Medieval Fiction

Code:

EPL008

Acronym:

FICMED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Language Literature

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	1	CL - Study Plan	2	-	6	-
EP	15	EP - Study Plan	2	-	6	-
LLC	12	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	-
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to lead the students to a close contact with Galician-Portuguese and Portuguese texts of the Arthurian prose romance, namely the «Livro de Galaaz e da Morte do rei Artur» (usually known as «Demanda do Santo Graal»), and to elucidate the social, cultural and aesthetical conditions surrounding the translation and circulation of that literature in Portugal and in Iberian context. The reception of those textes and the way they conveyed social models, myths and literary technics to Portuguese cultural milieu will be a major focus of inquiry.

Learning outcomes and competences

The current syllabus aims at providing students with the knowledge of the fortune of Arthurian romance in Portugal, namely with the whole set of texts that formed an articulated narrative cycle. Since nowadays only remain two ancient Portuguese texts – «Estória do Santo Graal» and «Livro de Galaaz e da Morte do rei Artur» («Demanda do Santo Graal») –, the main goal of the course will be to ascertain what was the constitution of the cycle that circulated in Portugal and part of the Iberian Peninsula. Bearing in mind that the cycle has had a wide diffusion all along the Iberia, this task will be undertaken with the aid of the French manuscript tradition, the extant Iberian fragments of larger texts and the romances that survive only in late Castilian redactions («Baladro del Sábio Merlín» and «Lançarote de Lago»). Only after that archeological work is accomplished will the students be able to understand the general structure of the Arthurian plot and to perceive the contribution of this literary corpus to the development of Portuguese literary language in the late Middle Ages.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I  Arthurian literature:

I.1. Chivalry society and the «corteisie»;

I. 2 From the «roman courtois» to the Arthurian prose cycle;

I. 3 The Grail theme from Chrétien de Toyes to the cycles based on prose «Lancelot»;

I. 4 Arthurian romance in Portugal

II The «Livro de Galaaz e da Morte do Rei Artur» («Demanda do Santo Graal»): textual and hermeneutical approaches:

II. 1 The construction of the plot: intertextuality, phases of redaction, interpolations and rewriting;

II. 2 Chivalry and lineage: the chosen heroes on the primitive level of the «Livro de Galaaz»;

II. 3 The impossible redemption of Lancelot;

II. 4 The preparation of the Arthurian apocalypse: the «má andança» from the «Livro de Merlin» to the version king Arthur’s death that concludes the «Livro de Galaaz».

Mandatory literature

Bogdanow, Fanni; The romance of the grail
Kohler, Erich; L.aventure chevaleresque
Laranjinha, Ana Sofia; Linhagens arturianas na Península Ibérica
Laranjinha, Ana Sofia; Artur, Tristão e o Graal
Lorenzo Gradín, Pilar 340; Livro de Tristan e livro de Merlin
Miranda, José Carlos Ribeiro; Conto de Perom, o melhor cavaleiro do mundo. ISBN: 972-97530-1-6
Miranda, José Carlos Ribeiro; A^Demanda do Santo Graal e o ciclo arturiano da Vulgata. ISBN: 972-97530-6-7
Miranda, José Carlos Ribeiro; Galaaz e a ideologia da linhagem. ISBN: 972-97530-7-5
Miranda, JCR/Aileni, S/Correia, I/Laranjinha, AS/Rabaçal, E; Estória do Santo Graal (Livro Português de José de Arimateia), Estratégias Criativas, 2016. ISBN: ISBN: 978-989-8459-28-2
Nunes, Irene Freire 340; A Demanda do Santo Graal. ISBN: 972-27-077-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes and tutorials

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

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

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Previous study and research: 50%; essay: 50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to the Assessment Regulation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations