Portuguese Culture Renaissance
Code
711091009
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Cecília Gonçalves Barreira
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Identify and distinguish the different work problematic;
Questioning the several analyzed subjects;
Recreate the great cultural problematic within the Portuguese Renaissance;
Analyze critically the used biography;
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
From the fifteenth century to the sixteenth century, the possibility of building a history of culture and mentality .
The houses : a concept very different of intimacy.
Marriage : from popular to the bourgeoisie through the nobility .
The concept of Private and Public in those times.
The Palace : the king and the court , royal experiences.
The festivals : festivals , carnivals, saints.
Portugal ´s political point of view in the sixteenth century : pride and prejudice .
The ideological crossroads of the encounter between the medieval mentality and the mentality of Discoveries.
The food as a reflection of social, cultural and economic differences .
The concept of child as man / woman in small size.
Diseases and plague : death at those time
Lisbon ecstatic , one of the most important cities in the world and the 1580 crisis
Our great Epic: Os Lusíadas. How literature can help the history of mentalities and the history of culture.
Bibliography
Mattoso, J. (1992).História de Portugal . Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Duby, G. (1990). História da Vida Privada . Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
Silva, Vitor Aguiar e (2011).Dicionário de Luís de Camões. Lisboa: Caminho.
BURKE, Peter. Cultura Popular na Idade Moderna: Europa, 1500-1800 (1978)
BURKE, Peter. O Renascimento Italiano: Cultura e Sociedade na Itália (1987)
Martin, John Jeffries. The Renaissance: between myth and history. In Martin, John Jeffries (ed). The Renaissance: Italy and abroad. Rewriting Histories. Routledge, 2003.
Nunes, Benedito. Diretrizes da Filosofia no Renascimento. In: Franco, Afonso Arinos de Melo et alii. O Renascimento (em português). Rio de Janeiro
Teaching method
The curricular unit theoretical contents will be exposed during the class first part.
On the second part will be a interaction so that the learners can participate.
Evaluation method
The evaluation is carried out in two written tests, the first in the middle of the semester and the second on the final (50% each).