Methodology in Literary Studies_English II

Code:

LLC107

Acronym:

MELI2

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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
LLC	125	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-German	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The subject aims at providing the students the basic knowledge on the current methodologies of literary studies, from the twentieth century onwards, without neglecting former traditional critical and poetical currents, so as to give them the essential tools for their practical approach of literary texts.

Program

1. Objectives and object of the discipline

2. Currents and methods of literary studies (20th century)

3. Literary genre and text
a. Theories of genre
b. Theories of text
i. The narrative etxt
ii. The lyrical text
iii. The dramatic text

Mandatory literature

Rice, Philip, Waugh, Patricia; Modern Literary Theory, London, NY, Sydney: Arnold, 2001
Barry, Peter; Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, Manchester UP, 2002
Culler, Jonathan; Literary Theory. A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 1997
Eagleton, Terry; Literary Theory: An introduction, London,Baltimore, 1983
Silva, Vitor Manuel Aguiar; Teoria da Literatura, Coimbra: Almedina, várias edições

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: subject matter exposed in theoretical approach
Practical classes: practical work with texts, both literary and critical
Tutorial Orientation: work developd by students in small workgroups, supervised by teacher in a workshop like fashion

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > English literature

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Final evaluation	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
Tutorials	Trabalho escrito	50,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Preparation for exam	Estudo autónomo	54	2011-07-15
	Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance in classes

Calculation formula of final grade

final exam: 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

To be defined

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

As determined by evalation norms

Observations

Not applicable