Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Portuguese Culture Themes - 2nd semester

Code

722091124

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Estudos Portugueses

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Fernando Cabral Martins

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To know and understand the diversity of theoretical approaches.
- To explore and understand the implications of different theoretical approaches.
- To develop positive attitudes and skills towards a critical reflection.

Prerequisites

It has no attendance requirements

Subject matter

1. Almada Negreiros and the visual literature. The Portuguese Avant-Garde. Analysis of the series \"Frisos\", \"K4 O Quadrado Azul\" and the short story \"O Homem que Não Sabe Escrever\" in the context of plastic production of the 20s.

2. The magazine \"presença\" and the institutionalization of modernist art. The case studies of Edmundo de Bettencourt, Julio / Saúl Dias and Mário Eloy. Critical appreciation of cinema. Analysis of \"Douro, Faina Fluvial\" (1931), by Manoel de Oliveira.

3. Mario Cesariny: analysis of some of his \"greatest poems.\" The impact of Fernando Pessoa´s work. The anthologies of Surrealism. Surrealist image theory. The montage process. Analysis of \"Horta de Cordel\". Analysis of \"Autografia\" (2004).

4. Ana Hatherly: drawing, painting, performance, literature. The tradition of the Baroque and the synthesis between calligraphy and drawing. \"Tisanas\" and its importance. The artistic context of the experimentalism of the 60s and its reflexions in contemporary art.

Bibliography

CESARINY, Mário, Uma Grande Razão. Os Poemas Maiores, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 2007
CHEN, Adelaide Ginga, A Aventura Surrealista, Lisboa, Colibri, 2001
HATHERLY, Ana, 463 Tisanas, Lisboa, Quimera, 2006
MARTINS, Fernando Cabral (coord.), Dicionário de Fernando Pessoa e do Modernismo Português, Lisboa, Caminho, 2008
NEGREIROS, Almada, Ficções Escolhidas, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, col. Almada Breve, 2016
REIS, Carlos e LOURENÇO, António Apolinário (coord.), História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa, Lisboa, Verbo, 2015

Teaching method

The theoretical content of the classes will be exposed during the first part. In the second part there will be an interaction with the students for the participation of all.
In class teaching

Evaluation method

The evaluation consists of a written essay to be presented orally.

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