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Themes of Portuguese Literature and Culture

Code 16597
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(45H)
Scientific area Literatura
Entry requirements It doesn´t have.
Learning outcomes 1. Development of the ability to analyze some of the great collective moments and main cultural achievements of Portuguese society in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on the area of Literature.
2. Analysis of texts from contemporary Portuguese literature, with rigor and depth, by some authors proposed in the program.
3. Consolidate diverse textual interpretation skills.
4. systematically work on the different operations involved in the recursive process of written production, including planning, writing and textual revision.
5. Preparation of a scientific text on a topic in the area of Literature or Contemporary Portuguese Culture proposed in the program.




Syllabus 1. Brief introduction to the general characteristics of Portuguese Culture.
2. The Generation of 70.
3. Unionism, Federalism and Iberism in Portugal in the 19th century.
4. Republicanism.
5. Modernism.
6. The Estado Novo and Lusotropicalism.
7. From the “Marcelista spring” to European integration: the great social and cultural transformations of the democratic regime.
8. Portuguese Culture and Lusofonia.
9. Analysis of texts from contemporary Portuguese literature (António José BORGES, Eduardo LOURENÇO, Gabriel MAGALHÃES, João MELO, João MORGADO, José SARAMAGO, Lídia JORGE, Nuno JÚDICE, Mário CLÁUDIO, Mário de CARVALHO, Miguel REAL, Oníssimo ALMEIDA, Teolinda GERSÃO ).
Main Bibliography BARATA, André Barata; PEREIRA, António dos Santos; e Carvalheiro, José Ricardo (2012) Representações da Portugalidade. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho.
CALAFATE, Pedro (dir.) (1999-2004) História do Pensamento Filosófico Português. 5 vols. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho.
LOURENÇO, Eduardo (1999) Portugal como Destino seguido de Mitologia da Saudade. Lisboa.
MATTOSO, José (1933-) (dir.) História de Portugal. vols. V a VIII. Lisboa: Estampa.
PEREIRA, António dos Santos (2008) Portugal Descoberto, vol. II: Cultura Contemporânea e Pós-Moderna. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior.
REAL, Miguel (2017) Traços Fundamentais da Cultura Portuguesa. Lisboa: Planeta.
SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa (1999) Pela Mão de Alice, O Social e o Político na Pós-Modernidade. Porto: Afrontamento.
SARAIVA, António José (1982) A Cultura em Portugal – Teoria e História, vol. I, Lisboa: Bertrand.
During the semester, more specific bibliography will be provided according to the topics under study.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-09-25

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