Myths and Heroic Models
Code
722111042
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Margarida Reffóios
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To reflect upon literary myth, from the perspective of comparative literary studies;
b) To define heroic models and scrutinize their common underlying mythic basis;
c) To develop personal research on given texts;
d) To learn critical bibliography on the studied subjects;
e) To write textual analysis and theoretical reflexion texts on the basis of all acquired contents.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The literary myth: historical and theoretical framework of the problem;
2. Study of mythical models and types of hero (and anti-hero) in Western Art;
3. The literary myth of \"Don Juan\":
3.1. El Burlador de Sevilla, Tirso de Molina;
3.2. Don Juan, Molière;
3.3. D. João e a Máscara, António Patrício;
3.4. Don Giovanni, Mozart / Da Ponte;
4. Particular structures of myth: the cathabasis and its parody; the metamorphosis.
Bibliography
Brunel, P. (1992). Mythocritique. Paris: PUF
Burkert, W. (2001), Mito e Mitologia. Lisboa: ed. 70.
Durand, G. (1989). As estruturas Antropológicas do Imaginário. Trad.Hélder Godinho. Lisboa: Presença.
Lévi-Strauss, C. (2007). Mito e Significado. Trad. António Marques Bessa. Lisboa: Edições 70.
Nunes Esteves, E., Reffóios, M., Silva, M., Vilela, AL. (Eds).(2014). Representações do Mito na História e na Literatura. Évora: Cel.
Teaching method
1. seminars on topics of the syllabus focusing specifically on historic and theoretic issues; students will be introduced to methods of efficient organization of information and development of critical skills; reading critical studies and literary bibliography aims to provide students with significant scientific autonomy and the capacity to evaluate their learning progress;
2. supervised practical analysis of critical and literary texts chosen in the perspective of the course and relevant for their study and discussion with the group ;
3. Preparing students to produce an essay on a topic of the syllabus.
Seminars: 60%; lectures: 40%.
Evaluation method
Students are required to submit the following pieces of assessment:
1. 2 classroom assignments - oral presentations 40%;
2. 1 individual essay to be discussed oraly with the group (15 pages) - 60%.