English Seminar
Objectives
Class A
To obtain basic knowledge on Postcolonial Studies and to be able to apply key concepts in Postcolonial Studies to the novels studied in class, as well as to the oral and written projects
To consolidate the use of research methodologies
To be able present and debate a research project in class on one of the novels of the syllabus
To be able to write a research project on two novels chosen by the students
(Class B)
a) To provide students with a general outline of English medieval literature until the end of the 14th century;
b) To introduce students to the literary identity of a country in constant interaction with mainland Europe;
c) To help students put into practice the information provided, by applying it, as critically and independently as possible, to their topics, thereby enhancing their research, analytical and interpretative skills.
General characterization
Code
711121053
Credits
12.0
Responsible teacher
Maria Teresa Pinto Coelho, Carlos Francisco Mafra Ceia
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 336
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Turma A / Class A
ASHCROFT, Bill, Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies (London: Routledge,) 2013.
BOEHMER, Elleke, Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Migrant Metaphors (Oxford / New York: OUP), 1996 / 2ª ed. 2005.
COELHO, Maria Teresa Pinto; Ilhas, Batalhas e Aventura. Imagens de África no Romance de Império Britânico no Último Quartel do Século XIX e Início do Século XX (Lisboa: Colibri), 2004.
SPAAS, Lieve e Brian Stimpson (eds.), Robinson Crusoe. Myths and Metamorphoses (London: Macmillan), 1996.
Turma B / Class B
Ceia, Carlos. O Que É afinal o Pós-modernismo?, Século XXI, Lisboa, 1999.
Docherty, Thomas (ed.): Postmodernism: A Reader, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead, 1993.
Eagleton, Terry: The Illusions of Postmodernism, Blackwell, Oxford, 1996.
Jameson, Fredric: Pós-modernismo: A Lógica do Capitalismo Tardio, Ática, São Paulo, 1996 (ed. Original: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Duke University Press, 1991).
Teaching method
Available soon
Evaluation method
Método de avaliação - oral research project (50%), written research project(50%)
Subject matter
Class A
Postcolonial islands in the British novel
I - Introduction to Postcolonial Studies: post-colonial and postcolonial
II - A postcolonial (re)reading of Robinson Crusoe
III - The Victorian Robinsonade: Treasure Island
IV - Twentieth-century rewritings of Robinson Crusoe: Robinson, by Muriel Spark, and Foe, by Coetzee
Class B
I. Introduction to the postmodern debate
II. Aspects of contemporary postmodern English-language fiction:
Topic 1: Forms of anti-literature
Theme 2: The reinvention of parody, pastiche and irony
Theme 3: The narrative play in metafictions
Theme 4: The use of self-reflexivity as a literary paradigm
III. Aspects of contemporary culture in the postmodern space in the English-speaking world:
Theme 5: The reinvention of cinema
Theme 6: Mass culture, pop art and new musical expressions
Theme 7: The crisis of the representation of the real and the society of simulacra
Topic 8: Cyberculture
Programs
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