Specialized Seminar in Comparative Literary Studies
Code
73217114
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Fernanda de Abreu
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
- To develop competencies in scientific research allowing the formal production of a PhD thesis in Comparative Literary Studies ;
- To master the methodology of advanced scientific research in Specialized Seminar in Comparative Literary Studies ;
- To be able to write an advanced research project in Specialized Seminar in Comparative Literary Studies .
Prerequisites
Subject matter
- The preparation of a doctoral thesis in Comparative Literary Studies: knowledge of history of the discipline, theories, methods, practices, resources and their assessment.
- The writing of an advanced research project in the area of Comparative Literary Studies, in the specificity of the target literatures.
Bibliography
-Castells, Manuel . 2002. The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. Vol. I: The Rise of the Network Society. Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
-Guillén, Claudio. 2005. Entre lo uno y lo diverso. Introducción a la Literatura Comparada (Ayer y hoy). Barcelona: Tusquets.
-Said, Edward W.. 1993. Culture and Imperialism. New York: Vintage.
-Steiner, George. 1995. What is Comparative Literature? Oxford: Clarendon.
- Tötösy de Zepetnek, S. 2007. \"The New Humanities: The Intercultural, the Comparative, and theInterdisciplinary\". The Global South. Indiana University Press, pp. 45-68.
Teaching method
Practical and theoretic classes, mainly individual tutorials, using technologies of information and communication, scientifc databases e library resources for social and human sciences and comparative literary studies research.
Evaluation method
Presentation of a research paper towards the future PhD thesis.