Methodology in Literary Studies_English I

Code:

LLC105

Acronym:

MELI1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - English

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American 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
LLC	75	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	1	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This program is based on a diachronic view of literature, reflected on criticism, as well as on texts of each historical and literary period. This curricular unit is considered a first step on the study of literature. Therefore, students should learn to situate authors and texts in order to better understand a more specialized study, to be done later in the course.

Learning outcomes and competences

This program runs through the main times of English and American literature, starting with the classical era and ending in the early twentieth century. Ineach of these periods, students confront essayistic texts and literary excerpt. This learning strategy will allow them an understanding of the threads of continuity and/or rupture in the assertion of Anglo-american literary voice.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Classicism 2. Romanticism 3. Post - Romanticism A) English Literature B) North-American Literature 4. Early Modernism

Mandatory literature

Emerson, Ralph Waldo; The American Scholar
Wordsworth, William; Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Pater, Walter; Preface to 'The Renaissance'
Arnold, Matthew; The Study of Poetry
Eliot, T.S.; Tradition and Individual Talent
Poe, Edgar Allan; The Poetic Principle
Shelley, P.B.; A Defence of Poetry
Sidney, Philip; An Apology for Poetry
Pope, Alexander; An Essay on Criticism
Hallam, Arthur Henry; On Some Characteristics of Modern Poetry

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, with theoretical explanation of the programme, seminars, where literary texts are analysed and tutorials. Active student participation is regarded as fundamental for the course's goals. Therefore, students are encouraged to make brief oral presentations and their work id carefully accompanied during tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > Literature

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	0,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	162,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

FREQUENCY ATTAINING Class frequency 75%, except in specific cases, previously defined by law

Calculation formula of final grade

FINAL CLASSIFICATION Exam - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As stated in the Faculty's guidelines for evaluation.

Classification improvement

As stated in the Faculty's guidelines for evaluation.

Observations

Language of instruction: portuguese