Language of Cooperation

Year
1

Academic year
2026-2027

Code
02050345

Subject Area
Culture and Literature

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
5.0

Type
Elective

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Teaching Methods

The classes will take place in the classroom. Expositive component, as well as analysis and discussion of texts and materials previously provided, some of which will be presented by the students.

Learning Outcomes

The student should have/be able to:
a. Acquire knowledge as a basis for originality in the development and/or application of ideas in the context of research in modern European literatures, cultures and societies.
b. Apply knowledge and problem solving skills in multidisciplinary contexts related to modern European literatures, cultures and societies.
c. Locate specialized bibliographic sources on modern European literatures, cultures, and societies, as well as handle online and offline documentary collections applying information technologies.
d. Know different methodologies for the interpretation of texts on modern European literatures, cultures and societies.
e. Knowledge of the different contact situations between modern European literatures, cultures and societies.
f. Incorporate the study of heritage cultures in the comparative research of European literatures, cultures and societies.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

As always in history, the periods of crisis highlight an underlying contradiction between the temptation and the practice of closure (beggarmy-neighbor) on the one hand and, on the other, the awareness that the scale of the heavy challenges would require instead openness, collaboration, planning. Between the temptation of tough competition and the need for cooperation between peoples, countries and cultures, "cooperation", in its essence, means the extension of non-mercantile logics to a potentially ever wider space.
It goes without saying that reaching such an outcome is difficult, it requires a long time, effort and awareness. In a word, it requires culture.
The contribution that this course offer is precisely this: to provide some ideas for reflection, through the analysis of the "words of cooperation", on the many cases in which, in history and in the present, a different mix of cooperation and competition has changed/could have changed the course of events.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The assessment criteria is defined by the University of Pavia: 100.0%