Portuguese Culture of the 17th and 18th centuries
Code
711091122
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire general knowledge about the 17th and 18th century Culture in Portugal and to analyze diversified cultural productions concerning this period.
b) To develop research about this period hence contributing to the usage of appropriate tools for such study.
c) To develop appropriate and accurate tools in written and oral communication
d) To develop competences in critical and scientific analysis
e) To develop ethical standards in academic work and autonomous learning skills throughout life
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1-Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries: the national and the international situation. Europe and the overseas spaces. The Inquisition, the Jesuits, the gold from Brazil, the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon
2-Portugal through the eyes of nationals and foreigners. Analytical constraints: politics, religion, knowledge and cultural representation
3-Cultural changes. Criticism, Pombal politics, educational reform, repression.
4-Society and culture. Spaces and their organization, social groups, daily life, leisure, performative arts and political power, religion, poverty and luxury, schooling and the circulation of ideas.
Bibliography
Cunha, D. Luís da, Testamento Político,introd.,estudo e ed. crítica Abílio Diniz Silva. Lisboa: BNP, 2013.
Dias, José Sebastião da Silva, Portugal e a cultura europeia (séculos XVI a XVIII). Porto: Campo das Letras, 2006.
Vasconcelos, Luís Mendes de, Do sítio de Lisboa. Lisboa: Officina de luys Estupiñad,1608.
Andrada, António Banha de, Verney e a cultura do seu tempo. Coimbra: 1966.
Bebiano, Rui, D. João V - Poder e espectáculo. Aveiro: Liv. Estante Editora, 1987.
Cuesta, Pilar Vásquez, A Língua e a Cultura Portuguesas no tempo dos Filipes. Lisboa: Europa-América, [s.d.]
Teaching method
Lectures (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
Test about the topics in the syllabus and the discussions in class (50%).
Class Presentations (50%).