Methodology in Literary Studies_Portuguese I

Code:

LLC104

Acronym:

MELP1

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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
CL	3	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
EPL	22	Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	32	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To provide conceptual, theoretical, methodological and analytical tools for the study of the literary object.

Students will gain a critical perspective of the most important Western conceptions of literature as creation, communication and institution.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus provides a very wide critical, theoretical and historical approach within the Literary Studies, in order to provide students with a comprehensive and thorough overview of the key problems and regulatory principles of the various methods of study of literature, in all its aspects.

In Level I, the course of Methodology of Literary Studies traces a path simultaneously reflective and historical, primarily concerned with the problems posed by Poetics, in order to provide students with all of the operative concepts necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the literary text, with a view simultaneously integrative and analytical.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Purpose and methods of Literary Studies

1.1. "Poetry", "literature" and "literariness"

1.2. National literatures and the literary system

1.3. Methods of study and critical trends

 

2. Western Poetics

2.1. The Platonic and Aristotelian traditions

2.2. From Horace to Pseudo-Longinus

2.3. From Classicism to Romanticism

2.4. Contemporary Poetics

 

3. Structures of literary discourse

3.1. Enunciation and genres of discourse

3.2. Elements of versification

3.3. Elements of Literary Rhetoric

Mandatory literature

Aristóteles, 384-322 a.C; Poetica
Carvalho, Amorim de; Tratado de versificacao portuguesa
Compagnon, Antoine; Para que serve a literatura?. ISBN: 978-972-9250-68-2
Dolezel, Lubomír; A^poética ocidental
Genette, Gérard, 1930-; Discurso da narrativa
Genette, Gérard, 1930-; Introduction a l.architexte. ISBN: 2-02-005310-1
Horácio, 65-8 a.C.; Arte poetica
Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982; Essais de linguistique générale. ISBN: 2-7073-0122-1
Lausberg, Heinrich; Elementos de retórica literária
Dionísio Longino; Tratado do sublime de Dionísio Longino
Platão, 428-348 a.C; A^república. ISBN: 972-31-0509-8
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980; Qu.est-ce que la littérature?
Silva, Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e, 1939-; Teoria da literatura. ISBN: 972-40-0422-8
Silva, Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e, 1939-; Teoria e metodologia literárias. ISBN: 972-674-050-9
Staiger, Emil; Conceptos fundamentales de poetica
Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939-; La^notion de littérature. ISBN: 2-02-009555-6
Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939-; Teoria da literatura

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, with exposure of the syllabus by the teacher, and eventually theoretical and practical sessions, with active participation of students, whenever appropriate and necessary. Theoretical-practical, with analysis of literary texts and critical texts on the subjects developed in lectures. Restricted tutorial sessions with personalized tracking of tasks done by students, including reading reports or research work.

Distributed evaluation with final exam:

Reading report or research paper - 30%. Final exam - 70%.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research paper - 30%. Final exam - 70%.