Portuguese Culture during the Discoveries

Code:

EPL005

Acronym:

CPEDES

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies - Portuguese

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	52	162
EP	28	EP - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	20	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. Access key data of historical, cultural and social nature that has helped shape the typical way of “being Portuguese” and its relation with the Iberian, European and universal contexts. 2. Critically reflect on the testimonies of voyages of discovery and discuss the vision of the Other evident in these texts. 3. Situate the participation of 16th century Portugal in the process of opening the West to other civilisations, and determine how it influenced the specificity of Portuguese culture.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Access key data of historical, cultural and social nature that has helped shape the typical way of "being Portuguese" and its relation with the Iberian, European and universal contexts.
2. Critically reflect on the testimonies of voyages of discovery and discuss the vision of the Other evident in these texts.
3. Situate the participation of 16th century Portugal in the process of opening the West to other civilizations and determine how it influenced the specificity of Portuguese culture.

Working method

Presencial

Program

THE DISCOVERIES AND TRAVEL LITERATURE 1. Travel literature as a cultural phenomenon. 1.1. Travels and travellers: types, motivations, constraints; 1.2. Travel as an escape. 2. From the imaginary to the real in the late Middle Ages. 2.1. The “marvellous” travels of D. Pedro of Portugal; 2.2. The travels of Marco Polo, or the discovery of the East in the Middle Ages. 3. From the reverence of the real to the vision of a world. 3.1. A guideline for the literature of discoveries: the itinerary of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India; 3.2. The discovery and revelation of a new world: the Letter of Pêro Vaz de Caminha; 3.3. The East and the West in dialogue: the Verdadeira Informação das Terras do Preste João, by Pe. Francisco Álvares, and the Itinerário da Índia a Portugal por Terra, by António Tenreiro. 4. The Portuguese and the seas: disasters and successes. 4.1. Peregrinação, by Fernão Mendes Pinto: autobiography and account of adventures; 4.2. História trágico-marítima: narratives of utility and example.

Mandatory literature

GÓMEZ DE SANTISTEBAN; Libro del Infante D. Pedro de Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1962
Santistéban, Gómez de; Libro del Infante don Pedro de Portugal, el cual anduvo las cuatro partidas del mundo, Edição de Elena Sánchez Lasmarías. «Memorabilia», 11 (2008), pp. 1-30., 2008
POLO, Marco; O Milhão, Editora Educação Nacional, 1944
VELHO, Álvaro; Roteiro da Primeira Viagem de Vasco da Gama à Índia, Faculdade de Letras do Porto, 1999
CAMINHA, Pêro Vaz de; Carta a D. Manuel I, Livros de Portugal, 1943
TENREIRO, António; Itinerário: em que se contém como da Índia veio por terra a estes reinos de Portugal, Estampa, 1980
BRITO, Bernardo Gomes de (comp.); História Trágico-marítima, Editorial Sul, 1955-56
PINTO, Fernão Mendes; Peregrinação, Lello & Irmão, 1984
ÁLVARES, Francisco; Verdadeira informação das terras do Preste João das Índias, Europa-América, 1989
AA. VV.; Viagens dos Descobrimentos, Editorial Presença, 1983

Complementary Bibliography

MEJÍA RUIZ, Carmen; NAVAS SÁNCHEZ-ÉLEZ; El oriente maravilloso y exótico. Dos relatos de viaje, Cartea Universitara, 2007. ISBN: 978-973-731-474-I
POPEANGA, Eugenia; Viajeros medievales y sus relatos, Cartea Universitara, 2005. ISBN: 973-731-204-X
CASTRO, Aníbal Pinto de; «Introdução» a «Peregrinação», de Fernão Mendes PINTO, Lello & Irmão, 1984
BROC, Numa; La géographie de la Renaissance (1420-1620), Les Éditions du C.T.H.S., 1986
CARVALHO, José Adriano; FONSECA, Luís Adão da; A descoberta do oceano: saga e memória (séc. XI-XVI), Banco Português do Atlântico, 1993
CRISTÓVÃO, Fernando; Condicionantes culturais da literatura de viagens: estudos e bibliografias, Cosmos, 1999
MARGARIDO, Alfredo; «Os relatos de naufrágios na Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto», Difel, 1991
AA.VV.; Invitación al viaje, Junta de Extremadura, 2006
GRAÇA, Luís; A visão do Oriente na literatura portuguesa de viagens: os viajantes portugueses e os itinerários terrestres (1560-1670) , Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1983
AA. VV.; Voyager à la Renaissance. Colloque de Tours, 1983, Editions Maisonneuve et Larose, 1987
PINTO, João Rocha; A viagem, memória e espaço: a literatura portuguesa de viagens. Os primeirosrelatos de viagem ao Índico (1497-1560), Livraria Sá da Costa, 1989
CORREIA, Margarida Sérvulo; As viagens do Infante D. Pedro, Gradiva, 2000
MARNOTO, Rita; Il "Marco Paulo" di Valentim Fernandes nella catena traslativa del "Milione", Leo S. Olschki, 2008. ISBN: 9788822257055
ANDRADE, António Alberto Banha de; Mundos novos ao mundo. Panorama da difusão pela Europa de notícias dos Descobrimentos portugueses, Junta de Investigação do Ultramar, 1972
DIAS, J. S. da Silva; Os Descobrimentos e a problemática cultural do século XVI, Universidade de Coimbra, 1973

Teaching methods and learning activities

A combination of theory, practical classes and tutorials, integrating expository and inductive methods focused on the student’s effort, initiative and participation. Practical classes and tutorials emphasise the critical review of texts (literary and non-literary) and other “period documents”. Use of audio-visual equipment

keywords

Humanities > History
Social sciences > Cultural studies > Renaissance studies

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	74,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	34,00
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