the organization of a commented anthology of literary texts written in Portuguese, to discuss theoretical reading assignments, to orallly present and discuss work in progress and to submit a final written report/essay.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing  the course, the student is expected to:

1. General skills:

- be able to define, with guided supervision, adequate research goals;

- be capable of selecting, with autonomy, credible and relevant information in the light of the research goals defined;

- plan and write an essay/report on the research carried out, and to present it orally.

2. Specific skills:

- master the core concepts covered in the syllabus;

- understand the history of the literatures written in Portuguese;

- select literary texts that are adequate for different instructional and cultural settings;

- develop strategies for teaching literature that account for the specificity of learners of PFL and of PSL.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Literatures written in Portuguese.

2. Literature, identity, cultural and intercultural translation.

3. Portuguese, African and Brazilian literary canones.

4. The literary text and linguistic criativity.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Maria Silva Machado

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Other: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Barfoot, C. (1997). Beyond Pug's Tour: National and Ethnic Stereotyping in Theory and Literary Practice.  Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Beller, M. & Leerssen, J. (2007). Imagology: the cultural construction and literary representation of national characters: a critical survey. NY: Rodopi.

Byram, Michael (1997). Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence.  Multilingual Mattere.

Laranjeira, J. (1995). Literaturas Africanas de Expressão Portuguesa.  Lisboa: UA.

McGarty, C. Yserbyt, V. & Spears, R. (2002). Stereotypes as Explanation. The Formation of Meaningful Beliefs about Social Groups.  Cambridge: CUP.

Ribeiro, A.  (1995.) Literatura Brasileira.  Lisboa: UA.

Sequeira, R.  (2003).  O poder e o desejo: o ensino da literatura a estrangeiros na universidade.  Lisboa: Ministério da Educação. 

Reis, C.  (org.) (1993-?).  História crítica da literatura portuguesa. 9 vols  Lisboa: Verbo.