Oral and Marginal Literature I

Code:

EPL033

Acronym:

LOM1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	5	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
EPL	3	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	4	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students will be able to question the concepts of “literature”, “oral literature”, “marginal literature”, and to analyse several forms of oral and marginal literatures (such as the folktale and the urban legend), from a theoretical and a chronological perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

Study on some of the oral and marginal literature modes.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Concepts of literature, oral literature, marginal literature.

2. The folktale.

2.1. Historical perspective.

2.2. Formalist approach.

2.3. Psychoanalytical reading.

2.4. The folktale today: survival and subversion.

3. Storytelling and fear: from the traditional tale to the urban legend.

4. The anecdote.

Mandatory literature

Bloom, Harold, 1930-; O^cânone ocidental. ISBN: 972-759-081-0
Alain-Michel Boyer; A Paraliteratura, Rés, 1997
Italo Calvino; Porquê ler os clássicos?, Teorema, 1991
Umberto Eco; Apocalípticos e Integrados, Difel, 1991
Manuel Viegas Guerreiro; Para a História da Literatura Popular Portuguesa, ICLP, 1983
Vieira, Cristina Costa 273; Homenagem a Arnaldo Saraiva
Bernard Mouralis; As Contra-literaturas, Almedina, 1982
João David Pinto Correia; Paraliteratura: da acção ao sentimento, purl.pt/301/1/xpo/docs/joao-d-p-correia.doc, 2003
Saraiva, Arnaldo; Literatura marginalizada
Lopes, Silvina Rodrigues; A^legitimação em literatura. ISBN: 972-8081-40-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methods include lectures and practical classes, these ones oriented to the analysis and review of elements of primary and secondary bibliography. Students have at their disposal various types of work material: general and specific bibliographies, several materials designed to provide a more directed study and to support the debate in the practical classes.

Students have tutorials.

The assessment includes a written work (30%) and a final test (70%).

keywords

Humanities > Literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	76,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75 % of classes

Calculation formula of final grade

exam - 70 %
written work - 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

according to FLUP regulations