History of Portuguese Theatre - from Gil Vicente to the 18th Century

Code:

EPL013

Acronym:

HTP_GV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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	0	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
EP	4	EP - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	9	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

This course aims to study and understand the history of theatre in Portugal since it appeared up to the 18th century. Students must be able to identify the most significant moments of the history of Portuguese theatre; understand and integrate the decisive phases of this history in various contexts (social, historical, aesthetic, and political) in which they appear; acquire skills to understand some representative works of this path and their codes, texts and contexts. Students are required to develop solid and justified knowledge on the various phases of this history, consolidated in authors, works, theories and evidence of this multifaceted reality, and be able to produce a critical and reflected discourse on the theatre and dramatization in Portugal between the 16th and 18th centuries, which is crucial to understand the future directions of the theatre in Portugal.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, the studant shall obtain skills that will enable him to produce a critical and reflected discourse on the theatre and dramatization in Portugal between the 16th and 18th centuries, which is crucial to understand the future directions of the theatre in Portugal.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – In the wake of a theatre culture in Portugal. 1.1 – Liturgical theatre 1.2 – The pantomimists 1.3 – ”Cancioneiro Geral” 2 – Gil Vicente: the “father” of Portuguese theatre? 2.1 - The theatre of the court. Contexts of Vicente’s representations. 2.2 –Vicente’s genres: evolution and influence 2.1 – A Vicente school? 3 – The Portuguese theatre: native tradition and humanist influence 3.1 – Other theatre settings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Elements for a sociology of theatre. 3.2 – The theatre of the Jesuit schools 3.3 – Spanish comedy 3.2 – From the court theatre to the comedy yards. 4 – The paths of the 18th century theatre 4.1 – Theatre or theatres? 4.2 – The Spanish comedy, the puppet theatrical shows, the Italian opera … 4.3 – The theatre and the Arcadian context 4.4 – Metamorphoses in the theatre. Reflections.

Mandatory literature

AA.VV.; Gil Vicente 500 anos depois. , , Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 2003
ALMEIDA, Maria João; O teatro de Goldoni no Portugal de Setecentos, Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 2007
ASENSIO, Eugenio; Estudios Portugueses, Fundaçâo Caouste Gulbenkian. Centro Cultural Portugês, 1974
BARATA, José de Oliveira ; História do Teatro em Portugal , Difel, 1998
BERNARDES, José Augusto Cardoso; Revisões de Gil Vicente, Angelus Novus, 2003
BERTHOLD, Margot; História Mundial do Teatro, Perspectiva, 2000
BRAGA, Teófilo; História da Literatura Portuguesa, INCM, 2005
CÂMARA, Maria Alexandra T. Gago da e ANASTÁCIO, Vanda; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo do Marquês de Pombal, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2005
CAMÕES, Luís de ; Teatro Completo. Prefácio, notas e fixação de texto de Vanda Anastácio, Caixotim, 2005
CARREIRA, Laureano; O teatro e a censura em Portugal na segunda metade do séc. XVIII, INCM, 1988
CASTRO, Aníbal Pinto de; ;"Breves reflexões sobre o teatro em Portugal nos sécs. XVII a XVIII", separata do Catálogo da Colecção de Miscelâneas da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 1974
CRUZ, Duarte Ivo; Introdução à História do Teatro Português, Guimarães Editores
DUPONT, Florence ; Aristóteles ou o vampiro do teatro ocidental, Cultura e Barbárie, 2017
FERREIRA, António ; Castro, Domingos Barreira, 1984
MALATO, Maria Luísa; Uma perspectiva do Neoclassicismo português. Manuel de Figueiredo, INCM, 1995
MARAVALL, José Antonio; Teatro y Literatura en la Sociedad Barroca, Editorial Crítica, 1990
MARTINS, Mário ; Teatro quinhentista nas naus da Índia, Brotéria, 1973
MORUJÃO, Isabel; ;"Meu espelho, eu não te tolho" : Possibilidades para o corpo em cena n’O Fidalgo Aprendiz de D. Francisco Manuel de Melo. In Figurinus: o corpo em cena, Afrontamento, 2018
PICCHIO, Luciana Stegagno; Storia del Teatro Portoghese, Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1964
PRESTES, António; Autos e Comédias Portuguesas por António Prestes, Luís de Camões e outros autores portugueses, Lysia - Editores e Livreiros, 1973
REBELO, Luís Francisco ; Breve História do Teatro Português, Europa-América, 2000
REBELO, Luís Francisco; O primitivo teatro português, ICALP, 1984
RÉVAH, I. S. ; Manifestations théâtrales pré-vicentines: Les « MOMOS" de 1500 (Note préliminaire). In Bulletin d'Histoire du Théâtre Portugais, tomo III, 1952
REYES PEÑA, Mercedes de los y BOLAÑOS DONOSO, Piedad ; ;"La presencia del teatro barroco español en Lisboa, a traves del estudio del Patio de las Arcas!, in O Barroco e o mundo Ibero Atlântico. Terceiras Jornadas de História Ibero-Americana, Colibri, 1998
RODRIGUES, Maria Idalina Resina; Estudos Ibéricos. Da cultura à literatura. Sécs. XIII a XVII, ICALP, 1987
RODRIGUES, Maria Idalina Resina; De Gil Vicente a "Um auto de Gil Vicente", INCM, 2006
ROIG, Adrien; O teatro clássico em Portugal no séc. XVI, ICALP, 1983
SAMPAIO, Albino Forjaz de; Teatro de cordel: subsídios para a história do teatro português, INCM, 1920
SANTOS, Zulmira; Teatro Português em Marrocos. O testemunho do cancioneiro de D. Maria Henriques. In Vis Spiritus, n.º 5, CITCEM, 1998
SARAIVA, António José; Gil Vicente e o Fim do Teatro Medieval, Europa-América, 1942
SLETSJVE, Leif; O elemento cénico em Gil Vicente, Casa Portuguesa, 1965
VASCONCELOS, Carolina Michaëlis de; Autos portugueses de Gil Vicente y de la escuela vicentina, Centro de Estudios Historicos, 1922
VICENTE, Gil; Auto da Barca do Inferno, Comunicação, 1998
VICENTE, Gil; Copilaçam de tôdalas obras de Gil Vicente. Introdução e normalização do texto de Maria Leonor Carvalhão Buescu, INCM, 1983

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository theoretical classes on the programme content, text reviews, discussions, individual support to students to develop their writing and research skills. Joint trips to the theater are foreseen to watch the staging of Vincentian or Castro plays or, alternatively, the students will watch recordings of these plays already staged, for analysis of the show and commentary.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature
Humanities > Arts > Performing arts
Humanities > Arts > Performing arts > Theatre studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
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

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research assignment - 25%; exam - 70%; active envolvement in classes - 5%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations