Portuguese Literature from the Baroque to Neoclassicism
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2024-2025
01012320
Portuguese Language Literature
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
In addition to theoretical presentations by the teacher, using various didactic strategies and instruments (powerpoint presentations, audiovisual materials, etc.), students are expected to participate in an active and critical manner in the analysis and interpretation of the literary and doctrinal texts selected.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, students should:
i) Have an in-depth knowledge of the evolution of Portuguese literary history from the Barroque to the Neoclassical period;
ii) be able to link the historical and cultural context to the specific features of 17th and 18th century literary production;
iii) Be able to identify and characterize their theoretical grounds and aesthetic-literary practices;
iv) Be able to recognize and interconnect, in a productive manner, the extent of phenomena of intermediality;
v) Be able to reflect critically on the uses and forms of appropriation and sharing of texts from the 17th and 18th centuries in our times.
vi) Be able to design, develop and discuss research papers on texts from the period addressed, using appropriate theoretical and methodological instruments.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
I. Critical issues
1. The Iberian and European context: History, politics and society.
2. Literary theory, criticism and history: periods, poetics, genres.
II. The Luso-Brazilian Baroque
1. Poetry anthologies and literary academies: ludicism and the Baroque worldview.
2. The religious oratory of Father António Vieira: discourse, power and evangelism.
3. The theatrical project of António José da Silva, the Jew: tradition and innovation.
III. The Enlightenment and Neoclassicism
1. Luís António Verney and the Verdadeiro Método de Estudar.
2. Poetic theory and practice in Arcádia Lusitana.
IV. Rereading the classics today
1. Fom the Barroque to the Neo-Baroque.
2. Intertextuality(ies) and intersemiotic transposition (theater and cinema).
Head Lecturer(s)
Paulo Jorge da Silva Pereira
Assessment Methods
Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Periodic Assessment
Other: 25.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%
Bibliography
Barata, J. O. (1985). António José da Silva. Criação e realidade. Coimbra: U. Coimbra
Castro, A. P. (1973). Retórica e teorização literária em Portugal. Do Humanismo ao Neoclassicismo. Coimbra: C. Estudos Românicos
Cunha, M. F. (2012). Padre António Vieira. Lisboa: Edições 70
Marnoto, R. (2010). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa, vol. 4, Neoclassicismo e Pré-Romantismo. Lisboa: Verbo
Mendes, M. V. (1989). A oratória barroca de Vieira. Lisboa: Caminho
Obra Completa do Padre António Vieira. Dir. J. E. Franco e P. Calafate. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores
Pires, M. L. G. e J. A. Carvalho (2001). História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. Vol. 3. Maneirismo e Barroco. Lisboa: Verbo
Pires, M. L. G. (Ed) (2003). Poetas do Período Barroco. Lisboa: Edições Duarte Reis
Silva, V. M. A. e (1971). Maneirismo e Barroco na poesia lírica portuguesa. Coimbra: C. de Estudos Românicos
Verney, L. A. (1991). Verdadeiro método de estudar: cartas sobre retórica e poética. Ed. M. L. G. Pires. Lisboa: P/