History of Portuguese Theatre - from Garret to Contemporary Theatre

Code:

EPL012

Acronym:

HTP_GC

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	0	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	-
			2
EPL	5	Study Plan	3	-	6	-
LLC	16	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	-
			3
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	-
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	3	-	6	-
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	-
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	-
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims: This course aims, first of all, to provide students a series of introductory references on authors, genres and concepts of the history of theatre in Portugal during the 18th and 19th centuries. Secondly, the information will also lead the student to overcome the introductory references and find in them the tools for a full review of the theatre and the history of theatre, dramaturgy, drama theory, a survey of the facts and their interpretation.



Skills: Over the semester, students must be able to: a) reflect on the concepts of “history” and “theatre” in 18th and 19th century Portugal; b)Know and/or recognise some canonical texts on Portuguese playwrights and the so-called “prevalent” genres of the contemporary period, and whenever possible, be aware of limitations of such canonicity; c)Understand the strengths and frailties of national and civilisation concepts of the history of theatre; d) assess the variety and vitality, and rhetoric and aesthetics of dramas and texts on the Portuguese theatre.

Program

I. Introduction: the histories of the theatre
1. “Homo sapiens” and “Homo ludens”: prides and prejudices.
2. Theatre and literature. From paraliterature to paratheatre? “Paradramaturgy” and “theatricality”.
3. History, theatre and the physical problems of the representation of time.

II. A history of the Portuguese theatre, from Garrett to contemporary times
1. The 18th century seen by the 19th century:
a) Manuel de Figueiredo: the concept of “Volksgeist” and the genesis of national theatre.
b) Reis Quita: the “theory of beauty” and the opposition “classical-romantic”.
c) Correia Garção: universal reason vs. popular feeling.
2. The 19th century and the labyrinths of “icastic memesis”
a) Almeida Garrett: the project of a national theatre and of a hybrid genre;
b) Francisco Gomes Amorim: the romantic/ultra-romantic/naturalist drama and the revolution of melodrama;
c) Mendes Leal: romantic drama, naturalist drama and the social role of the theatre.
3. The 19th century and the return to Aristotelian issues:
a) Fernando Pessoa: Symbolist drama and the verisimilitude of “static drama”;
b) António Pedro: strangeness and the incidence of dissidence;
c) Hélder Costa: the (re)emergence of history in poetry.

Mandatory literature

AA. VV. ; The Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre, ed. J. Russel Brown, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995
ARISTÓTELES ; Poética, ed. Eudoro de Sousa , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1989
BARISCH; Jonas ; The Anti-theatrical Prejudice , Berkeley/ Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1981
BARTHES, Roland ; Essais Critiques , Paris, Seuil, 1964
BENJAMIN, Walter ; A obra de Arte na era da sua reprodutibilidade, “Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política”, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água, 1992
BORIE, Monique, ROUGEMONT, Martine de, e SCHERER, Jacques; Estética Teatral. Textos de Platão a Brecht, Gulbenkian, 1996
CRUZ, Duarte Ivo; História do Teatro Português, Verbo, 2001
DIDEROT ; Paradoxo sobre o Actor, trad. Luís Matos Costa, Lisboa, Hiena, 1993
HUIZINGA, Johan ; Homo Ludens. Essai sur la fonction sociale du jeu, Paris, Gallimard, 1988
MARTIN, John ; The Intercultural Performance Handbook, London, Routledge, 2004
PLATÃO ; A República, trad. M. Helena da Rocha Pereira, Lisboa, FCG, 1990
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco; Breve História do Teatro Português, Publicações Europa-América, 2000
ROUSSEAU; Lettre à d’Alembert sur les Spectacles, Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 2003
SENA, Jorge de; Do Teatro em Portugal, Edições 70, 1988
AA. VV. ; O Melodrama I. Temas, Coimbra, CLP/FLUC, 2006
BARATA, José Oliveira ; História do Teatro Português, Lisboa, Univ. Aberta, 1991
BARATA, José Oliveira ; O Espaço Literário do teatro. Estudos sobre Literatura Dramática Portuguesa, A Coruña, Univ. Coruña, 2001
BARATA, José Oliveira ; Máscaras da Utopia. História do Teatro Universitário em Portugal (1938-1974), Lisboa, FCG, 2009
BASTOS, Glória Bastos; VASCONCELOS, Ana Isabel ; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo da Primeira República, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2004
BASTOS, Sousa ; Dicionário de Teatro Português, ed. fac-similada, Coimbra, Minerva, 1994
BORRALHO, Maria Luísa Malato ; Manuel de Figueiredo. Uma perspectiva do Neoclassicismo português (1745-1777), Lisboa, IN-CM, 1995
CÂMARA, M. Alexandra Gago da; ANASTÁCIO, Vanda ; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo do Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2004
CARVALHO, Mário Vieira de ; Pensar é Morrer ou O Teatro S. Carlos , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1993
OLIVEIRA, Fernando Matos; Teatralidades. 12 Percursos pelo território do espectáculo, Angelus Novus, 2003
PICCHIO, Luciana Stegagno ; História do Teatro Português, trad. Manuel de Lucena , Lisboa, Portugália, 1969
VASCONCELOS, Ana Isabel ; O Teatro em Lisboa no tempo de Almeida Garrett, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, practical classes, tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00
Portefolio	Trabalho escrito	34,00		2011-05-31
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	70
	Total:	70,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Research assignment - 30%; exam - 70%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations