Modernism Studies
Code
722091129
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Manuela Parreira da Silva
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To develop the critical reading of modernist texts;
b) To deepen the theoretical reflection of literature, as a mean producing process;
c) To promote scientific research skills in the areas of Portuguese literature and culture;
d) To raise interest in interdisciplinary studies within the scope of modernism.
Prerequisites
n/a
Subject matter
1. Introduction: definition of the concepts modern, modernity, modernism, tradition and vanguard.
2. Tradition and Modernity in Portuguese Modernism
2.1. Decadent Symbolist inheritance
2.2. Rupture and vanguard
3. The crisis of the «I» in modernist space
3.1. Fakery, mask, dispersion, excess.
3.2. Heteronymia and «the theatre of being».
4. Modernist theatre
4.1. «Art-Theatre», according to Mário de Sá-Carneiro and «New Theatre», according to António Ferro.
4.2. From O Marinheiro (by Fernando Pessoa) to Deseja-se Mulher (by Almada Negreiros).
4.3. «Astralédia» by Raul Leal.
Bibliography
SILVA, Manuela Parreira da. Realidade e Ficção – para uma biografia epistolar de
Fernando Pessoa. Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim, 2004.
DIAZ, Brigitte. L’épistolaire ou la pensée nomade. Paris: P.U.F., 2002.
MARTINS, Fernando Cabral. O Modernismo em Mário de Sá-Carneiro. Lisboa: Ed.
Estampa, 1994.
GUIMARÃES, Fernando. Simbolismo, Modernismo e Vanguardas. 2ª ed. Porto: Lello &
Irmão Editores, 1992.
RICOEUR, Paul. Soi-même comme un autre. Paris: Seuil, 1990.
Teaching method
The methodology has a theoretical practical character, each lesson having, as a starting point, a presentation
and a discussion of critical analysis (of texts or themes) made by the students. The professor will contribute
with an exposition of theoretical issues and the supervision of the presented works, motivating an
interdisciplinary approach.
Evaluation method
Evaluation will pay special attention to the short works presented in classes, as well as to the participation of
students in discussions (30%). At the end, a more important research work will take place supervised by the
professor (70%).