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Contemporary Portuguese Literature

Contemporary Portuguese Literature

Code	16935
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Literaturas
Entry requirements	Fluence in Portuguese idiom.
Learning outcomes	By the end of the semester the student must be capable of: – Develop critical thinking in relation to literary phenomenon; – Consolidate the terminology of versification, narratology and rhetorics; – Understand literary trends after the Second Portuguese Modernism to the present day; – Recognize the main writers and poets of those trends; – Increase the capacity and critical analysis of poetry and prose; – Increase the study of literary idiosyncrasies of the greatest contemporary Portuguese writers.
Syllabus	1. The Beginning of Portuguese literary contemporaneity: problematization. 2. Torga's dissidence regarding "presença". Analysis of "A festa" in "Novos Contos da Montanha". 3. The Portuguese neorealist and surrealist movements: chronology, aesthetic-ideological primacy and leading figures. 3.1. Ferreira de Castro: "A Lã e a Neve" as a work of denunciation and commitment. 3.2. Herberto Helder: analysis of the short story "Teorema" in "Os Passos em Volta". 3. Coeval poetic tendencies and successors to "Cadernos de Poesia". Difficulty in establishing a contemporary poetic Portuguese canon. 3.1. Sophia de Mello Breyner. Analysis of selected poems. 4. New paths of Portuguese novelistic fiction from the second half of the 20th century: novelistic trends and most representative authors. 4.1. Vergílio Ferreira's novel-problem: "Em Nome da Terra". 4.2. The post-modern historical novel: "A Sala das Perguntas", by Fernando Campos.
Main Bibliography	ARNAUT, A. P. (2002). Post-Modernismo no Romance Português Contemporâneo, Coimbra, Almedina. BUENO, A. e SILVA, A. da C (1999). Antologia da Poesia Portuguesa Contemporânea. Um Panorama, Lisboa, Editora Lacerda. CASTRO, F. (1990). A Lã e a Neve, Lisboa, Guimarães Ed.,15ª FEIJÓ, A. et ali. (2020). O Cânone, Lisboa, Fund. Cup. de Miranda / Tinta-da-China, 2ª ed. FERREIRA, V. (1990), Em Nome da Terra, Venda Nova, Bertrand. HELDER, H. (2001), Os Passos em Volta, Lisboa, Assírio e Alvim. JORGE, L. (2004), A Costa dos Murmúrios, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 14ª ed. MARINHO, Mª de F., O Romance Histórico em Portugal, Porto, Campo das Letras, 1999. REAL, M. (2012), O Romance Português Contemporâneo. 1950-2010, Lisboa, Caminho. REIS, C. (2005), História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa, vol. IX, Do Neo-Realismo ao Post-Modernismo, Lisboa / São Paulo, Verbo. TORGA, M. (1982). Novos Contos da Montanha, Coimbra, Ed. de Autor. VIEIRA, C. da C. (2008). A Construção da Personagem Romanesca, Lisboa. Colibri.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Theoretical-pratic lessons. 2 tests (8 values each), oral presentation (2) and evaluation of the partcipation in classes along the semester (2 values maximum). Lecture and oral presentation of a poem or a little excert of a narrative (maximum une page) by an author of pOrtuguese contemporary litterature rthat was nor given in classes – 2 valores – 2 de Maio – only oral presentation. The evaluation criteria are presented and discussed in the first lesson.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.