Introduction to English Literature

Code:

FLUP0088

Acronym:

ILITI1

Instance: 2005/2006 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EFI	20	Official Study Plan - LEFI	1	2,5	5	-
EIA	16	Official Study Plan - LEIA	1	2,5	5	-
EPI	46	Official Study Plan - LEPI	1	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEPI	1	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 4º ao 5º ano	1	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	1	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	1	2,5	5	-
FIL	1	Official Study Plan - LFIL	3	2,5	5	-
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Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To introduce students to the key guidelines of English literary tradition, paradigmatic figures and illustrative texts.
To develop students’ ability to situate texts in a specific literary and historical context.

Program

Based on an eminently historical-chronological perspective, this subject aims to acquaint students with an extensive understanding of some key features of English literary tradition, having selected, for that end, writers that can more successfully describe them in terms of period, poetics and discourse typology. The same criteria has necessarily guided the selection of texts by the following writers:

- Geoffrey Chaucer
- William Shakespeare
- John Milton
- Alexander Pope
- Thomas Gray
- William Wordsworth
- John Keats
- Charles Dickens
- Oscar Wilde

Main Bibliography

«Primary Bibliography» of compulsory reading:

Geoffrey Chaucer, Prólogo a Canterbury Tales, The World's Classics, Londres, OUP,
1982. *

William Shakespeare, Macbeth, The New Penguin Shakespeare, Harmondsworth, 1997. John Milton, Lycidas, in Poetical Works, Londres, OUP, 1969. *

Alexander Pope e Thomas Gray -poesia do século XVIII; * William Wordsworth e John Keats -poesia romântica; *
Charles Dickens, Hard Times, The World's Classics, Londres, OUP, 1982.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, in The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, London, Glasgow, Collins, 1952.*

* Texts will be made available in the form of “Supporting Texts” in due course.

Complementary Bibliography

«Secondary Bibliography»: reference works**

BARNARD, Robert, A Short History of English Literature, Oxford, 1984.

DAICHES, David, A Critical History of English Literature, Londres, 1969.

FOWLER, Alastair, A History of English Literature, Oxford, 1987.
SANDERS, Andrew, The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford, 1994.
SENA, Jorge de, A Literatura Inglesa: Ensaio de Interpretação e de História, Lisboa,
1989.

** References to additional readings of a more specific nature will also be provided throughout classes, whenever required, according to the respective subject matters.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes – theoretical exposition of topics addressed.
Practical classes – practical application of the knowledge acquired; text analysis.

Software

Not applicable

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
Bibliographical support, critical reading of studied works and themes	Teste	104,00		2006-06-30
Written examination	Exame	2,00		2006-06-30
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Based on the final exam

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.