Portuguese 20th Century Culture
Code
711091109
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 20th century;
Analyze critically the used biography.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
What is the history of mentalities and Culture for the systematization of an epochal period.
The definition of public and private space .
The progress of individualism through the 20 th century to the explosion of the age of abundance in the 90s .
The beginning of the century in 1890 and not in 1910. The explanations.
A political look at the late nineteenth century at the gateway to the twentieth century : the resurgence of republicanism
Pessoa was also political .
The concept of family among the early twentieth century and the April 25, 1974 .
How the concept of intimacy unfolded in Portugal until April 25
The management of domesticidades : the maid , the writer , the poet , the lady , the other woman.
The outbreak of April 25 : revolution, animosities , ideologies
Portugal and the EEC and the EU : what has changed .
The construction of the welfare state . The health system. The education system .
Portugal , ever ceased to be in crisis?
Bibliography
MATTOSO, José (coordenação), Volumes VII e VIII e 20 Anos de Democracia, Círculo de Leitores, 1993.
TELO, António José, História Contemporânea de Portugal/do 25 de Abril à Actualidade, 2 volumes, Lisboa, Presença, 2007.
GIDDENS, Anthony, Sociologia, Lisboa, Fundação Gulbenkian, 9ª edição, 2009
ROSAS, Fernando e ROLLO, Maria Fernanda, História da Primeira República Portuguesa, Tinta da China, Lisboa, 2009
MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira, A Primeira República Portuguesa, Livros Horizonte, Lisboa, 1971
RAMOS, Rui, História de Portugal, Esfera dos Livros, Lisboa, 2009
História da Vida Privada em Portugal, Os Nossos Dias, direção de José Mattoso, Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2011
História Contemporânea de Portugal: 1808-2010 (5 volumes), direção António Costa Pinto e Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro, Lisboa, Objectiva, 2014
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).