Contemporary Portuguese Culture

Code:

EPL004

Acronym:

CULPC

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	0	EP - Study Plan	3	-	6	-
LA	42	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	-
LLC	19	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	-
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Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Students should be able to reflect and critically debate on major public events, achievements , cultural agents , issues and problems experienced in the Portuguese society of the twentieth century based on the availability of facts of indisputable objectivity and social relevance, of rational and productive operating schemes, as well as of syntheses and frames of secure context. The students will be encouraged to optimize a new and a deeper understanding of the present time and a clear and personalized self-cultural awareness, marked, necessarily, by the experience of the whole vast and complex universe of emerging changes in the political process started with April 25, 1974 and the integration of our country in the European Union.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students will be encouraged to optimize a new and a deeper understanding of the present time and a clear and personalized self-cultural awareness, marked, necessarily, by the experience of the whole vast and complex universe of emerging changes in the political process started with April 25, 1974 and the integration of our country in the European Union.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Republican culture, society and power. The Portugal of October 5, from the memories of José Relvas. 2. History and national identity. a. Teixeira de Pascoaes in the definition of 'soul' and of the Portuguese Renaissance. b. The renewal of historiographical studies during the First Republic. Historiography of Voyages of Discovery. Jaime Cortesão. c. Writing and 'deconstruction' of History by debating the points of view. António Sardinha and António Sérgio. 3. Portuguese intellectuals and artists before the political difficulties of the twenties. Diversity of options, ideo-political and aesthetic groups. Manifestos and polemics. The course of António Ferro. 4. May 28 and the genesis of Salazarism. a. Doctrinal core of principles of the Constitution of 1933 and the 'Corporative State'. b. Art, literature and science as ' facade of nationality”. Vectors of 'political entrepreneurship'. A contextualized reading of the great exhibitions of the Regime. 5. From the “primavera marcelista” to European integration: the great social and cultural changes of the democratic regime.

Mandatory literature

CATROGA, Fernando; O Republicanismo em Portugal, da formação ao 5 de Outubro de 1910, Minerva, Coimbra, 1991. ISBN: 972-9038-14-7
CRUZ, Manuel Braga da; Monárquicos e Republicanos no Estado Novo, D. Quixote, Lisboa, 1987
FRANÇA, José-Augusto; Os anos vinte em Portugal, Presença, Lisboa, 1992
HENRIQUES, Raquel Pereira; António Ferro. Estudo e Antologia, Alfa, Lisboa, 1990
LEAL, Ernesto de Castro; António Ferro. Espaço Político e Imaginário Social (1918-32), Cosmos, Lisboa, 1994. ISBN: 972-8081-33-2
LOURENÇO, Eduardo; Portugal como Destino, seguido de Mitologia da Saudade, Gradiva, Lisboa, 1999
NETO, Vitor; O Estado, a Igreja, e a sociedade em Portugal 1832-1911, INCM, Lisboa, 1998. ISBN: 972-27-0884-8
PINTO, António Costa; Os Camisas Azuis, Estampa, Lisboa, 1994. ISBN: 972-33-0957-2
RAMOS, Rui (Coord.); História de Portugal, Esfera dos Livros, Lisboa, 2010. ISBN: 978-989-626-139-9

Complementary Bibliography

SILVA, Armando Malheiro da, SARAIVA, Arnaldo, TAVARES, Pedro Vilas Boas; Roteiros Republicanos. Porto, QuidNovi, 2010
TORGAL, Luís Reis, MENDES, José Amado, CATROGA, Fernando; História da História em Portugal, Séculos XIX-XX, Temas e Debates, Lisboa, 1998. ISBN: 972-759-090-X

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 > Contemporary 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

Mandatory attendance at a minimum of 75% of classes, except in cases foreseen by the Evaluation Rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

Relatório de leitura ou trabalho de investigação - 25%; exame - 75%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Only the examination is subject to appeal or improvement.