Contemporary Poetics
Objectives
To define and to discuss the concepts of contemporary literature,
To study some Portuguese authors in their dialogs between the classic and the contemporary: from Cesário Verde to Fernando Pessoa, Sophia, O`Neill, Herberto and other contemporary poets.
From the analysis of these classic and contemporary texts, to develop the critical capabilities required to students to reflect on and to research the contemporary, not only as a historical category, but also as an aesthetic one.
General characterization
Code
722091139
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Paula Cristina Lopes da Costa
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bachelor`s Degree/Undergraduate degree
Bibliography
Agamben, Giorgio, «O que é o Contemporâneo?», in Nudez, Lisboa, Relógio D`Água, 2010
Baudelaire, Charles, «Modernidade», in O Pintor da Vida Moderna, Lisboa, Vega, 2006
Calvino, Italo, «Porquê ler os clássicos» in Porquê ler os clássicos, lisboa, Teorema, 1994
Verde, Cesário, O Sentimento dum Ocidental»; «De Tarde», «Contrariedades» in Cesário Verde, Obra Completa, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1992
Teaching method
To present and to question theoretical concepts. Analysis of texts. Oral discussion of some aspects and themes of the texts.
Evaluation method
Evaluation Methodologies - Written essay (10/15 pages) based on an individual research supervised by the teacher.(100%)
Subject matter
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