Portuguese Literature from Symbolism to Modernism

Code:

EPL031

Acronym:

LPSMOD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Portuguese Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	2	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	-
			2
EP	24	EP - Study Plan	3	-	6	-
LLC	23	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	-
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to study Portuguese literature within the timelines proposed for this undergraduate degree, following its evolution path – from end of the century to Modernism – and highlighting some key moments, based on the concept of generation, on the polarizing action of literary journals and on the role of some of its collaborators.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students become able to understand the evolution of symbolist and modernist literary movements, in their technical experimentation and in their specific worldviews.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The end of the century and the new literary trends
1.1. Symbolism and decadentism: from Eugénio de Castro to Camilo Pessanha
1.2. From the Saudosismo of Teixeira de Pascoaes to the outburst of Modernism
2. Modernism
2.1. Orpheu: tradition and rupture
2.2. Avant-garde: futurism, from Orpheu to Portugal Futurista
3. Personal poetics
3.1. Fernando Pessoa and heteronomy
3.2. Mário de Sá-Carneiro and A Confissão de Lúcio
3.3. Almada Negreiros, Nome de Guerra
4. The legacy of Modernism

Mandatory literature

AAVV; Orpheu, Contexto, 1994
AAVV; Portugal Futurista, Contexto, 1990
AAVV; Athena, Contexto, 1994
AAVV; Dicionário de Fernando Pessoa e do Modernismo Português, Caminho, 2008
AAVV; Portuguese Modernisms. Multiple perspectives on literature ans the visual arts, Legenda, 2011
AAVV; Pessoa in an Intertextual Web. Influence and innovation, Legenda, 2012
Almada Negreiros; Nome de Guerra, Assírio & Alvim, 2001
Eduardo Lourenço; Pessoa Revisitado. Leitura estruturante do drama em gente, Gradiva, 2000
Fernando Cabral Martins; O Modernismo em Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Estampa, 1994
Fernando Guimarães; Simbolismo, Modernismo e Vanguardas, INCM, 2004
Matei Calinescu; Five Faces of Modernity, Duke University Press, 1987
Mário de Sá-Carneiro; A Confissão de Lúcio, Assírio & Alvim, 1998
Óscar Lopes; Entre Fialho e Nemésio, INCM, 1997
Pedro Eiras; Esquecer Fausto. A fragmentação do sujeito em Raul Brandão, Fernando Pessoa, Herberto Helder e Maria Gabriela Llansol, Campo das Letras, 2005
AAVV (org. Stefen Dix); 1915. O Ano do Orpheu, Tinta-da-China, 2015

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository theoretical classes on the programme contents and text analysis

Software

Preparação de exame Estudo 73 2009-02-21
Descrição Tipo Tempo (horas) Data de Conclusão Participação presencial (estimativa) Aulas 56 Trabalho Trabalho 31 2011-06-03 E

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	76,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research assignment - 30%; exam - 70%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations