19th Century Portuguese Culture
Code
711091108
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
António Martins Gomes
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To have an apprehensive knowledge of the historical, social and cultural background of the 19th-century in Europe, throughout its several decades and periods;
To achieve the fundamental knowledge of the Portuguese culture of the 19th-century in such areas as arts, literature, philosophy, politics and science;
To develop the reading skills of the 1800s texts proposed throughout the term, and the ability to construe them, as far as the thematic and conjuncture levels are concerned.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
In a chronological tour through the 19th-century Portuguese culture, a period of political, social and aesthetic revolutions, we will start with the romanticism, framed between the first decades of constitutionalism and the beginning of \"Pax Regeneratoria\". Garrett and Herculano praise the patriotism and medievalism, in view of the confrontation between liberals and absolutists.
The approach to the second half of the century will be oriented towards the 70´s generation, influenced by socialist and Republicans ideals of the III French Revolution. Its guiding principles were conveyed in the Casino Conferences by authors such as Antero de Quental and Eça de Queiroz: Realism as an artistic expression, Positivism as ideological orientation, the Revolution as a social protest, and Anticlericalism as a secular demand.
In conclusion, a brief reference to the 90´s generation, split between political dissent, as in Guerra Junqueiro or Fialho de Almeida, and the decay, as shown in Oliveira Martins.
Bibliography
BONIFÁCIO, Maria de Fátima, O Século XIX Português, Lisboa, ICS - Universidade de Lisboa, 2002.
CATROGA, Fernando. 1977. Os inícios do positivismo em Portugal. O seu significado político-social. Separata da Revista de História das Ideias, I. Coimbra, 287-394.
FRANÇA, José-Augusto. 1993. O Romantismo em Portugal Estudo de factos socioculturais. 2ª ed.. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte.
PIRES, António Machado. 1980. A ideia de decadência na Geração de 70. Ponta Delgada, Instituto Universitário dos Açores.
MACHADO, Álvaro Manuel. 1981. A Geração de 70 uma revolução cultural e literária, 2ª. ed. (1ª ed. 1977). Lisboa, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa.
SERRÃO, Joel. 1959 e 1978. Temas oitocentistas, I e II. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte.
SERRÃO, Joel, 1990. Da Regeneração à República. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte.
Teaching method
Lectures (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
The evaluation of knowledge involves two items: a frequency test (65-55%) and a written essay or an oral presentation (35-45%).