History of Portuguese Theatre - from Garret to Contemporary Theatre

Code:

EPL012

Acronym:

HTP_GC

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

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
CL	0	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	-
EPL	2	Study Plan	3	-	6	-
LLC	6	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

AIMS: This course aims, first of all, to provide students a series of introductory references on authors, genres and concepts of the history of theatre in Portugal during the 18th and 19th centuries. Secondly, the information will also lead the student to overcome the introductory references and find in them the tools for a full review of the theatre and the history of theatre, and dramaturgy. 

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS: Over the semester, students must be able to: a) reflect on the concepts of “history” and “theatre” in 18th and 19th century Portugal; b)Know and/or recognise some canonical texts on Portuguese playwrights and the so-called “prevalent” genres of the contemporary period, and whenever possible, be aware of limitations of such canonicity; c)Understand the strengths and frailties of national and civilisation concepts of the history of theatre; d) assess the variety and vitality, and rhetoric and aesthetics of dramas and texts on the Portuguese theatre.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. The History and the Story of the Theatre: culture and memory. 1.“Homo sapiens” and “Homo ludens”. 2. Concepts of “paradramaticidade”/“paradramaturgical activities” and “teatralidade” /“theatricalness”. 3. Theatre History: some questions about Time in Place.
II. Portuguese theatre history during the Contemporary Age 
1. The 18th century read by the 19th century theatre: a) the national theatre and the “Volksgeist”; b) the "theory of clime” and the opposition between classics and romantics; c) refounding the Chorus: d) the concpt of "tragédie bourgeoise"; e) some texts of Diderot about the theater and the actor. Reading of "A Mulher que o não parece", of Manuel de Figueiredo.
2. The 19th century and the labirynths of the “icastic mimesis”: a) Garrett, a  reader of Figueiredo; b) the project of a national theatre; c) definitions of "a romantic drama"; d) the (r)evolution of melodrama; e) some texts of Victor Hugo about the fonctions of Theatre. Reading of "Frei Luís de Sousa" of Almeida Garrett.
3. The role of Parodic: a) Gomes de Amorim and "Fígados de Tigre"; b) desconstruction of the ultra-romantic and naturalist drama; c) Offenbach's influence; d) some texts of Pessoa and Almada. Reading of "A Ceia dos Cardeais", of Júlio Dantas and some parodics.
4. The 20th century questioning old "aristotelic" rules: a) the simbolist play; b) the crualty theater; c) the poor theatre; d) the living theatre; e) some texts of Artaud, Grotowski and Brecht. Reading of "Pedro, o Cru", of António Patrácio.

Mandatory literature

AA. VV. ; Lexique du drame moderne et contemporain, org. J.-P. Sarrazac, Belval, Circé, 2005
AA. VV. ; O Melodrama I. Temas, Coimbra, CLP/FLUC, 2006
AA. VV. ; Teatro Português em um acto (1900-1945), Lisboa, IN-CM, 1997
AA. VV. ; The Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre, ed. J. Russel Brown, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995
ARISTÓTELES ; Poética, ed. Eudoro de Sousa , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1989
BARATA, José Oliveira ; Estética Teatral. Antologia de Textos, Lisboa, Moraes Ed., 1981
BARATA, José Oliveira ; Máscaras da Utopia. História do Teatro Universitário em Portugal (1938-1974), Lisboa, FCG, 2009
BARATA, José Oliveira ; O Espaço Literário do teatro. Estudos sobre Literatura Dramática Portuguesa, A Coruña, Univ. Coruña, 2001
BARISCH; Jonas ; The Anti-theatrical Prejudice , Berkeley/ Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1981
BARTHES, Roland ; Essais Critiques , Paris, Seuil, 1964
BASTOS, Glória Bastos; VASCONCELOS, Ana Isabel ; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo da Primeira República, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2004
BENJAMIN, Walter ; A obra de Arte na era da sua reprodutibilidade, “Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política”, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água, 1992
BASTOS, Sousa ; Dicionário de Teatro Português, ed. fac-similada, Coimbra, Minerva, 1994
BORIE, Monique, ROUGEMONT, Martine de, e SCHERER, Jacques; Estética Teatral. Textos de Platão a Brecht, Gulbenkian, 1996
BORRALHO, Maria Luísa Malato ; Manuel de Figueiredo. Uma perspectiva do Neoclassicismo português (1745-1777), Lisboa, IN-CM, 1995
BROOKS, Peter ; A Porta Aberta, trad. A. Mercado, Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 2005
CÂMARA, M. Alexandra Gago da; ANASTÁCIO, Vanda ; O teatro em Lisboa no tempo do Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2004
CARVALHO, Mário Vieira de ; Pensar é Morrer ou O Teatro S. Carlos , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1993
CRUZ, Duarte Ivo; História do Teatro Português, Verbo, 2001
DIDEROT ; Paradoxo sobre o Actor, trad. Luís Matos Costa, Lisboa, Hiena, 1993
DOMENACH, Jean-Marie ; O Retorno do Trágico, trad. M. B. Costa, Lisboa, Moraes Editores, 1968
HUIZINGA, Johan ; Homo Ludens. Essai sur la fonction sociale du jeu, Paris, Gallimard, 1988
MARTIN, John ; The Intercultural Performance Handbook, London, Routledge, 2004
OLIVEIRA, Fernando Matos; Teatralidades. 12 Percursos pelo território do espectáculo, Angelus Novus, 2003
PICCHIO, Luciana Stegagno ; História do Teatro Português, trad. Manuel de Lucena , Lisboa, Portugália, 1969
PLATÃO ; A República, trad. M. Helena da Rocha Pereira, Lisboa, FCG, 1990
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Naturalista e Neo-Romântico (1870-1910), Lisboa, ICP, 1978
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O teatro romântico (1838-1869), Lisboa, ICLP, 1980
REBELLO, Luiz Francisco ; O Teatro Simbolista e Modernista em Portugal, , Lisboa, IN-CM, 1979
RODRIGUES, M. Idalina Resina; De Gil Vicente a 'Um Auto de Gil Vicente', Lisboa, IN-CM, 2006
ROUSSEAU; Lettre à d’Alembert sur les Spectacles, Paris, Garnier-Flammarion, 2003
SENA, Jorge de; Do Teatro em Portugal, Edições 70, 1988
SURGERS, Anne ; Teatro Occidental : Unha historia teatral desde a Escenografía , Vigo, Galaxia,, 2009
UBERSFELD, Anne ; Para Ler Teatro, trad. J. Almeida Jr, , S. Paulo, Perspectiva, 2005
VASCONCELOS, Ana Isabel ; O Teatro em Lisboa no tempo de Almeida Garrett, Lisboa, Museu Nacional do Teatro, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, practical classes, tutorials. Presentation of a Report.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	36,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Report - 50% Exam - 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations