Topics in Portuguese Culture for Primary and Secondary Education

Code:

MEPLAT008

Acronym:

TCBS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language, Literature and Cultural Studies

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEP	19	MEP - Study Plan	2	-	6	41	162
MEPLAT	0	MEPLAT - Study Plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This programme, which is included in a cycle of studies for teachers training, provides students with a good knowledge of the Portuguese culture, according to the programmes adopted in 3rd cycle of elementary school and in high school, as a way to prepare students for their respective teaching area.

Learning outcomes and competences

The program, focusing on the study of the processes of construction of cultural memory, aims to provide students with skills that enable the perception of Portuguese identity in the world, consolidating knowledge that supports the relationship with collective memory, understanding the genesis and development of fundamental and structuring themes such as the myth of Ourique, the subject polarized around Inês de Castro, the subject of Sebastianism and the Fifth Empire and its projection in contemporary times.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Foundational «Myths». Ourique's miracle «construction»


2. Expansion, evangelization and «imperial» ideology: texts and contexts


3. The construction of Inês de Castro character 
   
   
   
   • The Chronickes and As Trovas à Morte de Inês de Castro, Garcia de Resende
   
   
   • The Os Lusíadas episod
   
   
   • 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
   
   
   • António Patrício, Pedro o Cru
   
   
   • 20th century deconstruction of the myth
     
     
     
     
     • Herberto Helder, Teorema (Os Passos em Volta)
     
     
     • Agustina Bessa-Luís, Adivinhas de Pedro e Inês
     
     
     
     
   
   
   
   

1. The Portuguese maritime empire and 16th century political messianisms and utopias. From «Covered» to «Desired». Sebastianismo and Quinto Imperio (from A. Vieira to F. Pessoa).
   
   
   
   
   • Glory and Misery of Discoveries
   
   
   • King Sebastião in 19th and 20th centuries historical novels
   
   
   • Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem
   
   
   • Aquilino Ribeiro, Aventura Maravilhosa
   
   
   • Agustina Bessa-Luís, O Mosteiro
   
   
   
   

Mandatory literature

MATTOSO, José ; A Identidade Nacional, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2001
MARINHO, Maria de Fátima ; Um Poço sem Fundo – Novas Reflexões sobre Literatura e História, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2005
BUESCU, Ana Isabel ; Memória e Poder. Ensaios de História Cultural (Séculos XV-XVIII), Lisboa, Cosmos, 2000
LOURENÇO, Eduardo - O Labirinto da Saudade - Psicanálise mítica do destino português, Lisboa, Publicaç¬ões D.Quixote, 3ªed., 1988
ARAÚJO, Alberto e MALHEIRO, Armando; «Afonso Henriques, o mito fundador e a recorrência mítica», Actas do 2.º Congresso Histórico de Guimarães, 1996, Vol. 3, pp. 319-404. , 1996
BHABHA, Homi – The Location of Culture, London and New York, Routledge, 1994.
QUADROS, António - Poesia e Filosofia do Mito Sebastianista, Lisboa, Guimarães Editores, 1982.
PIRES, António Machado - D. Sebastião o Encoberto, Lisboa, Fundação C. Gulbenkian, 2ªed., 1982.

Comments from the literature

More specific references will be given in the beginning of the semester

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical exposition of the programme contents and analyses of texts and other audiovisual materials in class. This methodology allows the development of the oral component, which is fundamental to teaching practice, and to consolidate knowledge, as it allows to highlight the dimension of intertextuality.
The assessment model (final exam) is based on writing a short essay on one of the topics included in the program, so that studentes can develop a critical view of the issue.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

A 75% attendance at the lessons is required from the student

Calculation formula of final grade

 Exam - 90%
Class frequency - 10%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the rules in force