Theory of Literary Taste

Code:

EPL041

Acronym:

TGLIT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - Portuguese

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
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
EPL	17	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	2	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	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

1. Study the role of sensibility in the aesthetic understanding of the literary discourse.
2. Develop the historical and systematic knowledge of the mechanisms in literary taste.
3. Understand the operation of literary assessment criteria and the aesthetic-literary conditions at individual, social and civilisation levels.

Program

1. Theoretical aspects of sensibility
2. Physiology and psychology of taste
3. Taste as an aesthetic and literary metaphor
3.1. The Platonic matrix of ideal beauty
3.2. “Judgement” and “taste” in the Renaissance
3.3. “Good taste” and “Beautiful ideal” in Classicism
3.4. Taste and feeling in Modernity
4. Aesthetic communication
4.1. Styles and patterns of taste
4.2. Aesthetic categories: from the beautiful to the sublime
4.3. Literary assessment criteria
5. Pedagogy of taste
5.1. Individual taste and social taste
5.3. The education of literary taste

Mandatory literature

Baumgarten, A. G.; Esthétique, Paris: L’Herne, 1988
Bayer, Raymond; História da Estética, Lisboa: Estampa, 1995
Berman, Marshall; Tudo o que É Sólido se Dissolve no Ar: A Aventura da Modernidade, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1989
Brillat-Savarin; Fisiologia do Gosto, Lisboa: Via Occidentalis, 2007
Brugère, Fabienne; Le Goût: Art, Passions et Société, Paris: PUF, 2000
Burke, Edmund; A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press, 1998
Carlos, Luís Adriano; “Fisiologia do Gosto Literário”, introd. a José Emílio-Nelson, A Alegria do Mal, Quasi Edições, 2004
Coelho, Jacinto do Prado; “A Educação do Sentimento Poético”, in A Poesia de Teixeira de Pascoaes seguido de A Educação do Sentimento Poético, Porto: Lello, 1999
Dickie, George; Introdução à Estética, Lisboa: Bizâncio, 2008
Dickie, George; The Century of Taste, Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press, 1996
Dorfles, Gillo; As Oscilações do Gosto: A Arte de hoje entre a Tecnocracia e o Consumismo, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 1989
Eco, Umberto; Arte e Beleza na Estética Medieval, Lisboa: Presença, 2000
Eco, Umberto (dir.); História da Beleza, Miraflores: Difel, 2004
Ferry, Luc; Homo Aestheticus: A Invenção do Gosto na Era Democrática, Coimbra: Almedina, 2003
Genette, Gérard; “L’Appréciation Esthétique”, in L’Oeuvre de l’Art: La Relation Esthétique, Paris: Seuil, 1997
Hartmann, Pierre; Du Sublime (De Boileau à Schiller), Estrasburgo: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1997
Hugo, Victor; “Le Goût”, in Critique, Paris: Robert Laffont, 1985
Hume, David; “Do Padrão do Gosto”, in Ensaios Morais, Políticos e Literários, Lisboa: INCM, 2002
Kant, Immanuel; Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo, Lisboa: INCM, 1998
Klein, Robert; “Giudizio et Gusto dans la Théorie de l’Art au Cinquecento”, in La Forme et l’Intelligible, Paris: Gallimard, 1983
Lopes, Óscar; “A Educação do Gosto Literário”, in Uma Arte de Música e Outros Ensaios, Porto: Oficina Musical, 1986
Michaud, Yves; Critères Esthétiques et Jugement de Goût, Nîmes: Éditions Jacqueline Chambon, 1999
Michel, Alain; La Parole et la Beauté: Rhétorique et Esthétique dans la Tradition Occidentale, Paris: Albin Michel, 1994
Pina, Álvaro; O Belo como Categoria Estética: Antologia, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 1982
Schiller, Friedrich; Textos sobre o Belo, o Sublime e o Trágico, Lisboa: INCM, 1997
Schiller, Friedrich; Sobre a Educação Estética do Ser Humano numa Série de Cartas e Outros Textos, Lisboa: INCM, 1994
Souriau, Étienne; Les Catégories Esthétiques, Paris: Centre de Docummentation Universitaire, 1966
Townsend, Dabney; Introdução à Estética: História, Correntes, Teorias, Lisboa: Edições 70, 2002
Vários; Antologia de Textos da Questão Coimbrã, ed. Alberto Ferreira e Maria José Marinho, Lisboa: Moraes, 1980
Wellek, René; Conceptos de Crítica Literaria, Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1968
Wellek, René; Discriminations: Further Concepts of Criticism, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository theoretical classes on programme contents, by the teacher; they may be theory-practical classes, involving the active participation of students where appropriate and necessary. | Practical classes, with the analysis of literary and critique texts on the subjects developed in the theoretical classes. | Restricted tutorials in which tasks done by students will be supervised on a personal basis, namely the drafting of reading reports or other research assignment.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-02-19
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2010-12-18
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2011-01-31
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of estimated classes, according to Assessment Regulations, Article 9.

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or Research assignment - 30%.
Final exam - 70%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations