Literaturas Marginais (not translated) - 2nd semester
Code
711091135
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Rui Zink
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The range is wide and goes from books on print from genres and forms such as science fiction, crime, feulleton, comics, to other media: experimental poetry, performance art, radio, television, rap, slam poetry, facebook, Twitter. To each topic there is a case study that will confirm or contradict the usual assertion on that form´s face value. Students are encouraged to bring their own readings, and some do. Question are raised, such as: How does a literary canon functions? When does a a text stop being ´literary´? (I.e., what is literature about?) Should literature avoid contagion from other forms and media? Why did Kurt Vonnegut got tired of being ´a scifi writer´?
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
The range is wide and goes from books on print from genres and forms such as science fiction, crime, feulleton, comics, to other media: experimental poetry, performance art, radio, television, rap, slam poetry, facebook, Twitter. To each topic there is a case study that will confirm or contradict the usual assertion on that form´s face value. Students are encouraged to bring their own readings, and some do. Question are raised, such as: How does a literary canon functions? When does a a text stop being ´literary´? (I.e., what is literature about?) Should literature avoid contagion from other forms and media? Why did Kurt Vonnegut got tired of being ´a scifi writer´?
Bibliography
BARTHES, Roland, Fragmentos de um discurso amoroso, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1977
ECO, Umberto, Apocalípticos e Integrados, Lisboa, Difel, 1991
HATHERLY, Ana, A reinvenção da leitura - ensaio seguido de 19 poemas visuais, Lisboa, Futura, 1975
ISER, Wolfgang, The Act of Reading, Baltimore, John Hopkins U.P., 1978
McCLOUD, Scott, Understanding Comics, Northampton MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1993
PIMENTA, Alberto, O Silêncio dos Poetas, Lisboa, Cotovia, 1990
SARAIVA, Arnaldo, Literatura marginal/zada, Porto, Árvore, 1975
SPIEGELMAN, Art, Maus, Lisboa, Quetzal, 2014
VONNEGUT, Kurt, Matadouro 5, Lisboa, Bertrand, 2011
ZINK, Rui, Literatura Gráfica?, Lisboa, Celta, 1999
ZINK, Rui, O Humor de Bolso de José Vilhena, Lisboa, Celta, 2000
Teaching method
The class has a lecture and a debate part. The teacher is aware debate is not always as vivid as it could.
Evaluation method
Participation in class - 20%
Test - 40% (50% if no participation)
Paper - 40 to 50%