Portuguese Seminar
Code
711091137
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
12
Teacher in charge
Helena Barbas
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know how to prepare a monograph/research paper in the scientific area of Portuguese and Comparative Studies;
b) To improve the competences for independent research in the field of Humanities.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Epistemology and scientific paradigm shifts.
Beauty and Truth. Scientific spirit and artistic creativity. The desktop revolution. Specificities of the Human Sciences.
2. Literary Research.
Textology and Literature auxiliary sciences. Data mining and the construction of bibliographies. Quotation of electronic resources.
3. Theses and monographs.
Strategies and components for the preparation of scientific papers. Theme. Planning. Standards and criteria for national and / or international submissions.
4. Text, language, discourse.
Exploration of operational concepts: language, communication, speech. The institution of subjectivity. Instances of speech and enunciation. Features of rhetorical discourse.
5. Scientific discourse.
Rhetorics of scientificity. Requirements and standards for the preparation of research papers and posters. Peer review and Confidential Reviewer Reports.
6. Visual support.
From written text to oral presentations. Models of visual support. The use of ppt.
Bibliography
Anselmo, Artur. Técnicas de Pesquisa.Universidade Católica, Lisboa. 1988.
Bachelard, Gaston. O Novo Espírito Científico. Ed. 70, Lisboa. 1996.
Barbas, Helena, \"Cartografias Virtuais - mapear o ciberespaço\" [http://helenabarbas.net/papers/2004_IR_Map_H_Barbas.pdf]
Benveniste, Émile. Estrutura das relações de pessoa no Verbo. O Homem na Linguagem. Vega, Lisboa. s/d, pp. 17-27.
Descartes, René. O Discurso do Método. Ed. 70, Lisboa. 1990.
Fisher, Alec. Critical Thinking - An Introduction. Cambridge U. P., Cambridge. 2001.
Heidegger, Martin. Sobre a Essência da Verdade. Porto Editora, Porto. 1995.
Johnson, Steven. Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate. Perseus Books Group, N. Iorque. 1977.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. U. of Chicago Press, London. 1970 (2ª.).
Paradis, James G. e Muriel Zimmerman. The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication. MIT Press, Mass. 2002 (2ª.).
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 bibliography (20%); a short essay / Monograph oriented by the teacher on a topic to be proposed (18,000 characters / 12 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.