Literary Criticism - Theory and History

Code:

MEAAM002

Acronym:

CLTH

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Anglo-American Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAAL	0	Course Programme	1	-	5,5	2
EAAM	0	Course Programme	1	-	5,5	2
EAAT	0	Course Programme	1	-	5,5	2
MEAA	16	Study Plan since 2007/2008	1	-	5,5	2

Teaching language

English

Objectives

The seminar aims to foster students' reflection on issues relating to theory and literary criticism, focusing on the most influential currents in the second half of the twentieth century.
Students should acquire skills that will allow them to perform analytical and critical reading of the texts discussed. This is expected to result in the development of their capacity for reflection as well as in the acquisition of knowledge that will enable them to understand and discuss the theoretical and critical contemporary thinking.

Program

The course will begin with a brief presentation of some significant moments in the history of Western literary theory, followed by the study of texts documenting the perspectives and debates that characterize literary studies since the mid-twentieth century, with special attention to the contemporary critical setting.
The texts to be studied can be found, with a few exceptions, in the following anthologies:
From Modernism to Postmodernism: An Anthology, Ed. Lawrence Cahoone, Oxford: Blackwell, 1996
Contemporary Literary Criticism: Literary and Cultural Studies, Ed. Robert com Davis and Ronald Schleifer, Fourth Edition, New York: Longman, 1998
Modern Criticism and Theory. A Reader, Ed. David Lodge and Nigel Wood, Third Edition, Harlow: Pearson/Longman, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminar sessions

keywords

Humanities > Literature > Literary criticism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
Individual Work	Trabalho escrito	98,50
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	20
	Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of seminar attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

Ative participation of students in seminars and oralpresentation of project work - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

Seminars lectured in English if foreign students, non Portuguese speakers, are to attend it