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Non-Canonical Lusophone Literature

Non-Canonical Lusophone Literature

Code	16605
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(45H)
Scientific area	Literatura
Entry requirements	none
Learning outcomes	1. Reflect on the concept of Culture 2. Reflect on the concept of Canon 3. Distinguish literary texts from other texts of potential readerial reception 4. Identify Margin and Periphery texts 5. Recognize different forms of culture in the above-mentioned texts 6. Establish relationships between texts of oral tradition and children's literature 7. Recognize the role of Portugal in cordel literature. 8. Distinguish the detective novel from another kind of novel. 9. To evaluate the role of the so-called margin literatures
Syllabus	1. Literary canon and peripheries: texts and intertexts 2. Some milestones in the appreciation of traditional oral literature. 3. Simple and complex forms of oral literature: typological distinction, function and most common structures 4. Genres of literature with the margin of written record: distinction and typological characterization. Highlight for some genres on their way to canon 4.1. The folktale and the children's literary tale 4.2. Crime fiction novel 4.3. Science fiction 5. The Paracosm 6. Urban art
Main Bibliography	ARAÚJO, Manuel António Teixeira, A Emancipação da Literatura Infantil, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2008. BETTELHEIM, Bruno, Psicanálise dos Contos de Fadas, Venda Nova, Bertrand, 9ª ed., 2002. COTARDIÈRE, Philippe de la et alii, Júlio Verne. Da Ciência ao Imaginário, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2005. ESCARPIT, Robert, Sociologia da Literatura, Lisboa, Arcádia, 1969. GRIMM, Irmãos (org. de), Contos de Fadas, São Paulo, Iluminuras, 4ª ed., 2002. JOLLES, André, Formes Simples, Paris, Seuil, 1996. PROPP, Vladimir, Morfologia do Conto, Lisboa, Vega, 3ª ed., 1992. REUTER, Yves, Le Roman Policier, Paris, Armand Colin, 2007. SARAIVA, Arnaldo, Literatura Marginal izada, Porto, ed. de autor, 1975. STOCKWELL, Peter, The Poetics of Science Fiction, Harlow, Pearson Education, 2000. ZUMTHOR, Paul, Introduction à la Poesie Orale, Paris, Seuil, 1995. A restante bibliografia será oportunamente recomendada ao longo do semestre.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.