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History of Portuguese Culture

History of Portuguese Culture

Code	16919
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	História das Culturas
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	1. Acquire knowledge about the most important topics of Portuguese Culture and about its construction in the globalization context; 2. Acquire critical capacity; 3. Elaborate a practical assignment about an author and a relevant work of Portuguese Culture; 4. Demonstrate oral presentation skills;
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 Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation in Portugal. 6) D. Sebastião and Sebastianism. 7) Padre 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" in 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 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: Cultura Medieval e Moderna. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior. PEREIRA, António dos Santos (2008), Portugal Descoberto: Cultura Contemporânea e Pós-Moderna. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior. REAL, Miguel (2011), Introdução à Cultura Portuguesa. Lisboa: Planeta. REAL, Miguel (2017), Traços Fundamentais da Cultura Portuguesa. Lisboa: Planeta. TAVARES, Maria José Ferro (1990), Sociedade e Cultura Portuguesas. 2 vols. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Teaching methods: lectures; research works; oral and written reflections, based on texts provided or indicated by the teacher about the programmatic topics covered; use of audiovisual resources; using the Moodle platform. The evaluation of the History of Portuguese Culture course will be processed as follows: 1. The minimum passing grade is ten points (9.5 points). 2. In the Teaching-Learning assessment, the 20 final values will be distributed as follows: 50% - Frequency. 40% - Written work individually or in pairs and respective presentation (30% + 10%). 10% - Attendance and critical participation in classes (5% + 5%). Minimum attendance to obtain the attendence score: 50% of classes. 3. Minimum score for access to the Final Exam: 6 points. 4. Special assessment (worker-student status): in accordance with current legislation.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.