Topics in Portuguese Language and Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

Prior acquired knowledge in curricular units of Portuguese Literature and Portuguese Linguistics on the 1st cycle of studies.

Teaching Methods

The syllabus topics are developed through explanations, supplemented by class discussions and empirical data analysis. The teaching method thus intersects lectures and student collaboration.

Learning Outcomes

In the module Topics of Portuguese Language ,at the end of the semester students should be able to:
- understand the syllabus basic concepts ;
- identify deictics’presence in a text and understand its functionality ;
- relate different linguistic structures with different communicative intentions and different social situations in the context of language use;
- detect cohesion textual / discursive problems and be able to solve them.
In the module Topics of Portuguese Literature, at the end of the semester students should be able to:
- master the core concepts covered in the syllabus;
- relate literary texts from various genres and typologies ;
- detect intertextual relationships.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Deixis in the Portuguese language (person deixis, time deixis, place deixis)
2. Speech acts in Portuguese
3. Texts/discourses and cohesion
4. Semiotic encoding of the literary text and other artistic areas
5. Cores of canon textuality
6. Types of texts and literary reading.

Head Lecturer(s)

Anabela Santos Fernandes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 40.0%

Bibliography

Bernardes, J. (2010). Cultura literária e formação de professores. Separata: Colóquio de Didáctica: Língua e literatura. Coimbra:FLUC
Borges, V. (2017). “Géneros literários”, in M. Matos et al. Introdução aos estudos literários (pp. 370-401), Coimbra, Almedina.
Correia, A.M.L (2013).“Literatura e outras artes”, Revista de Estudos Literários, 3, 187-210
Gouveia, C. (1996). “Pragmática”. In I. Faria et al.(orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa (pp. 383-419). Lisboa: Caminho
Lima, J.P. (2007). Pragmática Linguística. Lisboa:Caminho
Lopes, A.C.M. (2018). Pragmática. Uma introdução. Coimbra:IUC
Lopes, A.C.M. e Carapinha, C.(2013) Texto, coesão e coerência. Coimbra: Almedina
Mello. C. 2009). “Promoção da leitura literária no ensino básico”. Exedra,1, 91-106.
Raposo, E. et al. (2013) Gramática do Português, vol. II e III. Lisboa: F. C.Gulbenkian
Silva, V.M.A.(2010). As humanidades, os estudos culturais, o ensino da literatura e a política de língua portuguesa. Coimbra: Almedina.