English Seminar - 2nd semester
Code
711121053
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
12
Teacher in charge
Miguel Alarcão, Teresa Pinto Coelho
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
(Class A)
a) Introduction to research methods
b) Introduction to postcolonial studies
c) Supervised research (tutorials) on the topics studied in class
d) Presentation of an oral project and of a written essay
(Class B)
a) To provide students with a general outline of English medieval literature until the end of the 14th century;
b) To introduce students to the literary identity of a country in constant interaction with mainland Europe;
c) To help students put into practice the information provided, by applying it, as critically and independently as possible, to their topics, thereby enhancing their research, analytical and interpretative skills.
Prerequisites
compulsory 75% attendance
Subject matter
Class A
I - Introduction to Postcolonial Studies
1.1. Said´s work and its critics
1.2. Postcolonial theory: some key concepts
1.3. Post-colonial and postcolonial
II - Research methodologies: how to undertake research and write a research paper
III - Towards a psotcolonial reading of Robinson Crusoe
3.1. The island in Western thought
3.2. Robinson´s island as a space of colonization
3.3. The Robinson-Friday encounter
3.4. Robinson Crusoe and the Robinsonade
IV - The Victorian Robinsonade: Treasure Island
4.1. Stevenson and the British Empire: The Scramble for Africa
4.2. The island and the image of imperial desintegration
V - Twentieth century rewritings of Robinson Crusoe
5.1. Gender and the island in Muriel Spark´s Robinson
5.2. Coetzee´s Foe and South African politics
VI - Towards a comparison of the novels to be studied
I - Anglo-Saxon literature (7th-11th centuries):
I.1. Introduction;
I.2. Religious texts;
I.3. Secular texts.
II - Anglo-French literature (11th-13th centuries):
II.1. Introduction;
II.2. The \"Matter of Britain\";
II.3. The \"Matter of England\".
III - Towards (an) English literature (14th century):
III.1. Introduction;
III.2. Religious texts;
III.3. Secular texts;
III.4. The alliterative revival;
III.5. Geoffrey Chaucer.
Bibliography
I ALEXANDER, Michael (trad.), Beowulf. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., Penguin Classics, 1984.
.., The Earliest English Poems. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., Penguin Classics, 1982.
GORDON, R. W. (ed./trad.), Anglo-Saxon Poetry. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., Everymans Library, 1977.
KENNEDY, Charles (ed./trad.), An Anthology of Old English Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.
STONE, Brian (trad.), Medieval English Verse. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., \"Penguin Classics\", 1986.
TREHARNE, Elaine (ed.), Old and Middle English: an Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., Blackwell Anthologies, 2000.
II STONE, Brian (ed./trad.), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., Penguin Classics, 1982.
III CHAUCER, Geoffrey, The Canterbury Tales. Ed./trad. Nevill Coghill. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd., Penguin Classics, 1982.
Obs: Poderão ser utilizadas edições mais recentes dos textos primários.
Teaching method
Class A
- Theoretical classes on the topics to be studied and on Postcolonial Studies - c. 30%
- Consolidation of the knowledge of research methodologies: - c. 20%
- Oral presentation of a research project followed by debate - c. 50% (depending on class sizes)
- Production of a written individual research paper (8-10 pages, annexes and bibliography excluded) - not in class; work done by the student at home
- Supervision of both the oral project and of the written research paper - mostly outside class hours (tutorials)
Class B
Apart from the lectures, leaving aside, at the end of each class, a short period for comments and debate, suggestions for further reading will be made available, together with the regular monitoring of the students´ researches. In class teaching.
Evaluation method
Class A
- oral group project - 50% of the final mark
- written research project - 50% of the final mark
Class B
An essay to be handed in at the end of the semester (c.12 pages, A4): 100%;