History of Modern and Contemporary Portuguese Culture

Code:

HISTO016

Acronym:

HCCP

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	63	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	2	-	6	-
			3
		Study Plan - History	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To draw the students' attention to the main ideological and cultural movements of the Portuguese society, from the rise of Liberalism to the end of "Estado Novo".
To understand and interpret the main cultural manifestations, and ideological leaders of Portugal's contemporary society.
Using contexts to compare Portugal´s cultural tendencies and mentality with other European countries.

To acquire independent learning strategies and to develop interpretation and critical analysis skills.

Program

1. Subject presentation: teaching methodologies, assessment options and criteria, sources and bibliography.
2. Contemporary essayism: reflections on Portuguese culture and national identity.
3. 19th-century Portuguese culture: the dichotomy between decadence and regeneration.
3.1. From the paradigm of the Enlightenment to the cultural revolution of the Romanticism.
3.2. Liberal culture: founders, symbols and productions.
3.3. The generations of 1848 and 1870: ideas and personalities.
3.4. The Republican Messianism. Positivism. Anti-clericalism. Laicisation.
3.5. Ultimatum and Fin-de-Siècle Crisis.
4. The Republic between tradition and modernism.
4.1. Sanctification of the society and construction of the republican motherland.
4.2. Cultural, ideological and artistic diversity and plurality during the 1st Republic.

4.3. The Intellectuals and the Nation: cultural movements and groups.
5. Culture and Propaganda: symbols and strategies of the "Estado-Novo".
5.1. Authority and conservatism: the triad of “God, Motherland and Family”.
5.2. Official culture and Politics of the Spirit. The SPN (Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional) and the SNI (Secretariado Nacional de Informação)
5.3. Nationalism and "Portugality". The imperial mystique.
5.3. Between norm and rupture: ideological control and cultural resistance.
5.4. Decline of the "Estado-Novo", and changes in cultural life (1958-1974).

Mandatory literature

MATTOSO, José (dir.); História de Portugal, vols. 5 a 8, Círculo de Leitores, 1993-1994
REIS, António (dir.); Portugal Contemporâneo, 6 vols., Lisboa, Alfa, 1990-1992
MELO, Daniel; Salazarismo e Cultura Popular (1933-1958), Lisboa, ICS da UL, 2001
Ó, Jorge Ramos do; Os Anos de Ferro: o dispositivo cultural durante a "Política do Espírito" 1933-1949, Lisboa, Estampa, 1999
CALAFATE, Pedro (org.); Portugal como Problema, 2 vols., Lisboa, Público/Fundação Luso-Americana, 2006
FRANÇA, José-Augusto; O Romantismo em Portugal, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1993

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes: lectures on selected topics.
Tutorials: dealing with the problems of the subject through the promotion of debates based on documents; discussion of the bibliography.

keywords

Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
	Trabalho escrito	70,00		2011-05-28
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2011-05-28
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Frequência das aulas	7	2011-05-28
	Total:	7,00

Eligibility for exams

Compliance with attendance is not included in the assessment types (Assessment Regulations of FLUP, article 9, paragraph 1)

Calculation formula of final grade

CF= 70% FE + 30% BR
FE - Final exam
BR - Book review

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not apllicable

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may repeat just the test in which they have failed to achieve a satisfactory grade.