English Literature Studies
Objectives
a) To revisit the origins of the British historical novel, particularly Sir Walter Scott´s Ivanhoe (1819);
b) To research on and examine the British historical novel on the Middle Ages (1819-1918);
c) To assess the quality and amount of work produced.
General characterization
Code
722121033
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Miguel Nuno Mercês de Mello de Alarcão e Silva
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
It does not apply.
Bibliography
ALEXANDER, Michael (2007). Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
DARCENS, Louise, ed. (2016). The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
SCOTT, Sir Walter. 1986 (1819). Ivanhoe. Ed. A. N. Wilson. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, Penguin Classics.
DE GROOT, Jerome (2010). The Historical Novel. London and New York: Routledge, The New Critical Idiom.
LUKÁCS, Georg (1981). The Historical Novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.
DE GROOT, Jerome, The Historical Novel. London and New York: Routledge, The New Critical Idiom, 2010.
LUKÁCS, Georg, The Historical Novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., 1981 (Merlin Press, 1962).
DE GROOT, Jerome, The Historical Novel. London and New York: Routledge, The New Critical Idiom, 2010.
LUKÁCS, Georg, The Historical Novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., 1981 (Merlin Press, 1962).
Teaching method
From the first session onwards, this course will take a highly interactive shape through the regular presentation and discussion of research by the students themselves. At the end of each session, a short period (10-15 mins.) will be set aside for questions, comments and debate. The lecturer will guide students through their researches by suggesting and providing additional references for further reading.
Evaluation method
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Subject matter
- Introduction;
- The Historical Novel (Origins, development, theoretical and critical approaches, etc.);
- Scott and/on the Historical Novel;
- Ivanhoe;
- Ivanhoe (Dir. Richard Thorpe, featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine, 1952);
- William Thackeray, Rebecca and Rowena (1850);
- Other 19th century British historical fiction on the Middle Ages;
- 20th-21st century British historical fiction on the Middle Ages;
- Conclusion.
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