Genres and Styles

Code:

MEAAM011

Acronym:

GE

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

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
EAAT	0	Course Programme	1	-	6	-
MEAA	3	Study Plan since 2007/2008	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims at making the student familiar with problems and solutions involved in the translation of diverse literary genres and modes as well as of diverse period styles.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the course students are expected to have acquired a working knowledge in metrics and prosody that will enable them to identify a number of marks in forms, styles and genres that are deemed seminal for literary translation.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The course of study will be directed at a set of English and American literary texts comprising different genres, modes and styles, with especial attention to translation problems related to metre and prosody, as well as to stylistic and rhetorical processes connected with distinct cultural formations. The selection of texts will as far as possible take into account the availability of Portuguese translations, in order that these may be used as a starting-point and discussion subject for the study to be developed
This study will be followed along with an analysis of English and American critical texts that have been important in the history of genres and in the establishment of literary taste.

Mandatory literature

;

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminar classes

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > English literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

attendance: minimum 75 % of the total number of classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Based on active participation of students in seminars (50 %) and oral presentations (50 %)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable