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History of Portuguese Culture

History of Portuguese Culture

Code	13153
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cultura
Entry requirements	There is not.
Mode of delivery	Theoretical and practical
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	• Acquire knowledge of the most important themes of Portuguese Culture and its formation in the context of globalization; • Elaborate practical work on an author and a relevant work of Portuguese Culture; • Demonstrate oral presentation skills in the presentation; • Acquire critical capability.
Syllabus	1) The issues of Historiography, especially the usefulness of History and the concepts of Culture and Civilization. 2) The Portuguese Identity: unity and diversity. 3) The first spaces and manifestations of Portuguese literate and artistic culture. 4) Dimensions of the Renaissance: Humanism and Erasmism in Portugal; the Discoveries and Renaissance Culture; Travel Literature; Gil Vicente and Luís de Camões. 5) The Reform Movement, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation in Portugal. 6) D. Sebastião and Sebastianism. 7) Father António Vieira and the “Fifth Empire”. 8) Pombalism, Enlightenment and Encyclopedism. 9) Liberalism and Romanticism in Portugal. 10) The new proposals of the Generation of 70. 11) Republicanism. 12) Modernism and other avant-gardes. 13) The culture of the "politics of the spirit" of the Estado Novo. 14) The culture of opposition. 15) Globalization and the Portuguese economy, society and culture.
Main Bibliography	BUESCU, Helena Carvalhão (coord.) (1997). Dicionário do Romantismo Literário Português. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho. CALAFATE, Pedro (dir.) (1999-2004), História do Pensamento Filosófico Português, 5 vols., Lisboa: Editorial Caminho. CATROGA, Fernando e CARVALHO, Paulo A. M. Archer de (1996). Sociedade e Cultura Portuguesas II, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.. MATTOSO, José (dir.) (1993-1999). História de Portugal. vols. I a VIII. Lisboa: Estampa. PEREIRA, António dos Santos (2008). Portugal Descoberto, vol. I: Cultura Medieval e Moderna. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior e Fundação para a Ciência a Tecnologia. PEREIRA, António dos Santos (2008). Portugal Descoberto, vol. II: Cultura Contemporânea e Pós-Moderna. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior e Fundação para a Ciência a Tecnologia. TAVARES, Maria José Ferro (1990). Sociedade e Cultura Portuguesas. 2 vols. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.