Introduction to English Culture and Literature

Code:

LLC063

Acronym:

ICLI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	English Studies

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American 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
LLC	88	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To provide the students with basic knowledge in the fields of the History of the British Isles and of the History of English Literature. To familiarize the students with basic concepts of the study of Culture and Literature.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to be able to recognize fundamental data in the fields of the History of the British Isles and of the History of English Literature. They are also expected to have acquired fundamental skills for cultural and literary analysis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical classes will be devoted to the construction of a historical overview of English (or British) society from the Tudor Age to the Victorian Age, regarding the social and political situation as well as the field of intellectual production. Practical classes and tutorials will focus on five works originating from distinct historical contexts, representative of several genres and aesthetic/ideological orientations, and also of significant value as documents of social history and the history of ideas.

The five works are:

1. Thomas More, Utopia

2. William Shakespeare, Macbeth

3. Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock

4. William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience

5. Charles Dickens, Hard Times

N.B.:

1. Students are expected to purchase the following books:
- Dickens, Charles, Hard Times, ed. Kate Flint, London, Penguin, 2003;
- Morvs, Thomas, Vtopia ou a Melhor Forma de Governo, trans. Aires A. Nascimento, 3.ª ed., Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2015;
- Shakespeare, William, Macbeth, ed. George Hunter, London, Penguin, 2005 [1967].

2. Other primary texts will be made available through the usual channels at FLUP.

3. Further bibliographical references will be given in class.

Mandatory literature

Blake, William; Complete Writings with Variant Readings, ed. Geoffrey Keynes, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1966
Dickens, Charles; Hard Times, ed. Kate Flint, London, Penguin, 2003
Pope, Alexander; The Poems of Alexander Pope: A one-volume edition of the Twickenham text with selected annotations, ed. John Butt, London, Methuen, 1975
Shakespeare, William; Macbeth, ed. George Hunter, London, Penguin, 2005 [1967]

Complementary Bibliography

Barnard, Robert; A Short History of English Literature, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1984
Daiches, David; A Critical History of English Literature, Londres, Secker & Warburg, 1969
Fowler, Alastair; A History of English Literature, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987
Kearney, Hugh; The British Isles: A History of Four Nations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989
Morgan, Kenneth O., ed.; The Oxford History of Britain, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993
Sanders, Andrew; The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994
Sena, Jorge de; A Literatura Inglesa: Ensaio de Interpretação e de História, Lisboa, Cotovia, 1989
Wimsatt, William K., Jr., e Cleanth Brooks; Literary Criticism: A Short History, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970 [1957]
Wynne-Davies, Marion, ed.; Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature, London, Bloomsbury, 1989

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition and discussion of the relevant historical and cultural contexts.

Analysis and critical commentary of the aforementioned texts.

Lectures and tutorials.

keywords

Social sciences > Cultural studies > Anglo saxon studies
Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > English literature

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of 75% of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam = 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to Faculty regulations.