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Medieval Portuguese Literature

Code 16940
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Literatura
Entry requirements --
Learning outcomes Analyse Portuguese literature from medieval period.
By the end of the Semester, the student must be able to:
- recognize the main historical and cultural characteristics of the Middle Ages;
- identify the most important literary modes of medieval Portuguese literature;
- read, analyze and comment on different Portuguese medieval texts.
Syllabus 1. The Portuguese literature during the Middle Ages.
2. The Galician-Portuguese lyric.
2.1. "Cantigas de amigo", "de amor" and "escárnio e maldizer".
2.2. "Cantigas de Santa Maria".
3. The Portuguese medieval historiography: "Livros de Linhagens".
4. The medieval chronicles: the work of Fernão Lopes.
Main Bibliography Brea López, M. M. (1996). Lírica Profana Galego-Portuguesa. Corpus completo das cantigas medievais, com estudio biográfico, análise retórica e bibliografía
específica, 2 vols.. Santiago de Compostela: C. I. L. L. Ramón Piñeiro, Xunta de Galicia.
Dias, A. F. (1998). História crítica da literatura portuguesa, vol. I, A Idade Média. Lisboa / São Paulo: Verbo.
Ferreira, M. E. T. (1998). Poesia e prosa medievais. Lisboa: Ulisseia.
Júdice, N. (1998). D. Dinis - Cancioneiro. Lisboa: Teorema.
Lopes, F. (1991). Crónica de D. João I, vol. I. Introd. de Humberto Baquero Moreno e pref. de António Sérgio. Porto: Civilização.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-09-14

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