Portuguese Literature of the 19th Century
Code
711091115
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
António Martins Gomes, Gustavo Rubim
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Acquire general knowledge of 19th century Portuguese literary history and specific knowledge of the works chosen for detailed analysis in class and of their critical bibliography. Students should also be able to connect Portuguese literature with a larger frame of post-romantic European literature. This course will enhance argumentative ability to participate in critical debates about 19th century literature, namely through the writing of an essay concerning one of the works studied in class.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
- European Romanticism and some Portuguese particularities: ethnography or literature as national hermeneutics. A) Literary theory and Alexandre Herculano´s narrative project. B) From the Poet´s myth to the reshaping of the novel, a reading of modern classics by Almeida Garrett.
- Camilo Castelo Branco and the poetics of the novel.
- Literature, anti-romanticism and cultural critique in the poetic and essayistic production of \"Geração de 70\".
- Realism and narrative in the fiction of Eça de Queirós.
- Cesário Verde and Camilo Pessanha: the problem of modernity in relation to poetry.
Bibliography
- Baptista, Abel Barros, Futilidade da Novela, Campinas, Unicamp, 2012.
- Buescu, Helena C. (org.), Dicionário do Romantismo Literário Português, Lisboa, Caminho, 1997.
- Ferraz, Maria de Lurdes, Ensaios Oitocentistas, Porto, Caixotim, 2011.
- Lourenço, Eduardo, O Labirinto da Saudade, Lisboa, Gradiva, 2000.
- Monteiro, Ofélia Paiva e Santana, Helena, Almeida Garrett: um romântico, um moderno, Lisboa, IN-CM, 2003.
Teaching method
Lectures (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
Written exam in the class (50%) and a final paper with no less than 5 and no more than 8 pages (50%).