History of Portuguese Theatre - from Garret to Contemporary Theatre
Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
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, and dramaturgy.
Learning outcomes and competences
SKILLS: Over the semester, students must be able to: 1. reflect on the concepts of “history” and “theatre” in 18th and 19th century Portugal; 2. Know and/or recognize 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; 3. Understand the strengths and frailties of national and civilization concepts of the history of theatre; 4. assess the variety and vitality, and rhetoric and aesthetics of dramas and texts on the Portuguese theatre.
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
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Program
I. Histories and History of Theatre. 1.“Homo sapiens” and “Homo ludens”. 2. Theatre and Literature: from “paraliterature” to “paratheatre”? Concepts of “paradramaticidade”/“paradramaturgical activities” and “teatralidade” /“theatricalness”. 3. Theatre History: some questions about Time in Place. II. The theatrical “reform” during the 19th century 1. Rupture and continuity: reading the 18th century to understand the 19th century theatre: the national theatre and the “Volksgeist”; sense and sensibility; “the theory of clime”, “mimesis phantastica” and “mimesis icastica”. 2. The labyrinth of the “mimésis icástica”: classics and romantics. 3. Garrett’s project of a national theatre. 4. The melodrama’s revolution. 5. Some questions about “catharsis” and the social function of theatre. III. The 20th century: forgeting or rewriting Aristotle? 1. “Statical dramas”. 2. “Strangeness”/Rupture; 3. “History”/“Poetry”; 4. Epic / Theatre. New approches .
Mandatory literature
AA. VV. ; Lexique du drame moderne et contemporain, org. J.-P. Sarrazac, Belval, Circé, 2005
AA. VV. ; O Melodrama I. Temas, Coimbra, CLP/FLUC, 2006
AA. VV. ; Teatro Português em um acto (1900-1945), Lisboa, IN-CM, 1997
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
BARATA, José Oliveira ; Estética Teatral. Antologia de Textos, Lisboa, Moraes Ed., 1981
BARATA, José Oliveira ; Máscaras da Utopia. História do Teatro Universitário em Portugal (1938-1974), Lisboa, FCG, 2009
BARATA, José Oliveira ; O Espaço Literário do teatro. Estudos sobre Literatura Dramática Portuguesa, A Coruña, Univ. Coruña, 2001
BARISCH; Jonas ; The Anti-theatrical Prejudice , Berkeley/ Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1981
BARTHES, Roland ; Essais Critiques , Paris, Seuil, 1964
BASTOS, Glória Bastos; VASCONCELOS, Ana Isabel ; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo da Primeira República, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2004
BENJAMIN, Walter ; A obra de Arte na era da sua reprodutibilidade, “Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política”, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água, 1992
BASTOS, Sousa ; Dicionário de Teatro Português, ed. fac-similada, Coimbra, Minerva, 1994
BORIE, Monique, ROUGEMONT, Martine de, e SCHERER, Jacques; Estética Teatral. Textos de Platão a Brecht, Gulbenkian, 1996
BORRALHO, Maria Luísa Malato ; Manuel de Figueiredo. Uma perspectiva do Neoclassicismo português (1745-1777), Lisboa, IN-CM, 1995
BROOKS, Peter ; A Porta Aberta, trad. A. Mercado, Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 2005
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
CRUZ, Duarte Ivo; História do Teatro Português, Verbo, 2001
DIDEROT ; Paradoxo sobre o Actor, trad. Luís Matos Costa, Lisboa, Hiena, 1993
DOMENACH, Jean-Marie ; O Retorno do Trágico, trad. M. B. Costa, Lisboa, Moraes Editores, 1968
HUIZINGA, Johan ; Homo Ludens. Essai sur la fonction sociale du jeu, Paris, Gallimard, 1988
MARTIN, John ; The Intercultural Performance Handbook, London, Routledge, 2004
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
PLATÃO ; A República, trad. M. Helena da Rocha Pereira, Lisboa, FCG, 1990
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Naturalista e Neo-Romântico (1870-1910), Lisboa, ICP, 1978
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O teatro romântico (1838-1869), Lisboa, ICLP, 1980
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Simbolista e Modernista em Portugal, , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1979
RODRIGUES, M. Idalina Resina; De Gil Vicente a 'Um Auto de Gil Vicente', Lisboa, IN-CM, 2006
ROUSSEAU; Lettre à d’Alembert sur les Spectacles, Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 2003
SENA, Jorge de; Do Teatro em Portugal, Edições 70, 1988
SURGERS, Anne ; Teatro Occidental : Unha historia teatral desde a Escenografía , Vigo, Galaxia,, 2009
UBERSFELD, Anne ; Para Ler Teatro, trad. J. Almeida Jr, , S. Paulo, Perspectiva, 2005
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. Presentation of a Report.
keywords
Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature
Humanities
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
50,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
50,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Estudo autónomo |
70,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
56,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
36,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.
Calculation formula of final grade
Report - 50% Exam - 50%
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not appliable.
Internship work/project
Not appliable.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Not appliable
Classification improvement
According to the Assessment Regulations
Observations
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