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Portuguese Baroque and Neoclassic Literature

Portuguese Baroque and Neoclassic Literature

Code	16920
Year	2
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Literaturas
Entry requirements	--Be fluent in Portuguese Language.
Learning outcomes	In the end of the semester the student must be capable of: 1. Relate the historical context with the Portuguese literary production of the seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth centuries; 2. Distinguish and characterize Mannerism, Baroque and Neoclassicism; 3. Recognize the aesthetic and thematic trends of the major literary figures of the Portuguese Baroque and Neoclassicism; 4. Analyze with critical sense relevant literary texts of the Portuguese Baroque and Neoclassicism.
Syllabus	1. Historical context of the Portuguese baroque literature. 2. Mannerism and Baroque: distinction and Portuguese baroque leading figures in lyrism, narrative and dramaturgie. 2.1. «Corte na Aldeia», of Francisco Rodrigues Lobo: contextual analysis of dedication, “Dialogue I” and an excerpt from the “Dialogue XII” (civility and courtesy concepts). 2..2. The Portuguese baroque poetry. Feminin conventual poetry. Analysis of poems. 2.3. The Portuguese baroque oratory: characterization and leading figures. 2.3.1. Antonio Vieira: facets of the “Emperor of the Portuguese language”. 2.3.2. The sermons of Vieira in the context of the baroque oratory and moralistic literature. Analysis of the “Sermão da Sexagésima”. 2.4. «Apólogos Dialogais», of Francisco Manuel de Melo. Analysis of “Os relógios falantes”. 3. Neoclassicism: contextualization, characterization and leading figures. 3.1. Bocage between Neoclassicism and Pre-Romanticism. Analysis of selected sonnets.
Main Bibliography	BOCAGE, M. (1991), Antologia Poética, Lisboa, Ulisseia. BORRALHO, Mª L. M. (Ed.) (2007), Leituras de Bocage, Porto, FLUP/NEL. GONÇALVES, A. (2003), Bocage. O Perfil Perdido, Lisboa, Caminho. LOBO, F. R. (1991), Corte na Aldeia, org. J. Adriano de Carvalho, Lisboa, Presença. MARNOTO, R. (2010), História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa, vol. 4, Neoclassicismo e Pré-Romantismo, Lisboa, Verbo. MEDEIROS, A. (ed.) (2013). Travessias pela literatura portuguesa. Estudos críticos de Saramago a Vieira. Apres. de Cristina Vieira, Campina Grande,UEPB. MENDES, M. V. (2003), A Oratória Barroca de Vieira, Lisboa, Caminho. MELO, D. F. M. de (1998), Apólogos Dialogais, vol. 1, ed. de Pedro Serra, Braga/Coimbra, Angelus Novus. PIRES, Mª L. (ed.) (2003), Poetas do Período Barroco, Lisboa, Duarte Reis. PIRES, Mª L. G. e CARVALHO, J. A. de (2001), História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa, vol. 3, Maneirismo e Barroco, Lisboa/São Paulo, Verbo. VIEIRA, Pe. A. (1998), Sermão da Sexagésima, Lisboa, Vega.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Theorethical-pratical classes, Only the first class in each syllabus is more theoretical. The evaluation, discussed in the beginning of the semester, includes: - 2 tests (8 values each), in which the subjects of the first test are nor repeated in the second test. First test (8 values): 22th october 2024 Second test (8 values): 19th december 2024 - Participation all along the semester: 2 values maximum. The participation of the students is improved by the teacher with the obligation of 80% frequency minimum at classes. -Lecture and oral presentation of a text chosen by the students (groups of, 2 elements maximum). The text must belong to the baroc or neoclassical Portuguese literature, but must not be already given, of course, by the syllabus of the this discipline. Assessement criteria evaluated to 2 values maximum. To be presented the 14th November 2024. Student-workers that prescinde assiduity have their tests evaluated to 9 values maximum each.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.