Topics of Literary Theory
Code
722091106
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Silvina Rodrigues Lopes
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To discuss literary theory concepts
b) To acquire skill methods on theory
c) Knowledge and argumentation practice on literary terms.
Prerequisites
Non applicable.
Subject matter
This program intends to study how literary theory is importante to intensify the experiences of reading and writing. It seeks to bring in focus the following topics: the possibilities and limits of theory; the interpretation and the infinite flow of meaning; critical theory as a reflection on infinite interpretation; the deconstruction of logocentrism and the instability of language that undoes the apparent coherence of texts.
Bibliography
Franz Kafka, O Castelo, Relógio d’Água, Lisboa, 1999
T. Adorno, Notas de literatura I, Trad. de Jorge de Almeida, Editora Escuta, São Paulo, 2003.
Derek Attridge, ed., Jacques Derrida. Acts of Literature , Routledge, New York, 1992
Teaching method
Practical and theoretical classes.
Explanatory concepts
Comment, critic and text´s interpretation
Evaluation method
Evaluation: research on a theme - 30% ; Written work- 70%