18th and 19th Century English Literature

Code:

LLC091

Acronym:

LITING

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American 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
EELRI	0	Official Study Plan - LEELRI	4	-	6	52	162
EFI	1	Official Study Plan - LEFI	4	-	6	52	162
EPI	6	Official Study Plan - LEPI	4	-	6	52	162
LA	1	Study Plan only for 2007/2008	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	48	Join Language Plan only for 2007/2008	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Single Language Plan only for 2007/2008	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) only for 2007/2008	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

AIMS
This programme studies the influence of some of the feminine19th century english fiction on north-american women writers.

Program

TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUES IN 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE
It starts by a close study of historical, cultural and aesthetic backgrounds on both sides of the Atlantic and is followed by a cross reading of authors and texts.
Jane Austen's 'Emma' and Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' will be the first to draw our attention. While it is only in the twentieth century, with Daphne du Maurier's ' Rebecca' that we do find evidence of influence of Charlotte Bronte's ' Jane Eyre' in Great Britain, in America it is different. Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' is the first target of this english-american connection. We hope to draw the main aspects of the complex influence ' Jane Eyre' had upon creative women in America after 1870.

Mandatory literature

Austen, Jane; Emma, Penguin Books, 1994
Bronte, Charlotte; Jane Eyre, Penguin Books, 1994
Alcott, Louisa May; Little Women, Oxford World's Classics, 1998
Montgomery, L.M.; Anne of Green Gables, Puffin Books, 1994

Teaching methods and learning activities

TEACHING PROCEDURES
Theoretical classes, practical classes, tutorial sessions

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	60,00
Final Exam	Exame	2,00		2008-07-31
Research Project	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2008-05-30
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Guidelines for the Exam	Estudo autónomo	73	2008-07-31
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

FREQUENCY ATTAINING
Class frequency 75%, except specific cases, previously defined by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
Research Project - 30%; Exam - 70%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

Language of instruction: portuguese