Introduction to Portuguese Culture

Code:

EPL014

Acronym:

ICPORT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies - Portuguese

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

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
EP	33	EP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	18	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Aims: An interdisciplinary approach, providing accurate, detailed and summary information, to critically discuss and raise awareness of some of the major and recurrent issues in Portuguese culture over time. The main programme guideline consists of providing elucidative and consistent frameworks on the evolution of mythogenesis and historiographical representations that the Portuguese have developed in the course of time, in terms of their identity and their role in history. Skills and learning outcomes: Students must be able to: a) explain the role of romantic and positivist historicisms in establishing our contemporary notions of “nation” and “national culture”; b) in light of the sources, explain the characteristics of the Portuguese historic providentialism of the Ancien Regime; c) explain the 19th century changeover from the “Sebastianism” belief to the realm of literary history and cultural history.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students must be able to: a) explain the role of romantic and positivist historicisms in establishing our contemporary notions of “nation” and “national culture”; b) in light of the sources, explain the characteristics of the Portuguese historic providentialism of the Ancien Regime; c) explain the 19th century changeover from the “Sebastianism” belief to the realm of literary history and cultural

Working method

Presencial

Program

I - From the concept of “culture” to the concept of “Portuguese culture”. Romantic and positivist historicisms on the issues of the roots and specificity of Portuguese culture. II - The construction of the official historic memory of the kingdom: the reconquest, the establishment of the founding myth of Ourique and the justification of the expansion. III - From the imperial project of D. João to the imperial project of D. Sebastião. The Crown, the training of competences and the Discoveries. Expansion, the Humanistic Renaissance culture and the shaping of mentalities. The post-Tridentine ideological context. IV - From the crisis of the empire to the Fifth Empire (from A. Vieira to F. Pessoa) Alcácer Quibir and the genesis of Sebastianism. From the realms of belief to the realms of literature and culture.

Mandatory literature

BELCHIOR, Maria de Lourdes ; Os homens e os livros - II, Séculos XIX e XX, Verbo, 1980.
BRAGA, Teófilo ; A Pátria Portugueza. O Território e a Raça, Chardron, 1894.
CLEMENTE, Manuel; Portugal e os portugueses, Assírio e Alvim, Lisboa, 2008. ISBN: 978-972-37-1322-0
COELHO, Jacinto do Prado ; Originalidade da literatura portuguesa, ICP, 1977.
CUNHA, Paulo Ferreira da; Lusofilias, Caixotim, Porto, 2005. ISBN: 972-8651-538
DIAS, Jorge ; Os Elementos Fundamentais da Cultura Portuguesa, I.N.C.M, 1985.
FRANÇA, José-Augusto ; O Romantismo em Portugal, , Livros Horizonte, 1993
HERCULANO, Alexandre ; História de Portugal, Bertrand, 1980
LEAL, João ; Etnografias Portuguesas (1870-1970). Cultura popular e Identidade Nacional, Dom Quixote, 2000
LOURENÇO, Eduardo ; Le Labyrinthe de la Saudade, Ed. Sagres-Europa, 1987
LOURENÇO, Eduardo ; Portugal como Destino seguido de Mitologia da Saudade, Gradiva, 1999
MARTINS, J. P. Oliveira ; História de Portugal, Bertrand, 1879.
MARINHO, Maria de Fátima ; Um poço sem fundo. Novas reflexões sobre Literatura e História, Campo das Letras, 2005
MATTOSO, José ; A Identidade Nacional, Gradiva, 2001
PIRES, António Manuel Bettencourt Machado ; A ideia de decadência na Geração de 70, 1980
PIRES, António Manuel Bettencourt Machado; D. Sebastião e o Encoberto. Estudo e Antologia, F. C. Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1982
RAMOS, Rui (Coord.); História de Portugal, Esfera dos Livros, Lisboa, 2010. ISBN: 978-989-626-139-9
RIBEIRO, Orlando ; Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico, , Sá da Costa, 1991
SANTOS, Boaventura Sousa ; Pela Mão de Alice. O Social e o Político na Pós-Modernidade, Afrontamento, 1994
TORGAL, Luìs Reis, José Amado MENDES, Fernando CATROGA ; História da História em Portugal, Séculos XIX-XX, Temas e Debates, 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical presentation of programme contents, critical analysis of basic sources / texts, individual support to students to develop their writing and research skills.

keywords

Social sciences > Cultural studies > European studies > Portuguese studies
Humanities > History
Social sciences > Cultural studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
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 - 25%; exam - 75%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Only the examination is subject to appeal or improvement.