History of Portuguese Theatre - from Garret to Contemporary Theatre

Code:

EPL012

Acronym:

HTP_GC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
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
LLC	16	study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This unit aims to provide:
1. a sustained knowledge about authors, genres and concepts of the history of theatre, in Portugal, during the 18th and 21sh centuries;
2. a large perspective of Contemporary Age, considering in it some permanent questions: the (in)definition of theatrical spaces, the relation between author and director; the dependence or the creation of a public, etc.     

Learning outcomes and competences

Students must be able to:
1. reflect on the concepts of “Theatre” and "Dramaturgy", in Portugal, during the 18th and 21st centuries;
2. Know some canonical texts on Portuguese playwrights and the so-called “prevalent” genres of the contemporary period, and whenever possible, be aware of limitations of such canonicity;
3. Understand the strengths and frailties of a concept like "national theatre" to the history of theatre;
4. assess the variety and vitality, rhetorical and aesthetical, of some theatrical projects in Portugal.

Working method

Presencial

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

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Program

THE DEFINITION OF A THEATER IN PORTUGUESE
1. “Homo sapiens” and “Homo ludens”.
2. The concept of “Theatricality”.
3. Theater vs. Literature?
4. The beginnings of Portuguese Theater and the Vincentian matrix,


II - ALMEIDA GARRETT AND THE REFOUNDATION OF THE PORTUGUESE THEATER

1. The 18th century read by the 19th century: the “Volksgeist” and the genesis of the “national theater”; the “climatic theory of beauty”; "icastic" and "fantastic" mimesis.
2. The project of a “national theater” in Garrett and the various definitions of “romantic drama”;
3. The (r)evolution of Melodrama and its limits.
4. From romantic drama to realistic/naturalistic drama.

III- DRAMATURGIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE FROM THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

1. Symbolist and modernist theater. The "static drama".
2. A dramaturgy beyond text-centrism.
3. The performance.
4. Other proposals.

Mandatory literature

AA. VV. ; O Melodrama I. Temas, Coimbra, CLP/FLUC, 2006
AA. VV. ; The Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre, ed. J. Russel Brown, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995
ARISTÓTELES ; Poética, ed. Eudoro de Sousa , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1989
BARATA, José Oliveira ; O Espaço Literário do teatro. Estudos sobre Literatura Dramática Portuguesa, A Coruña, Univ. Coruña, 2001
BARISCH; Jonas ; The Anti-theatrical Prejudice , Berkeley/ Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1981
BORIE, Monique, ROUGEMONT, Martine de, e SCHERER, Jacques; Estética Teatral. Textos de Platão a Brecht, Gulbenkian, 1996
BROOKS, Peter ; A Porta Aberta, trad. A. Mercado, Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 2005
DIDEROT ; Paradoxo sobre o Actor, trad. Luís Matos Costa, Lisboa, Hiena, 1993
Johan Huizinga; Homo ludens. ISBN: 972-44-1184-2
Maria Luísa Malato; O^Figurinus e o impossível grau zero da nudez
MARTIN, John ; The Intercultural Performance Handbook, London, Routledge, 2004
OLIVEIRA, Fernando Matos; Teatralidades. 12 Percursos pelo território do espectáculo, Angelus Novus, 2003
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Naturalista e Neo-Romântico (1870-1910), Lisboa, ICP, 1978
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O teatro romântico (1838-1869), Lisboa, ICLP, 1980
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Simbolista e Modernista em Portugal, , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1979
RODRIGUES, M. Idalina Resina; De Gil Vicente a 'Um Auto de Gil Vicente', Lisboa, IN-CM, 2006
ROUSSEAU; Lettre à d’Alembert sur les Spectacles, Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 2003
SENA, Jorge de; Do Teatro em Portugal, Edições 70, 1988
SURGERS, Anne ; Teatro Occidental : Unha historia teatral desde a Escenografía , Vigo, Galaxia,, 2009
UBERSFELD, Anne ; Para Ler Teatro, trad. J. Almeida Jr, , S. Paulo, Perspectiva, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: exposition and comment on fundamental texts from the bibliography.
Practical classes: analysis of 3 Portuguese plays, applying the theatrical concepts.
Workshop of reading technics.
Preparation of a personal portfolio with small exercises presented during the semester (+ 2 theatre tickets).

The presentation of an individual portfolio aims to stimulate a full review of the Theatre and Dramaturgy, with progressive critical thought. 

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Exame	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Elaboração de projeto	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of classes.

Students with a special status, namely those covered by the status of Association Manager, Student Athlete, Student Firefighter, Military Student, National Team Athlete, High Performance Sports Practitioner or Student Worker" (Art. 14, point 1 of the Assessment Regulations), with regard to the participation component, cannot ensure face-to-face participation, but must ensure their regular participation in the tasks proposed on the Moodle platform.

Calculation formula of final grade

Portfolio: 50%
Exam: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

See Elements of evaluation.

Internship work/project

Not applied.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with a special status, namely those covered by the status of Association Manager, Student Athlete, Student Firefighter, Military Student, National Team Athlete, High Performance Sports Practitioner or Student Worker" (Art. 14, point 1 of the Assessment Regulations), with regard to the participation component, cannot ensure face-to-face participation, but must ensure their regular participation in the tasks proposed on the Moodle platform.

Classification improvement

Only the exam classification (Normal Season) is subject to improvement (Appeal Season).

Observations

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