English Literature Studies - 1st semester
Code
722121033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Teresa Pinto Coelho
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
English
Objectives
- To master research methodologies
- To obtain knowledge on the subjects to be studied
- To promote autonomous scientific debate
- To be able to undertake autonomous advanced research in order to write a research paper and a dissertation
Prerequisites
75% attendance compulsory
Subject matter
Postcolonial (Re)readings: From Robinson Crusoe to Wide Sargasso Sea
I - Introduction to Postcolonial Studies
1.1.Post-colonial and Postcolonial
1.2.Edward Said´s seminal work Orientalism and its critics
1.3. Key concepts in Postcolonial Studies
II - Postcolonial (re)readings
2.1. Postcolonial discourse in Robinson Crusoe
2.2. School, sports and empire: Tom Brown´s Schooldays
2.3. Juvenile literature and empire: King Solomon´s Mines and other boy stories
2.4. Imperialism and detective fiction
2.5. Feminine voices and empire: Aïda, Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
III - Research methods
Bibliography
ASHCROFT, Bill et alli (2002). The Empire Writes Back. Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures, London / New York: Routledge (1st ed. 1989).
________, (2013). Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, London: Routledge (1st ed. 1998).
BOEHMER, Elleke (2005). Colonial & Postcolonial Literature. Migrant Metaphors, Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press (1st ed. 1995).
CHILDS, Peter (ed.) (1999). Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature. A Reader, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
COELHO, Maria Teresa Pinto (2004). Ilhas, Batalhas e Aventura. Imagens de África no Romance de Império Britânico no Último Quartel do Século XIX e Início do Século XX, Lisboa: Colibri.
RICHARDS, Jeffrey (ed.) (1989). Imperialism and Juvenile Literature, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
SAID, Edward (1993). Culture and Imperialism, London: Chatto & Windus.
SAVORY, Elaine (2009). The Cambridge Introdution to Jean Rhys, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
-Theoretical classes on the subjects to be studied and teaching of research methods - c. 30%
- Critical reading and debate of texts in class and oral presentation and discussion of an extended research paper - c. 70%
- Tutorial supervision of the research work to be undertaken by the students (mostly outside class hours)
Evaluation method
- Production of an extended essay to be presented and discussed in class (50% of the final mark)
- Production of a written research paper (50% of the final mark)
Courses
- Teaching English and Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education in the specialization area of Spanish
- Teaching English in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education
- Teaching English in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education in the specialization area of German
- Modern Literatures and Cultures - English and North-American Studies
- Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education in the specialization area of English
- Teaching English and Foreign Language in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education in the specialization area of French
- Crossways in Cultural Narratives