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Literature and Image

Code 8573
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Literaturas
Mode of delivery Lessons of practical-theoretical nature. There are also sessions of tutorial guidance.
Work placements There are no work placements.
Learning outcomes This course unit aims to put in relation literary productions with creations from the field of fine arts and, also, from the world of cinematography. This course unit aims to put in relation literary productions with creations from the field of fine arts and, also, from the world of cinematography. The student is expected to:
1. Show ability to analyze aesthetic products belonging to the fine arts or of the film kind;
2. Prove knowledge of Portuguese art, especially painting and sculpture, and of history of Portuguese cinema;
3. Prove proficiency in the execution of studies correlating literary texts with creations issued from the fields of fine arts and cinema.
Syllabus 1. How to "read" a painting: some fundamental rules.
2. Some cases of relations between literature and fine arts in different moments of the Western culture history.
3. How to analyze a film: the practical study of movies.
4. Understanding the history of Portuguese painting.
5. Understanding the history of Portuguese cinema.
6. Examples of crossed relationships between literary objects, paintings and movies.

Main Bibliography 1. Main bibliography

CLERC, Jeanne-Marie, “Littérature et cinéma”, Paris, Nathan, 1993.
HAUSER, Arnold, "História Social da Arte e da Literatura", São Paulo, Martins Fontes (tr. de Álvaro Cabral).
PEÑA-ARDID, Carmen, "Literatura y cine", Madrid, Cátedra, 1984.
STAM, Robert e RAENGO, Alessandra (orgs.), “A Companion to Literature and Film”, Malden, Blackwell, 2008.
STAM, Robert e RAENGO, Alessandra (orgs.), “Literature and Film: A guide to the theory and practice of film adaptation”, Malden, Blackwell, 2008.
TORRES, Mário Jorge (org.), “ACT 17: não vi o livro, mas li o filme”, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Húmus, 2008.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2015-01-20

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