Theory of Literature
Objectives
a) knowledge about literary autonomy.
b) Recognize the diversity of the field of literary studies.
c) Knowledge of principal concepts of this field of studies: literary text, literary work, the author and significance.
d) Knowledge of interpretation methods and its implications.
General characterization
Code
711091120
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Humberto Carlos Catita Palma Brito
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
Barthes, Roland - Crítica e Verdade (trad.), Ed. 70, Lisboa
- O Rumor da Língua (trad.), Ed. 70 Lisboa
AAVV, Interpretação e Sobreinterpretação – (trad. port.) Ed. Presença, Lisboa
Iser, Wolfgang - The act of Reading: a theory of Aesthetic Response, Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, Qu´est-ce que la littérature ? Gallimard, Paris, 1964
Teaching method
The classes will be theoretical and practical. Exposure, criticism and discussion of interpretations will be based in bibliography and in examples of literary texts. This procedure calls for the student participation, in order to provide them with an argumentative practice.
Evaluation method
Evaluation Method - A Written test on the studied subjects (70%), oral presentation of themes in the choice of students(30%)
Subject matter
1. The autonomy of literature and the paradoxes of literary institution.
2. Relations between history, theory and criticism of literature.
3. Critical concepts: literary text, author, literary, literary institution, interpretation;
4. Literary texts and the break with the historical-social context.
5. The pragmatism of reading and the significance.