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12261
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Letras
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Entry requirements |
It doesn´t have.
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face
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Work placements |
NA
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Learning outcomes |
This course unit aims to: 1.- awaken and develop the student’s interests and abilities to read and analyse Great Works of the universal culture, specifically focused in their political aspects. 2.- Write a short essay, in which, in addition to the theoretical-practical components, the basic structure of an academic paper work is used (abstract, introduction, index, development, concepts definition, conclusion, bibliography, etc.). 3.- Be aware and be able to use the most important concepts related to the subject in question. 4.- Know some reference works for the reader cultural formation in general and of Political Science and International Relations in particular. 5.- Become aware of the importance of plurilingual and intercultural skills. 6.- Stimulate autonomous learning strategies.
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Syllabus |
1.- Definition of concepts: reader, reading, text, plurilingualism, pluriculturalism and intercultural formation, culture, it.. 2.- Analysis of some texts of authors consecrated worldwide, emphasizing the political vision contained in them and, naturally, not leaving aside the contextualization of both the author in his time and the work under analysis. Authors: Thomas More (1478-1535) - "Utopia"; William Shakespeare (1564-1616) - "King Lear"; Father António Vieira (1608-1697) - "Letters, Sermons", etc .; Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) - "Manifesto of the Communist Party".
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Main Bibliography |
Shakespeare, William (1990). King Lear. London: Routledge in Abrams M. H. and Greenblatt, Stephen ed. (7th edition). (2000). The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. I. New York / London: Norton and Company [UBI-LL 2.5 206].
Marx, K. and Engels, F. (s.d.). Manifesto of the Communist Party, Collection of Political Texts, Translation Marxist Texts: Port: H.A. Carneiro. [item UBI- CA 1.0886].
More, Thomas (1989). Utopia, ed. George M. Longan and Robert M. Adams in Abrams M. H. and Greenblatt, Stephen ed. (7th edition). (2000). The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. I. New York / London: Norton and Company [UBI-LL 2.5 206].
Vieira, Father António (2013). Complete work of Father António Vieira [Volume I - vols. I (Diplomatic Letters) and V (Political Letters), Volume II - vol. XIII (Sermons of Political Incidence), Volume III - vol. I (History of the Future), Volume IV - vol. I (Political Writings)], directed by José Eduardo Franco and Pedro Calafate. Lisbon: Círculo de Leitores [quota UBI- CA 1.0 1133, 1134, 1135, etc.].
During the semester, specific bibliography will be provided for each of the programmatic contents.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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