Comparative Literature
Code
711091064
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria do Rosário Monteiro
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To introduce undergraduate students to the practice of comparative analysis;
b) To develop critical thinking and the ability to analyse and compare different artistic expressions;
c) To develop students ability to produce multidisciplinary analysis to understand complex cultural expressions, both in the arts and in the humanities;
d) To improve students capacity to express complex thoughts in an academic environment;
e) To promote de ability to apply the knowledge acquired in complex contexts.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Narrative, myth and tópoi
1. The theoretical basis of comparative literature.
2. Introduction to comparative analysis.
3. Narrative as cognitive mechanism and preferential mean for communicative and literary expression.
4. The basic elements of narrative.
5. Myths as collective and multifunctional narratives.
6. Types of myth and the creation of possible narrative worlds (tópoi).
7. Storyworld and the real world: communication and relationships.
Bibliography
AGUIAR E SILVA, Vítor Manuel. Teoria da Literatura. 8ª ed. Coimbra: Livraria Almedina, 2009.
BRUNEL, Pierre; CHEVREL, Yves (eds.). Compêndio de Literatura Comparada. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2004.
JABOUILLE, Victor. Iniciação à ciência dos mitos. Mem Martins: Editorial Inquérito, 1986.
HERMAN, David (ed.) The Cambridge companion to narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
HERMAN, David. Basic elements of narrative. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008.
Teaching method
1. Theoretical lectures (60%)
2. Practical lectures (40%)
Evaluation method
1. A written test
2. A short research paper
3. Presentation of short analysis produced by students