Marginal Literature
Objectives
The range is wide and goes from books on print from genres and forms such as science fiction, crime, feulleton, comics, to other media: experimental poetry, performance art, radio, television, rap, slam poetry, facebook, Twitter. To each topic there is a case study that will confirm or contradict the usual assertion on that form´s face value. Students are encouraged to bring their own readings, and some do. Question are raised, such as: How does a literary canon functions? When does a a text stop being ´literary´? (I.e., what is literature about?) Should literature avoid contagion from other forms and media? Why did Kurt Vonnegut got tired of being ´a scifi writer´?
General characterization
Code
01100545
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Rui Barreira Zink
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None.
Bibliography
BARTHES, Roland, Fragmentos de um discurso amoroso, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1977
ECO, Umberto, Apocalípticos e Integrados, Lisboa, Difel, 1991
HATHERLY, Ana, A reinvenção da leitura - ensaio seguido de 19 poemas visuais, Lisboa, Futura, 1975
ISER, Wolfgang, The Act of Reading, Baltimore, John Hopkins U.P., 1978
McCLOUD, Scott, Understanding Comics, Northampton MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1993
PIMENTA, Alberto, O Silêncio dos Poetas, Lisboa, Cotovia, 1990
SARAIVA, Arnaldo, Literatura marginal/zada, Porto, Árvore, 1975
SPIEGELMAN, Art, Maus, Lisboa, Quetzal, 2014
VONNEGUT, Kurt, Matadouro 5, Lisboa, Bertrand, 2011
ZINK, Rui, Literatura Gráfica?, Lisboa, Celta, 1999
ZINK, Rui, O Humor de Bolso de José Vilhena, Lisboa, Celta, 2000
Teaching method
The class has a lecture and a debate part. The teacher is aware debate is not always as vivid as it could.
Evaluation method
Evaluation Method - Paper(40%), Participation in class(20%), Test (40%)
Subject matter
The range is wide and goes from books on print from genres and forms such as science fiction, crime, feulleton, comics, to other media: experimental poetry, performance art, radio, television, rap, slam poetry, facebook, Twitter. To each topic there is a case study that will confirm or contradict the usual assertion on that form´s face value. Students are encouraged to bring their own readings, and some do. Question are raised, such as: How does a literary canon functions? When does a a text stop being ´literary´? (I.e., what is literature about?) Should literature avoid contagion from other forms and media? Why did Kurt Vonnegut got tired of being ´a scifi writer´?