Research Methods and Techniques

Code:

LLC108

Acronym:

MTP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Literary Criticism - Portuguese

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

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
LLC	138	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
Obs.: Português

Objectives

The students should:

1. get acquainted with the functions and the potential of libraries to human sciences research;
2. be familiarized with basic methodologies of research; 
3. be aware of the potentialities and risks of exploring the internet;
4. have full consciousness of ethical duties during researches.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

1. To develop the abilities for critical reading and assessment of materials.
2. To understand and to comply with rigorous methods of planning, developing and presenting academic work.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

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Program

1. Reading: 1.1. Levels and contexts of reading. 1.2.Historical periods in Occidental Culture; 1.3. (De)construction of the literary canon; Facts, Testimonies, Opinions, and types of Arguments; 1.5. True, Objectivity and Pertinence.

2.Documentation 2.1. Definition and typology of “document”; 2.2. A brief history of material documents; 2.3. The invention of the Press: from incunables to e-books; 2.4. The nomenclature of the book; 2.5. What is a library today?

3. Research:  3.1. Types of bibliographical references: author-title (ISO 690, NP 405) and author-year (APA). Essential elements of main types of documents; 3.2. Types of Bibliography: active and passive, specific and general; 3.3. Types of Catalogues (manuscripts, printed, digital, etc.), databases and search engines; 3.4. Types of Classification: DDC, UDC.

4. Methodology: 4.1. The State of Art: from bibliography to reading notes; 4.2. Definition of the subject and the problem; 4.3. Structure of the composition: introduction, development and conclusion; concept map; 4.4. Exposition of arguments: agreement, opposition, cause-effect, amplification, specification; 4.5. Rhetorical strategies: simplicity, correction and precision: a) good practices to quote; b)  some technical, ethical and juridical questions about plagiarism; c) some questions of style.

5. Academic works: 5.1. Rules and advice for written papers: abstracts, essays, thesis, reports, etc; 5.2.Rules and advice for oral or hybrid works:  paper presentations, powerpoints, posters, etc.

Mandatory literature

BOOTH, W. C., COLOMBE, G. e WILLIAMS, J.M. ; The Craft of Research, Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1995
CERVEIRA, Maria Elisa ; CE A Referência Bibliográfica de Documentos Impressos e Electrónicos. Análise das Normas NP405-1 e ISO-690-2, in "Revista da FL/ Ciências e Técnicas do Património, Porto, FLUP, 2002, I Série, Vol. I, pp. 111-128
CHATFIELD, Tom; Como aproveitar ao máximo a era digital, Lisboa, Lua de Papel, 2019
Código do Direito de Autor e dos Direitos Conexos, s.l. s.n., s.d.
Julce Mary Cornelsen; Escrever...com normas. ISBN: 978-989-26-0108-3
ECO, Umberto; Como se Faz uma Tese em Ciências Humanas, Lisboa: Presença, 1988
FARIA; Maria Isabel; PERICÃO, Maria da Graça; Novo dicionário do livro, Círculo dos Leitores, 1999. ISBN: 972-42-1985-2
FEBVRE, Lucien e MARTIN, Henri-Jean; O Aparecimento do Livro, Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2000
Ferreira, Paulo Gaspar; Dicionário Técnico de Termos alfarrabísticos, In-Libris, 2020. ISBN: 978-972-8474-21-8
LABARRE, Albert; História do Livro, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 2005
MALATO, M. Luísa e CUNHA, Paulo F. ; Manual de Retórica & Direito, Lisboa, Quid Juris, 2007
MANN, Chris; Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online, London: Sage, 2000
MARQUES, Ana Margarida et alii; 101 Perguntas e Respostas do Direito da Internet e da Informática, s.l., Centro Atlântico, 2002
NP 405-1, DR III Série, n.º 128, 3/6/1994. , 1994
O’DONNELL, James J. ; Avatars of the Word: from Papyrus to Cyberspace, Cambridge, Massachussets / London: Harvard University Press, 1998
OLIVEIRA, L. A. ; Ética em investigação científica. Guias práticos com estudos de caso. , Lidel, 2013. ISBN: 978-972-757-942-6
Stake, Robert E.; A Arte da Investigação com Estudos de Caso, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2012. ISBN: 9789723111873

Complementary Bibliography

Antoine Compagnon; Para que serve a literatura?. ISBN: 978-972-9250-68-2
ECO, Umberto ; A Biblioteca, Lisboa: Difel, [1987]
ECO, Umberto/ CARRIÈRE, J.-C; A obsessão pelo fogo, Lisboa: Difel, 2009
Carlos Fiolhais; A^coisa mais preciosa que temos. ISBN: 972-662-865-2
MANGUEL, Alberto ; Uma História da Leitura, Lisboa: Presença, 1998
Nuccio Ordine; A^utilidade do inútil. ISBN: 978-989-99583-1-9
SAGAN, Carl; Um mundo infestado de demónios, Lisboa, Gradiva, 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-Practical classes and Tutorial Classes

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	56,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho de investigação	42,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment (class attendance and portfolio with, at least, 1 of each type of research work, previously defined by the teacher:

1. an encyclopedical entry or a developed project of bibliographical research and
2. a full report of a conference or a written presentation/oral debate about a book or a chapter of a book in the mandatory literature.  

Portfolio = 50%

Test or Exam=50%

Obs. Mandatory minimum at the final exam: 10/20 points. In coutinous assessment, the teacher can include also an oral test.

Examinations or Special Assignments

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Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

Only the exam (ordinary EN or extraordinary ER) is subject to improvement of grade.

Observations

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