Theory of Literature I

Code:

EPL039

Acronym:

TELIT1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - Portuguese

Instance: 2023/2024 - 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
EP	29	EP - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide the essential concepts of the theoretical reflection bout the literary phenomenon.
Develop skills to discuss, argument, synthesis and have a critical spirit.
Maximisation of the reading skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

Provide the students with the necessary tools in order to create a critical and reflexive point of view towards the literary object.
Intelectual improvement of the student and development of his/her reading competence.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

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Program

Literature, knowledge and Science-Literature as practise and as a subject of knowledge

1. From the implicit to the explicit
2.Epistemological issues (imperatives and constraints) 
3.Reflexion,theory and  science; Formalisation/ Institutionalisation
4. Literary Theory multiple objects, methods and practices- the historicity and  the relativity of models
5.( Inter)Disciplinary Articulations:
5.1. Poetics
5.2. Rhetorics
5.3. Literary History
5.4. Semiotics.
6. Umberto Eco and the notion of "model reader".

Mandatory literature

AAVV; Curso de Teoria de la Literatura, Taurus Universitaria, 1994
AAVV; Histoire des Poétiques, PUF. ISBN: 1997
AAVV; La Teoría Literaria Contemporánea, Ariel, 2003
AAVV; Teoria da Literatura (Textos dos Formalistas Russos), Edições 70, 1978
AAVV; Textos Clásicos de Teoría de la Literatura, Cátedra, 2004
Barry, P.; Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, Manchester University Press, 2009
Barthes, R.; Lição, Edições 70, 2007
Umberto Eco; Seis passeios nos bosques da ficção. ISBN: 972-29-0320-9
Lopes, S. R. ; Literatura, Defesa do Atrito, Vendaval, 2003
Newton, K. M.. ; Twentieth-Century. Literary Theory, Palgrave Macmillian, 1997
Reis, Carlos; Técnicas de Análise Textual, Coimbra, Almedina, 1981
Vítor Aguiar e Silva; Teoria da literatura. ISBN: 972-40-0422-8
Steiner, G.; Gramática da Criação, Relógio d’Água, 2002
Valverde, M. J.; La Literatura. Qué era y qué es, Montesinos, 1989

Complementary Bibliography

AAVV; Literary Cristicism- from Formalism to Poststuralism, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Berrio,A.G.& Hernandez,T.H; La Poetica, Sintesis, 2014
De Man, P.; O Ponto de Vista da Cegueira, Cotovia, 2000
La Capra,D.; História, Literatura,Crítica, Bellaterra, 2016
Maestro,J.G.; El Origen de la Literatura, Anthropos, 2017
Pérez,M.A.; História de la Teoria de la Literatura, II, Tirant lo Blanc, 2003
Rabaté,J-.M.; The Future of Theory, Blackwell, 2002
Rice,P.,Waught,P.; Modern Literary Theory, Arnold, 1989
Vilain, Ph.; L' Autofiction en Théorie, Les Editions la Transparence, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, practical classes and tutorials.

Software

Nenhum

keywords

Humanities > Literature > Literary criticism

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	80,00
Participação presencial	20,00
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 the classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam - 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations.

Observations

NOTE: A specific reading list on the topics under study will be provided to the students in due course.