Portuguese Literature from Romanticism to Naturalism

Code:

EPL030

Acronym:

LPRNAT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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
CL	1	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	2	-	6	52	162
			3
EPL	11	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	21	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Understanding the evolution of the Portuguese literature from Romanticism to Naturalism: creation, development and dissolution of schools and their worldview. Interconnection of literary generations, both as continuity and as rupture. Views of the poetic and fictional esthetic experimentation in all its multiplicity.

Program

1. The late importation of Romanticism in Portugal.
1.1. Almeida Garrett: the subjectivity, from Camões to Folhas Caídas.
1.2. Alexandre Herculano and his historical fiction.

2. From the second romantic generation to the Questão Coimbrã.
2.1. Some ultra-romantic authors.
2.2. Antero de Quental and the rethorical strategy of his Sonetos.

3. The Conferências do Casino and the importation of Realism / Naturalism.
3.1. Eça de Queirós and “A literatura nova” in 1871.
3.2. The case of O Primo Basílio issue: proposals and ambiguities.
3.3. Cesário Verde and his observation of the real.

4. On the dissolution of Naturalism.
4.1. Eça de Queirós and the fin de siecle.
4.2. The emergence of the symbolist and the decadent sensibility.

Mandatory literature

GARRETT, Almeida; Folhas Caídas
GARRETT, Almeida; Viagens na Minha Terra
HERCULANO, Alexandre; Lendas e Narrativas
QUEIRÓS, Eça de ; Uma Campanha Alegre
QUEIRÓS, Eça de ; O Primo Basílio
QUENTAL, Antero de; Poesia Completa
VERDE, Cesário; O Livro de Cesário Verde

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes theoretical and practical

keywords

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
Examination	Exame	2,00		2012-02-15
Work	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2012-02-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	73	2012-02-15
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75% of classes

Calculation formula of final grade

final exam - 70%
written work - 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

according to FLUP regulations