Comparative Literature

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011726
Subject Area
German Linguistics
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The introduction to the methods and operative concepts of Comparative Literature will happen mostly through practice, that is, through analysis and discussion of texts from different national and cultural contexts. If necessary, Portuguese translations will be used.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students should: have a basic knowledge on the notion, methods and instruments of the different disciplinary fields of Comparative Literature; have developed his/her ability to analyze and comment literary texts in a comparative perspective; understand and evaluate the potential of inter-cultural, interdisciplinary and inter-arts studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

“War narratives”: war is a fertile terrain for the questioning of “limits”: those of the “I” and the “Other”, of cultures; of differences articulated on the lines of gender, nation, or race; of notions such as violence, oppression, resistance, memory, trauma, and their aesthetic representation. Comparative Literature is precisely the area that crosses borders and explores limits. Based on war narratives (20th and 21st centuries), this course wishes to discover the various perspectives adopted by comparative literary studies in promoting a dialogue between cultures, between knowledge fields and between different arts. We will talk about imagology, reception, translation, gender studies, cultural studies, and post-colonial studies. We will work on the literary text and on this and its crossings with film, painting and photography, children literature and comics; we will work on the North, the South, the West, the East in a first approach to Literature as World Literature.

Head Lecturer(s)

Rogério Paulo da Costa Madeira

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

Adichie, C. N. (2009). Meio Sol Amarelo. Lisboa: Asa.

Aguiar, C. (2007). Braço Tatuado. Retalhos da Guerra Colonial. Lisboa: D. Quixote

Couto, M.(11992). Terra Sonâmbula. Lisboa: Caminho

Djebar, A. (2008), A Mulher Sem Sepultura. Mafra: Círculo de Leitores

Jorge, L. (142004). A Costa dos Murmúrios. Lisboa: D. Quixote.

Klüger, R. (2005). Paisagens da memória: autobiografia de uma sobrevivente do Holocausto. S. Paulo Editora.

Levi, P. 2001. Se Isto é Um Homem. Lisboa: Teorema.