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Introduction to Literary Studies II
Courses
Cod: 51024
Department: DH
ECTS: 6
Scientific area: Literary Studies
Total working hours: 156
Total contact time: 15

This course unit applies the theoretical knowledge acquired in Introduction to Literary Studies I. The in-depth study of two works of different literary genres and its relationship with the literary period in which they are located, in its literary, historical and cultural aspects, are the main issues addressed in this course unit.

  1. Modern and Contemporary Literature
  2. Literary analysis
  3. Poetry
  4. Short novel

Students are expected to be able
• to place certain literary works within the context of evolution and literary periodization and to recognize their specific features or their subversion;
• to analyze and interpret a literary work.

• Fernando Pessoa/Álvaro Campos: faces and masks of Portuguese Modernism.
• Contos Exemplares by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen or in Search for the Absolute.

Compulsory readings:
REIS, Carlos, Literatura Portuguesa Moderna e Contemporânea, Universidade Aberta, 1990 (chap. 7 and 8).
PESSOA, Fernando, Ficções do Interlúdio, Edições Assírio e Alvim.
ANDRESEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Contos Exemplares, Figueirinhas.

Supporting readings:
ANDRESEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Obra Poética, Lisboa,  Caminho, 2011
BESSE, Maria Graciette, Sophia de Mello Breyner: Contos Exemplares, Publicações Europa-América, Lisboa, 1990.
BRÉCHON, Robert, Estranho Estrangeiro - Uma Biografia de Fernando Pessoa, Lisboa, Quetzal, 1996.
COELHO,Jacinto do Prado, Diversidade e Unidade em Fernando Pessoa, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo.
LOPES, Óscar, e SARAIVA, António José , História da Literatura Portuguesa, Porto, Porto Editora.
MALHEIRO, Helena, O Enigma de Sophia : Da Sombra à Claridade, Lisboa, Oficina do Livro, 2008.
MOISÉS, Massaud, As Estéticas Literárias em Portugal, vol. III - Século XX, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 2002.
REIS,Carlos, O Conhecimento da Literatura. Introdução aos Estudos Literários, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 2001, 2.ª ed. (capítulos V, VI e VIII.5).
ROCHA, Clara Crabbé, Os «Contos Exemplares» de Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Coimbra, Inic, 1978.
SEABRA, José Augusto, Fernando Pessoa ou o Poetodrama, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda.

Other resources:
Further readings are recommended during the semester.

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%).
In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).

To enroll in this course unit, students must have successfully completed the Introduction to Literary Studies I.
Students are required to master Portuguese language.