Aesthetics and Language

Code:

CL004

Acronym:

ELING

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	40	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

GOALS: This course aims to provide students a set of pedagogical references on language as a scientific object, considering, in particular, the common fields of Aesthetics and Philology. Secondly, it aims to considerer some arguments, examples and authorities that help to shape critical thought, and estimates the complexity of the "aestetical" label, both in the so-called “common” language and “literary” language.

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS: Students must acquire pedagogical references about language as a scientific object, specialy in the epistemological field common to Aesthetics and Philology. They must be able to consider multiple functions of language, from a rhetorical/ aesthetical point of view, the perspectives of Logos/ Reason, Ethos/ Credibility and Pathos/ Emotion, both in the so-called “common” language and the “literary” language. They should also have a good perception of the importance of rhetorical/ aesthetical figures as shapers of the knowledge, and a good understanding of "aesthetical intention" , and its role both on literary and non-literary language.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not appliable.

Program

I. Aesthetics as Experience and as Science
1. Philosophy, Rhetoric and Aesthetics, complementary areas of  linguistic knowledge.
2. The autonomy of Aesthetics: Baumgarten (1750).
3. Sense and Sensibility.
II. Language and sensible reality: some timeless questions about the re-presentation.
1. Words and Things, Facts and Opinions, Words and Signs.
2. Conventionality, Motivation and Need. Some canonical texts.
3. Denotation and connotation. Signs and Symbols. The silent language.
III. Speech and Figures of speech.
1. From Forms to Contents. Analysis of some texts and contexts.
2. From Contents to Forms. Analysis of some texts and contexts.
3. From "Storytelling" to "Verbicidal" (Ch. Saumon). "How to do things with words" (Austin).

Mandatory literature

ARISTÓTELES ; Poética, ed. Eudoro de Sousa, Lisboa, IN-CM, 1989
ARISTÓTELES, HORÁCIO, LONGINO ; A Poética Clássica, São Paulo, Cultrix, 1985
AUSTIN, John L. ; How to do Things with Words, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965
BARILLI, Renato; Curso de Estética, trad. Isabel T. Santos, Lisboa, Estampa, , 1992
BARTHES, Roland, ; A Aventura Semiológica, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1987
BARTHES, Roland; Elementos de Semiologia, Lisboa, Ed.70, 1997
BARTHES, Roland; O Grau Zero da Escrita, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1973
BARTHES, Roland ; S/Z, Paris, Seuil, [1970]
BENJAMIN, Walter ; A obra de Arte na era da sua reprodutibilidade, “Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política”, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água, 1992
BURKE, Edmond ; A Philosophical Enquiry, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1990
CARVALHO, Amorim de ; Teoria Geral da Versificação, 2 vols., Lx, Império, 1987
CARVALHO, José G. Herculano de ; Teoria da Linguagem. Natureza do Fenómeno linguístico e a análise das línguas, 2 vols., Coimbra, Atlântida, 1979
ECO, Umberto ; A Procura da Língua perfeita, trad. M. Serras Pereira, Lisboa, Presença, 1996
ECO, Umberto ; Os Limites da Interpretação, trad. J. Colaço Barreiros, Lx, Difel, 1992
FONSECA, Fernanda Irene ; Quand Dire c’est Feindre, Sep. Revista da Faculdade de Letras. Línguas e Literaturas, II Série, Vol. X, 1993, pp. 55-62
FÓNAGY, Ivan ; Essais de Psycho-Phonétique, Paris, Payot, 1993
GENETTE, Gérard; Mimologiques: Voyages en Cratylie, Paris, Seuil, 1976
GROUPE m; Rhétorique Génerale, Paris, Seuil, 1982
HJELMSLEV, Louis; Prolégomènes à une Théorie du Langage: La Structure Fondamentale du Langage, Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1966
HALL, Edward ; Le Langage Silencieux, trad. J. Mesrie, B. Niceall, Paris, Seuil, 1984
HERDER ; Ensaio sobre a Origem da Linguagem, trad. J. Justo, Lx, Antígona, 1987
HUIZINGA, Johan ; Homo Ludens. Essai sur la fonction sociale du jeu, Paris, Gallimard, 1988
JAKOBSON, Roman; Seis Lições sobre o Som e o Sentido, Lisboa, Moraes Ed., 1977
KANT, I.; Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo, Lisboa, IN-CM, 1998
LAUSBERG, Heinrich; Elementos de Retórica Literária, Lisboa, F. C. Gulbenkian, 1972
MALATO, M. Luísa / CUNHA, Paulo Ferreira da ; Manual de Retórica&Direito , Lisboa, Quid Juris, 2007
MARTIN, John ; The Intercultural Performance Handbook, London, Routledge, 2004
MELO, Gladstone Chaves de ; Ensaio de Estilística da Língua Portuguesa, Albufeira, Poseidon, 1979
NIETZSCHE, F. ; Da Retórica, Lisboa, Vega, 1995
PESSOA, Fernando ; A Língua Portuguesa, ed. L. Medeiros, Lx, Assírio e Alvim, 1997
PLATÃO ; Crátilo, trad. M. José Figueiredo, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2001
SCHILLER, F. ; Sobre a Educação Estética do Ser Humano numa Série de Cartas e Outros Textos, Lisboa, IN-CM, 1994
TARDE, Gabriel de – ; As leis da imitação, trad. Carlos Maia, Porto, Rés, s.d.
TOWNSEND, Dabney ; Introdução à Estética. História. Correntes. Teorias, trad. Paula Mourão, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2002
VILELA, Mário ; Metáforas do Nosso Tempo, Coimbra, Almedina, 2002
WATZLAWICK, Paul ; La Réalité de la Réalité. Confusion, Désinformation, Communication, trad. E. Roskis, Paris, Seuil, 1978
YAGUELLO, Marina; Les fous du langage, Paris, Seuil, 1984

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: exposition and comment of fundamental texts from the bibliography.
Practical classes: analysis of a text or an image, applying the aesthetical concepts to specific language's situations, classified as "artistic" or "non-artistic" situations.
Preparation of a personal portfolio with the exercices presented during the semestre.

Software

Humanities

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Literature
Humanities > Philosophy
Humanities > language sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Prova oral	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	72,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	36,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with regulations in force. Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Report: 50%. Final exam: 50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not appliable.

Internship work/project

Not appliable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Only the exam ("época normal" of final avaluation) is subject to improvement of grade.

Observations

Extra-class appointments will be scheduled with students.