Problematics of Literary Editing: from manuscript to digital

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods combine formal lectures and practical exercises, with the direct involvement of students. Practical work is focused on philological analysis of Portuguese literary texts, presented in different frames, (manuscripts, printed, and digital editions).

Learning Outcomes

This course intends to familiarize students with the process of literary edition in its different modalities. As a first objective, students will learn how to distinguish texts edited with responsible criteria from other current but inadequate versions. A second aim is to provide basic concepts and methods used in the specific field of philological edition, with application in texts of different periods. Students are expected to develop knowledge and tools for future work in editorial areas or to take part in research projects involving specialized edition.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Philology, textual criticism, and edition:

1. The editorial field - an overview of its history and evolution. The manuscript: materiality, interpretation, edition. The printed text: from the incunabula to hypertext.

2. Editing trustworthy texts. The job and functions of the literary editor; typology and analysis of editions with philological approach.

3. Issues of textual criticism: language status and authorial contexts; the comparison of variants; how to establish the “good text”.

4. Digital Humanities and philological edition: emergent methods and prospects.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

AA.VV. (2006) Crítica Textual e Edições Críticas. Coimbra, Centro de Literatura Portuguesa.

Duarte, Luís F. (2019) Os palácios da memória: ensaios de crítica textual. Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade.

Eggert, Paul (2019) The Work and the Reader in Literary Studies: Scholarly Editing and Book History, Loyola University, Chicago. 

Fernández-Ordoñez, I. (2002). «Tras la Collatio, o cómo establecer correctamente el error textual. La Corónica (30.2), p.105-180.

Orduña, G. (2000) Ecdótica. Problemática de la edición de textos. Kassel: Reichenberger.

Portela, Manuel e António Rito Silva, orgs. (2017). Arquivo LdoD: Arquivo Digital Colaborativo do Livro do Desassossego. Coimbra: CLP. URL: https://ldod.uc.pt/

Sordet, Yann (2021) Histoire du livre et de l’édition. Production et circulation, formes et mutations, Paris: Albin Michel.

Spaggiari, Barbara; Maurizio Perugi (2004). Fundamentos da crítica textual. História, metodologia, textos. Rio de Janeiro: Lucerna.