Medieval Fiction

Code:

EPL008

Acronym:

FICMED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

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	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	-
			2
EPL	16	Study Plan	2	-	6	-
LLC	11	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	-
			3
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	-
			3
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	3	-	6	-
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	-
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	-
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To provide students with a frequent and in-depth contact with some of the most important Galician-Portuguese texts of the Arthurian romance in prose, particularly the Book of Galahad and the Death of Arthur (Quest for the Holy Grail). Draw the aesthetic, cultural and social context in which the said texts were prepared and received, and highlight their role in the dissemination of myths, behaviour models and writing techniques.

Program

I. The Arthurian romance
I.1. The chivalry society and “corteisie”
I.2. From courtly romance to the Arthurian romance in prose
I.3. The theme of the Grail of Chrétien de Troyes in romance circles formed around the Lancelot prose
1.4. The Arthurian romance in Portugal

II A The Book of Galahad and the Death of Arthur (Quest for the Holy Grail): textual and interpretative perspectives
1. The narrative construction: intertextual echoes, drafting phases, interpolation and redrafting
2. Chivalry and lineage: the construction of heroes chosen at a primitive level of the Book of Galahad.
3. Contradictions and flaws in the Arthurian world
4. The Tristan writer and the obsession with Evil: treason, incest and paganism
5. The preparation of the Arthurian apocalypse: bad adventures, from the Book of Merlin to the “Death of King Arthur", which completes the Book of Galahad

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes and tutorials

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Exam	Exame	2,00		2012-02-11
Essay	Trabalho escrito	8,00		2012-02-11
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	96	2012-02-11
	Total:	96,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

To be defined in the first weeks of classes.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations