Anglo-Portuguese Studies
Code
711121011
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria Zulmira Castanheira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To become familiar with the research area covered by the field of Anglo-Portuguese Studies;
b) to acquire a panoramic view of Luso-British historical, literary and cultural relations;
c) to acquire theoretical knowledge of literary and cultural imagology;
d) to acquire knowledge of travel literature and the periodical press;
e) to become familiar with the complexity of images of Portugal and Great Britain conveyed by British and Portuguese travel literature and periodicals;
f) to be able to relate such representations of Portugal and Great Britain to the historical and socio-cultural context and to the vicissitudes of the Luso-British alliance throughout the centuries;
g) to become familiar with the critical bibliography on the matters studied;
h) to develop the competences required for autonomous research specific to the area of Anglo-Portuguese Studies.
Prerequisites
Attendance of at least 2/3 of the classes taught
Subject matter
1. Anglo-Portuguese Studies: characterization of the research area. Multidisciplinarity.
2. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.
3. A view of the historical, literary and cultural relations between Portugal and Britain up to the twentieth century.
4. Episodes and influential figures in Anglo-Portuguese relations.
5. Mutual representations and perceptions: Great Britain seen through Portuguese eyes / Portugal seen through British eyes.
6. Literary and cultural imagology: definition and key concepts.
7. Travel writing and the periodical press as sources of national typologies: British and Portuguese self-images and hetero-images in travel accounts, newspapers and magazines.
8. National personifications: John Bull and Zé Povinho.
Bibliography
Ceia, C. et al. (org.) (2003). Estudos Anglo-Portugueses. Livro de Homenagem a Maria Leonor Machado de Sousa. Lisboa: Colibri/CEAP.
Delaforce, A. (coord.) (1994). Portugal e o Reino Unido. A Aliança Revisitada. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Evans, D. & Canaveira, M.F. (coord.) (2010). Regicídio e República: olhares britânicos e norte-americanos. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio.
Macaulay, R. (1985). They Went to Portugal. London: Penguin Books.
Macaulay, R. (1990). They Went to Portugal Too. Introduction by Susan Lowndes. Edited by L. C. Manchester, Carcanet in association with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses, 22 vols. (1990-2013). Lisboa: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica / FCT.
Sousa, M. L. M. (coord.) (2007). A Guerra Peninsular em Portugal: relatos britânicos. Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio.
Youngs, T. (2013). The Cambridge Introduction to Travel Writing. New York: C.U.P.
Teaching method
Theoretical presentation designed to provide a historical and critical context for subsequent approaches to the selected texts; practical application of the knowledge gained in joint analyses (teacher and students) of the works on the reading list; group discussion of works from the selected critical bibliography, previously read by the students. Students will be guided and supported with a view to preparing them for the test and the writing of the final essay.
Evaluation method
Assessment criteria:
One written classroom test (40%); participation in class discussions and analysis of selected texts (20%); production of a written research essay, either individually or in pairs, including oral presentation (40%).