Introduction to Literary Studies
Code
711091111
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Paula Cristina Costa
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Starting from the analysis of excerpts from \"Republic\" of Plato and the \"Poetics\" of Aristotle, study and discussion of some of the founding concepts of literary studies: \"mimesis\" as imitation or as representation.
From the analysis of \"Ion\" of Plato, theorize and discuss the issue of literary creation; then, from the analysis of various poetic arts written by different authors of the twentieth century, studying the passage of the classic normative poetics to author contemporary poetics.
Study the act of reading and the reader: from the romantic vision of Proust on reading, through the aesthetics reception theory of Jauss to other important theoretical moments of these aspects: Barthes, Calvino, among others.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
I Literature and referentiality:
From Plato´s \"Republic\" to Aristotle´s \"Poetics\": mimesis
II The literary creation:
Inspiration or art? Analysis of Plato´s \"Ion\"
III Discussion on the act of reading
Reading as friendship, as empathy, as a provocation: from Proust to Jauss and Barthes
IV From ´Normative Poetics´ to author poetics
Bibliography
Aguiar e Silva, V. M., Teoria da Literatura, (Capítulos: «Os conceitos de Literatura e Literariedade» e «O Texto Literário») Coimbra, Almedina, 4º ed., 1982
Aristóteles, Poética, Lisboa, F. C. Gulbenkian, 2ª ed., 2007
Barthes, Roland, O Prazer do Texto, Lisboa, Ed. 70, 1980
Jauss, Hans- Robert, A Literatura como Provocação, Lisboa, Vega, 1993
Platão, Íon, Lisboa, «Clássicos Inquérito», 1988
Platão, República, Lisboa, F. C. Gulbenkian, 3ª ed., 1980
Proust, Marcel, Sobre a Leitura, Lisboa, Vega, 1991
Teaching method
To present and to question theoretical concepts. Analysis of texts. Oral discussion of some aspects and themes of the texts.
Evaluation method
Two mandatory individual exams (each accounting for 50% of the final grade) and one optional course-work. If the student chooses to do this course-work, each component will acount for 1/3 of the final grade.