Portuguese Literature in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Code
711091114
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Helena Barbas
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To focus and question the poetic and rhetoric theorizations produced in the XVII and XVIII centuries
b) To develop critical enquiries concerning the lyrical works written in accordance with the contemporary aesthetic paradigms
c) To criticize, from the thematic and formal points of view, the poetic productions (in and out of print) of the periods
d) To plan, develop and discuss essays about the lyrical works of the Portuguese Baroque and Neoclassicism, resorting to the adequate methodological and theoretical tools
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Rise and fall of the Empire and its myths. Onset of the Portuguese Baroque: King Sebastian (1578) and Camões (1580) deaths; the Dual Monarchy (1581).
1.1 Bards of Alcazarquivir: the end of the epic consciousness. Poems of captivity; anti-epics; parodies.
1.2 King Sebastian from Desejado to Encoberto. Bandarras Trovas (Paris 1606) as a narrative for politically legitimate the Restoration. The myth redirected to other heroes: A. Vieira and \"Esperanças de Portugal\" (1659).
2. Bracing of the Portuguese Parnassus in Philippine bilingualism. Songbooks \"F. Tomás\" (1550-1650); \"Fénix Renascida\" (1716); \"Postilhão de Apolo\" (1761). Study of other authors from the period.
3. Neoclassicism and Arcadias Enlightment. Contexts. Portuguese specificities: the Marquês de Pombal; the Earthquake of 1755; the expulsion of the Jesuits.
3.1 Theoretical and literary Arcadian conventions: aesthetic rationality and \"good taste\". Arcadia Lusitana (1756). Nova Arcádia (1790) and \"Almanaque das Musas\".
Bibliography
Aguiar e Silva, V. M. Maneirismo e Barroco na Poesia Lírica Portuguesa. C.E. Românicos U. C., Coimbra. 1971
Barbas, H. Tema e Estratégia nas Profecias do Bandarra. As Escadas não têm degraus. 2. Cotovia, Lisboa. 1990. pp.58-67.
Cidade, H. A Literatura Autonomista sob os Filipes. Sá da Costa, Lisboa. 1948.
Cuesta, P. V. A Língua e a Cultura Portuguesa no Tempo dos Filipes. Publ. E.-América, Lisboa. 1988.
Machado de Sousa, M. L. D. Inês e D. Sebastião na Literatura Inglesa. Vega,
Lisboa. [1980].
Maravall, J. A. La cultura del Barroco. Ariel, Barcelona. 2002. (9ª.)
Palma-Ferreira, J. Academias Literárias dos Séculos XVII e XVIII. Bibl. Nacional, Lisboa. 1982.
Pérez, J. Filipe II e o seu Império. Verbo, Lisboa. 2007.
Pinto de Castro, A. Retórica e Teorização Literária em Portugal. Do Humanismo ao Neoclassicismo. Impr. Nac.-Casa da Moeda, Lisboa. 2008. (2ª.)
VV. AA. Colóquio O Sebastianismo. Política, doutrina e mito (Sécs. XVI-XIX). Colibri, Lisboa.
Teaching method
Lecturing with multimedia support (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
Evaluation method: a critical review/commentary of one of the books from the secondary bibliography (20%); a short essay / Monograph oriented by the teacher on a topic to be proposed (9,000 characters / 6 pages - 60%) ; oral presentation of the monograph together with interventions in class (20%). End of semester exam: the test (50%) and the scheduled exercises (50%) will contribute equally to the final grade.