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Comparative Literature (Portuguese and Spanish)

Comparative Literature (Portuguese and Spanish)

Code	16955
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Literaturas
Entry requirements	--
Learning outcomes	1. Demonstrate knowledge that manifests a multicultural vision of the literary phenomenon, going beyond the criterion of national borders. 2. Reveal the ability to problematize concepts such as "canon", "lusophony", "Portuguese literature", "Hispanism", "Spanish literature(s)", "Iberian studies", " European literature" and "World literature" . 3. Show mastery of specific themes related to the study of Portuguese and Spanish comparative literature.
Syllabus	1. Originality of comparative literature. 2. Roots of the comparatist project: Greece and Rome; Enlightenment and Romanticism. 3. Comparative literature and national literatures. 4. The literary canon. 5. Iberian cultures and literatures in the context of European and World literature: some fundamental problems. 6. International relations of Galician-Portuguese lyric poetry. 7. The case of Gil Vicente: one author, two countries. 8. Camões and Spain. 9. Cervantes and Portugal. 10. A seventeenth-century bilingual author: D. Francisco Manuel de Melo. 11. The 19th century: meetings and disagreements of Iberian literatures. 12. From the 20th century to the present: a) Pessoa's Iberism; b) The case of Ramón Gómez de la Serna; c) Proposals by Almada Negreiros; d) "Poemas Ibéricos", by Miguel Torga; e) The journey of José Saramago.
Main Bibliography	AA. VV., "RELIPES Relações Linguísticas e Literárias entre Portugal e Espanha desde os Inícios do Século XIX até à Actualidade", Covilhã/Salamanca, Universidade da Beira Interior/Celya, 2007. CABO ASEGUINOLAZA, F. et alii (orgs.), "A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula", 2 vols., Amsterdam, John Benjamins Publishing, 2010-2016. CHEVREL, Y., "La littérature comparée", Paris, PUF, 1989. DAMROSCH, D., "What Is World Literature?", Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2003. DOMÍNGUEZ PRIETO, C. (org.), "Literatura europea comparada", Madrid, Arco/Libros, 2013. KAISER, G. R., "Introdução à Literatura Comparada", tr. port. de T. Alegre, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989. ROMERO LÓPEZ, D. (org.), "Orientaciones en literatura comparada", Madrid, Arco/Libros, 1988. SINOPOLI, F. e A. Gnisci, "Introducción a la literatura comparada", tr. Luigi Giuliani, Barcelona, Crítica, 2002.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Classes are theoretical-practical, with an exposition of some themes, but also a debate on concepts, as well as the analysis of fundamental texts, whether critical or literary. The more theoretical dimension is projected in the realization of two written tests, although these also have a practical dimension. However, this last theoretical aspect will be evaluated mainly through a written work. Student participation will be taken into account in the final assessment.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.