Modernity and Tradition: Issues of Cultural Modernity in Contemporary Portugal
Code
722051135
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Promoting a general overview on the main cultural transformations during the 19th and 20th centuries
b) Acquiring knowledge and skills that allow further and deepen analysis of the themes studied.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Introduction
a) Cultural History and Social Sciences
b) Culture in Portugal or Portuguese Culture?
2. Intellectuals, Culture and Politics
a) Romanticism, Positvism and Republicanim in Portugal (from the mid 19th centruy to the early 20th century)
b) Nation, New State and Communism
c) Debates on Portuguese National Identity after 1974
d) The ideia of people and the Popular Culture in Modern Portugal
e) Images of the city and the country in Modern Portugal
3. The Cultural History Workshop
a) Romanticism, revolt and techinoly the case of António José Saraiva
b) Towards a History of Landscape Architecture in Portugal
c) Case studies from the History of Sports
d) The Invention of National Styles Music, Football and Cinema
Bibliography
CALAFATE, Pedro (dir.), História do Pensamento Filosófico Português, 5 vols., Lisboa, Caminho, 1999.
EAGLETON, Terry, A Ideia de Cultura. Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2003.
LEAL, João, Etnografias Populares (1870-1970) Cultura Popular e Identidade Nacional, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2000.
NEVES, José (dir.), Como se faz um povo Ensaios em História Contemporânea de Portugal, Lisboa, Edições Tinta-da-
China, 2010.
Ó, Jorge Ramos do, Os Anos de Ferro O Dispositivo Cultural durante a Política do Espírito 1933-1949, Lisboa, Editorial
Estampa, 1999.
Teaching method
Theorerical classes: presentation of the syllabus main topics.
Theoreitical and pratical classes: debating selected readings and audiovisual elements. Oral presentation of the readings.
Evaluation method
1. Class participation (20%)
2. Presentation of readings (10%)
3. Written essay (supported by bibliography and empirical info (70%)