Portuguese Literature of the 20th Century
Code
711091116
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria Manuela Parreira da Silva, Paula Cristina Costa
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To study Portuguese Literature of the 20th century, mainly the study of Portuguese modernism through three main authors: Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, and Almada Negreiros;
b) To contextualise Portuguese vanguards with other European vanguards
c) To be able to critically analise some of the most important texts of the Portuguese modernism.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Portuguese Modernism: between tradition and vanguard
1.1. The «Orpheu» group. The magazines
1.2 The «isms»: Paulismo, Interseccionism, Cubism, Futurism, Sensacionismo and others.
2. Three main authors of Portuguese Modernism
2.1. Fernando Pessoa: the poetic of pretending
2.2. Mário de Sá-Carneiro: between the I and the Other
2.3. Almada Negreiros: from Futurism to Surrealism
Bibliography
As Revistas
Orpheu I, II e III, Lisboa, Contexto, 1982
Portugal Futurista, Lisboa, Contexto, 1982
Os Autores
Caeiro, Alberto, Poesia, Ed. de Richard Zénith e Fernando Cabral Martins, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 2001
Campos, Álvaro de, Poesia, Ed. de Teresa Rita Lopes, Lisboa, Assírio &Alvim, 2002
Reis, Ricardo, Poesia, Ed. Manuela Parreira da Silva, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 2000
Negreiros, Almada, Nome de Guerra, Lisboa, Ed. Assírio & Alvim, 2001
Negreiros, Almada, «Saltimbancos», «A Engomadeira» in Ficções, Lisboa, Ed. Assírio & Alvim, 2002
Sá-Carneiro, Mário, Poemas Completos, Ed. Fernando Cabral Martins, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 1996
Sá-Carneiro, Mário, A Confissão de Lúcio, Lisboa, Ed. Fernando Cabral Martins, Assírio & Alvim, 1999
Teaching method
Presentation of the various topics by the lecturer; reading and discussion of a selection of texts covering the topics outlined in the syllabus.
Evaluation method
Two mandatory tests and an optional research paper