Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Themes of Portuguese Culture

Code

722091124

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Estudos Portugueses

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Cecília Gonçalves Barreira

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To know and understand the different theoretical approaches
- To explore and understand the implications of different theoretical approaches
- To develop helpful attitudes and skills to a critical reflection

Prerequisites

None

Subject matter

For a History of Mentalities and Culture in Portugal
Portugal and the twentieth century : beginning in 1890 or in 1910 ? The emergence of Republicanism .
The houses in Portugal of the First Republic and \"Portugal dos pequenitos\"of Salazar
The concept of \"Me\" during the Portuguese 20th century : a Self that is fragmented and privatized as we come to a new millennium.
Sexualities , taboos , reconstructions , hybridity : a literary and historiographical look at the issue .
Pessoa: the superman of Portuguese literature . Questions and canons .
Political Portugal: Salazar , the Marcelismo and the 25th of April.
The consumer society and the concept of Belo : the euphoria of the 90s , the Expo , the Nobel , a country self-comforted.
The Crisis : Culture and dramatic state cuts in the relegation of herself ; Portuguese disputing parties ; the old and the minimum reforms; unemployment; the emigration of young people to Europe and other countries of the Western world .

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 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 theoretical contents of the curricular unit will be lectured during the first part of the lesson. In the second part there will be an interaction so that master students can participate.

Evaluation method

The evaluation consists of one wrtten paper work that will be presented in class.

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