Methodology in Literary Studies_Portuguese I

Code:

LLC104

Acronym:

MELP1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - Portuguese

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance 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
CL	4	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
EP	26	EP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	49	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	1	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Get a critical perspective of the most important Western conceptions of literature as creation, communication and institution.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Object and methods of Literary Studies
1.1. Functional definition of literature
1.2. "Poetry", "literature" and "literariness"
1.3. National literatures and the literary system
1.4. Literary Poetics, Criticism and History

2. Western Poetics
2.1. The Platonic and Aristotelian traditions
2.2. From Horace to Pseudo-Longinus
2.3. From Classicism to Romanticism: Mutations
2.4. Contemporary Poetics 

3. Phenomenology of literary discourse
3.1. Enunciation and genres of discourse
3.2. Linguistics and Poetics
3.3. Notions of prosody and versification
3.4. Poeticity, musicality and visuality 
3.5. Elements of Literary Rhetoric

Mandatory literature

Abrams, M. H.; The^mirror and the lamp
Aristóteles; Poética. ISBN: 972-27-0259-9
Benveniste, Émile; O homem na linguagem
Bloom, Harold, 1930-; O^cânone ocidental. ISBN: 978-989-644-136-4
Carvalho, Amorim de; Tratado de versificacao portuguesa
Compagnon, Antoine; Para que serve a literatura?. ISBN: 978-972-9250-68-2
Dolezel, Lubomír; A^poética ocidental
Genette, Gérard, 1930-; Discurso da narrativa
Genette, Gérard, 1930-; Introduction a l.architexte. ISBN: 2-02-005310-1
Horácio, 65-8 a.C.; Arte poetica
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982; Essais de linguistique générale. ISBN: 2-7073-0122-1
Lausberg, Heinrich; Elementos de retórica literária
Longino, Dionísio; Do sublime. ISBN: 978-989-26-1092-4
Platão, 428-348 a.C; A^república. ISBN: 972-31-0509-8
Platão; Íon, Inquérito, 2000
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980; Qu.est-ce que la littérature?
Silva, Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e, 1939-; Teoria da literatura. ISBN: 972-40-0422-8
Silva, Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e, 1939-; Teoria e metodologia literárias. ISBN: 972-674-050-9
Staiger, Emil; Conceptos fundamentales de poetica
Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939-; La^notion de littérature. ISBN: 2-02-009555-6
Todorov Tzvetan 1939-2017; Teoria da literatura. ISBN: 972-44-0668-7 (Russian Formalists Texts)
Wellek, René, 1903-1995; A^history of modern criticism
Wellek, René, 1903-1995; Teoria da Literatura
Wimsatt, William Kurtz, 1907-1975; Crítica literária

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, with exposure of the syllabus by the teacher, and eventually theoretical and practical sessions, with active participation of students, whenever appropriate and necessary. Theoretical-practical, with analysis of literary texts and critical texts on the subjects developed in lectures. Restricted tutorial sessions with personalized tracking of tasks done by students, including reading reports or research work.

Distributed evaluation with final exam:

Reading report or research paper - 30%. Final exam - 70%.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > Literary criticism
Humanities
Humanities > Literature
Humanities > Literature > Writing

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

Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of planned classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research paper - 30%. Final exam - 70%.