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Methodological Topics in Portuguese Studies

Objectives

a) Know and deepen the problem of the nature of research in the humanities;
b) Know and master the main problems and research techniques in the scientific areas of the study cycle.
c) Understand and deepen the specific problems involved in preparing a doctoral thesis, in theoretical terms and in terms of individual preparation;
d) Have the ability to process the data revealed by the investigation and its scientific and critical interpretation.

General characterization

Code

73209180

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Abel José Barros Baptista

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Theodor W. Adorno, Notes to literature, 1. Nova Iorque: Columbia University Press, 1974.
  • Peter Brooks, ed., The Humanities and the Public Life. Fordham University Press. Nova Iorque, 2014.
  • Stefan Collini, What Are the Universities for? Penguim Books, 2012.
  • Jacques Derrida, La Dissémination. Paris: Sueil, 1972.
  • Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, They Say I Say. The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing. London, 2010.
  • Gerald Graff, Clueless in Academe. Yale University Pressa: New Haven, 2003.
  • Jerome McGann, Are the Humanities Inconsequente? Prikly Paradigma Press. Chicago, 2009.
  • Alcir Pécora, Letras e Humanidades depois da crise. Revista da Anpoll nº 38, p. 41-54, Jan./Jun. 2015.
  • Max Weber, Science as vocation (1917). The Vocation Lectures. Hackett Publishing, Cambridge/Indianapolis, 2004

Teaching method

The course takes place in a typical seminar environment, i.e. during exposure sessions, where the teacher is responsible for theoretical framework and delimitation of issues to discuss, that is primarily based on work such as reading and discussing texts in turn that are presented by the students in prescheduled sessions, (scheduled preferably at the beginning of the semester).

Evaluation method

Continuous Assessment - Final test regarding of the seminar topics that the student has looked at(60%), Participation of students in discussions and presentations of texts(40%)

Subject matter

THE THESIS: INQUIRY AND PREPARATION
1. Research, science and humanities
Debate around the texts:
Max Weber, "Science as a vocation"(1917);
Stefan Collini, "The Character of the Humanities", in What Are Universities For?(2012)
Alcir Pécora, "The Humanities after the Crisis" (2015)
2. Writing: reading from Plato's Phaedrus.
3. The essay, the thesis, writing: theoretical and practical consideration;
4. Ending: Adorno and punctuation marks.