Methodology in Literary Studies_Portuguese II

Code:

LLC106

Acronym:

MELP2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - Portuguese

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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
EP	24	EP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	49	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

Provide theory, methodological and analytical tools for the study of the singularity of literary works and of historicity of national literatures.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understand the phenomena of aesthetic reception and the historical variability of literary forms.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Reading and interpretation
1.1. Author, text and reader
1.2. "Interpreter" and "interpretant"
1.3. The interpretative protocols
1.4. The "unlimited semiosis"

2. Aesthetics of the literary phenomenon
2.1. Literature in the arts system
2.2. The "correspondence of the arts"
2.3. Judgement of taste and pleasure
2.4. Taste, reader and public space

3. Literary Criticism
3.1. Critical judgment and concept
3.2. Singularity of text and work
3.3. The metatextual and paratextual relationship
3.4. Currents of literary criticism

4. Literary History
4.1. Historicity of text and work
4.1. Literary evolution and periodization
4.2. Typology of generations
4.3. Schools, currents and movements

Mandatory literature

Barthes, Roland; Crítica e Verdade, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1978
Barthes, Roland; O Prazer do Texto, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1988
Brugère, Fabienne; Le Goût: Art, Passions et Société, Paris: PUF, 2000
Coelho, Jacinto do Prado; Problemática da História Literária, Lisboa: Ática, 1961
Delfau, Gérard, e Anne Roche; Histoire / Littérature: Histoire et Interprétation du Fait Littéraire, Paris: Seuil, 1977
Eco, Umberto; Leitura do Texto Literário, Lisboa: Presença, 1983
Eco, Umberto; Tratado Geral de Semiótica, São Paulo: Perspetiva, 2009
Eliot, T. S.; Ensaios de Doutrina Crítica, Lisboa: Guimarães Editores, 1997
Genette, Gérard; “Poétique et Histoire”, in Figures III, Paris: Seuil, 1972
Ortega y Gasset, José; El Tema de Nuestro Tiempo, Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1981
Proust, Marcel; O Prazer da Leitura, Lisboa: Teorema, 1997
Sena, Jorge de; Dialécticas Teóricas da Literatura, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1977
Silva, Vitor Manuel de Aguiar e; Teoria da Literatura, Coimbra: Almedina, 1999
Souriau, Étienne; La Correspondance des Arts: Éléments d’Esthétique Comparée, Paris: Flammarion, 1969
Tacca, Óscar; La Historia Literaria, Madrid: Gredos, 1968
Tynianov, J.; “Da Evolução Literária”, in Vários, Teoria da Literatura: Textos dos Formalistas Russos, vol. I, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1987
Wellek, René; A History of Modern Criticism 1750-1950, Londres: Jonathan Cape, 1966
Wimsatt, Jr., William K.; Crítica Literária: Breve História, Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1980

Complementary Bibliography

Coelho, Eduardo Prado; Os Universos da Crítica, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1982
Genette, Gérard; L’Oeuvre de l’Art: La Relation Esthétique, Paris: Seuil, 1997
Guillén, Claudio; Teorías de la Historia Literaria, Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1989
Lewis, C. S.; A Experiência de Ler, Porto: Elementos Sudoeste / Porto Editora, 2000
Silva, Vitor Manuel de Aguiar e; Teoria e Metodologia Literárias, Lisboa: Universidade Aberta, 1990
Vários; Esthétique et Poétique, Paris: Seuil, 1992
Wellek, René; Concepts of Criticism, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes: exposition of programme contents by the lecturer; they may be theory-practical classes, involving the active participation of students where appropriate and necessary. | Practical classes: analysis of literary and critique texts on the subjects developed in the theory classes. | Restricted tutorials, in which tasks done by students will be supervised on a personal basis, namely the drafting of reading reports or other research assignments.

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Literature > Literary criticism
Humanities > Literature
Humanities > Philosophy > Aesthetics

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	76,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of planned classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading report or research assignment - 30%. Final exam - 70%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.