Teaching Literature

Recommended Prerequisites

Familiarity with an extensive literary corpus, focusing on the literary canon of English; knowledge of literary theory and methodology.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical analysis, applied work.

Learning Outcomes

Students will gain a knowledge of the first appearance of Teaching Literature as an area of research; recognize the constraints involving its recent development; identify the main problems faced; delineate paths of conversion.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The Teaching of Literature: history of a practice; 2. The humanities and literary studies; 3. The Teaching of Literature as a field of research; 4. The teaching of literature and the debate about the curriculum content; 5. Teaching Literature and the prospects of methodological renewal.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Written works (60%), participation during seminars (30%), assiduity (10%): 100.0%

Bibliography

Bernardes, José Cardoso e Rui Mateus (2013), “A Literatura e o Ensino do Português”, Lisboa, FFMS;

Gally, Michèle (2006), “Le bûcher des humanités”, Paris, Armand Colin;

Graff, Gerald (1989), “Professing Literature. An Institutional History”, Chicago, University of Chicago Press;

Houdart-Mérot, Violaine (1998), “La culture littéraire au lycée depuis 1880”, Rennes, Presses Universitaires;

Mello, Maria Cristina (1998), “O Ensino da Literatura e a problemática dos géneros literários”, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina;

Small, Helen (2013), “The Value of The Humanities”, Oxford, Oxford University Press;

Todorov, Tzvetan (2007), “La littérature en péril”, Paris, Flammarion.