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Portuguese Literature 3

Objectives

To study some authors of the second half of the twentieth-century, representative of important poetics of our literature for those decades.
To study specific aspects of the works of each of them as well as some of the major trends of our Contemporary Literature.
To develop the critical capabilities required by students to analyse different texts.

General characterization

Code

01109493

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Paula Cristina Lopes da Costa

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Andresen, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Poesia in Poesia in Obra Poética, Lisboa, Caminho, 2ª Edição, 2011 (Escolha de Textos)
  • Antunes, António Lobo, Os Cus de Judas, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 41ª Edição, 2022
  • Faria, Almeida, A Paixão, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 12ª Ed., 2013
  • Herberto Helder, Os Passos em Volta (Escolha de Textos), Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 7ª Ed., 1997
  • Ramos Rosa, António, Obra Poética I, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 2018
  • Saramago, José, O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis, Lisboa, Ed. Caminho, 20ª Ed., 2011 (1ª Ed. 1984)

Teaching method

To present and to question theoretical concepts. Analysis of texts. Oral discussion of some aspects and themes of the texts.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Two mandatory individual exams (each accounting for 50% of the final grade) and one optional course-work. If the student chooses to do this course-work, each component will account for 1/3 of the final grade.(100%)

Subject matter

I
The Poetic Prose and The Poem in Prose
Sophia de Mello Breyner
António Ramos Rosa
Herberto Helder

II
The novel-poem and the novel-essay
Almeida Faria, A Paixão
António Lobo Antunes, Os Cus de Judas
José Saramago, O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis