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Portuguese Literature in the 19th Century

Objectives

 

Turma A

Acquire general knowledge of 19th century Portuguese literary history and specific knowledge of the works chosen for detailed analysis in class and of their critical bibliography. Students should also be able to connect Portuguese literature with a larger frame of post-romantic European literature. This course will enhance argumentative ability to participate in critical debates about 19th century literature, namely through the writing of an essay concerning one of the works studied in class.

 

Turma B

«Portuguese Literature of the 19th Century» aims to provide a general knowledge of the literary production of the period, framing its various moments within the context of parallel European phenomena. It seeks to

identify theoretical antecedents (continuities and ruptures) from the readings and steered discussion of the proposed bibliography texts.

General characterization

Code

711091115

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

António Manuel Martins Gomes, Gustavo Maximiliano Florencio Rubim

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None.

Bibliography

Turma A
- Baptista, Abel Barros, Futilidade da Novela, Campinas, Unicamp, 2012.
- Buescu, Helena C. (org.), Dicionário do Romantismo Literário Português, Lisboa, Caminho, 1997.
- Ferraz, Maria de Lurdes, Ensaios Oitocentistas, Porto, Caixotim, 2011.
- Lourenço, Eduardo, O Labirinto da Saudade, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2000.
- Monteiro, Ofélia Paiva e Santana, Helena, Almeida Garrett: um romântico, um moderno, Lisboa, IN-CM, 2003.

Turma B
Barbas, Helena, 1995, «Almeida Garrett o Trovador Moderno». Lisboa: Salamandra. 1995.
Braga, Teófilo, 1987, «História do Romantismo em Portugal» [1880] vols. I-II, Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Herculano, Alexandre, 1986, «Poesia – Imitação-Belo-Unidade» [1835], «Opúsculos V», ed. Jorge Custódio e José Manuel Garcia, Lisboa: Presença.
Kant, Emanuel, 1992, «Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo», trad. António Marques, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda.
Oliveira Martins, J. P., 1986, «Portugal contemporâneo» [1881]. Lisboa: Guimarães Editores, (9ª. ed.). 2 vols.

Teaching method

Turma A e B
Lectures (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).

Evaluation method

Evaluation Method - Written midterm exam in the class(50%), final paper with no less(50%)

Subject matter

Turma A

- European Romanticism and some Portuguese particularities: ethnography or literature as national hermeneutics. A) Literary theory and Alexandre Herculanos narrative project. B) From the Poet´s myth to the reshaping of the novel, a reading of modern classics by Almeida Garrett.

- Camilo Castelo Branco and the poetics of the novel.

- Literature, anti-romanticism and cultural critique in the poetic and essayistic production of «Geração de 70».

- Realism and narrative in the fiction of Eça de Queirós.

- Cesário Verde and Camilo Pessanha: the problem of modernity in relation to poetry.

 

Turma B

The 19th Century - From Romanticism to Symbolism

1. Configuration of the romantic paradigma.

2. Realism(s) and Naturalism(s).

3. Parnassians and Symbolism in poetry.