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Comparative Literature

Code	16986
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Literaturas
Entry requirements	There is not.
Learning outcomes	This course unit aims to study the literary phenomenon from a comparative perspective, Portuguese as well as European and Universal, relating also literature with other arts, especially painting and cinema. 1. To demonstrate knowledge that expresses a multicultural vision of the literary phenomenon, exceeding the criterion of national borders, as well as allowing relating literature to other arts, either in the past or in contemporary times. 2. To reveal ability to discuss concepts such as "canon", "Iberian literature", "European literature", "Western literature" and "World literature". 3. To prove a new and more open-minded way of understanding the dynamics of the Portuguese literary system. 4. Be able to carry out a practical, creative, and personal opinion-based work, based on the reading of two literary works (or one, in the case of a very long text). These objectives are in line with the theoretical-practical nature of the classes.
Syllabus	1. Origins of the comparatist project: Enlightenment and Romanticism. 2. Comparative literature and national literatures. 3. The literary canon. 4. Goethe and the concept of "universal literature". 5. Profiles of European literature: a) Main authors; b) Relations between literary systems; c) The role of literatures from outside Europe. 6. The Portuguese literature in the context of the Iberian and Western adventure: a) International relations of medieval poetry; b) The Hispanism of Gil Vicente; c) Camões, a key-author of the West; d) Iberism, Europeanism, Americanism and Africanism in the Portuguese culture of the nineteenth century; e) The case of Fernando Pessoa and his heteronyms. 7. From comparative literature to inter-arts studies: a) Literature and Fine Arts; b) Literature and Cinema; c) Literature and Globalisation.
Main Bibliography	BUESCU, H., J. F. Duarte e M. Gusmão (orgs.), "Floresta Encantada: Novos Caminhos da Literatura Comparada", Lisboa, D. Quixote, 2001. CHEVREL, Y., "La littérature comparée", Paris, PUF, 1989. CLERC, J.-M., "Littérature et cinéma", Paris, Nathan, 1993. 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. PEÑA-ARDID, C., "Literatura y cine", Madrid, Cátedra, 1999. 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. STAM, R. e RAENGO, A. (orgs.), "Literature and Film", Malden, Blackwell, 2008. TORRES, M. J. (org.), "ACT 17: não vi o livro, mas li o filme", Vila Nova de Famalicão, Húmus, 2008.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Classes are theoretical and practical, a total of 45 hours during the semester. There are also 15 hours of tutorial guidance. The theoretical part is, mainly, evaluated through two written tests. As for the practical part, its fundamental element of evaluation is the written paper that must be delivered by each student and which will be oriented mostly during the tutorial time. The students' participation, the interaction with students, is also valued, whether it happens in the theoretical or practical part of the work done during the course unit.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.