Camonian Studies
Code
722091128
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To contextualize Camoess life and work in Renaissance period.
b) To identify and qualify the lyric forms of Camoess work.
c) To identify and comment the lyric themes of Camoess work.
d) To analyse a lyric poem under an aesthetic way.
e) To define the concept of epopee and to contextualize historically the several epopees.
f) To recognize the external and internal structure of an epic poem.
g) To identify and comment the narrative space and time representation in Camoess epic poem.
h) To characterize the historic and mythological figures of Camoess epic poem.
i) To perspective a cultural representation of other people in Camoess epic poem.
j) To analyse and comment the cultural debate of Portuguese Expansion in 16th century.
k) To appreciate and debate European and World a representation by Camoes.
Prerequisites
Not applied.
Subject matter
1. Lyric work: traditional forms of Renaissance (old and new metrics); Greek-Latin, Italian, Iberian poetic forms; themes and development: love, nostalgia (saudade), nature, exile, changing; rhetoric of contrast and contradiction (Catullus and Petrarch).
2. Epic work: concept of epopee; classic, medieval and renascent epopees; external and internal structure of the epic poem; poetry of History and Geography: mímesis, diégesis and poíesis; propositio, invocationes, dedication, narratio epic object and goals; historical and mythological figures; space and time representation; gods comedy and historical designs - Olympic conflict, Bacchuss persecution, Neptunes palace; Africans and Indians cultural representation: Others knowledge; Expansion debate (dialectic and rhetoric) - Restelos Old man, Adamastor; Time and World machine: epic representation of the pass (analepsis) Vasco da Gamas discourse to Melindes king and the flags badges in Paulo da Gamas discourse to Catual future representation (prolepsis) Tethys prophecies: Portuguese empire and national heroes; renascent Europe: Cadmuss myth and Christianity divisions; the pequena Casa Lusitana example; satyr and pedagogical exemplum: humanist code of ethical values: Venuss Island allegory.
Bibliography
MONIZ, António; MONIZ, M. Celeste; PAZ, Olegário, Dicionário Breve de Os Lusíadas, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 2001.
LE GENTIL, Georges, Camões. Loeuvre épique & lirique, Paris, Editions Chandeigne, 1995.
SILVA, Vítor M. Aguiar e, Camões: labirintos e fascínios, Lisboa, Edições Cotovia, 1994.
ASENSIO, Eugénio, Martins, J.V. de Pina, Luís de Camões, Paris, F.C.Gulbenkian, 1982.
MATOS, Maria Vitalina Leal de, O Canto na Poesia Épica e Lírica de Camões. Estudo da isotopia enunciatória, Paris, F. C. Gulbenkian, 1981.
Teaching method
Expositive and interactive.
Evaluation method
Active participation in classes.
Written essay.