1. Romanticism
2. Naturalism
3. Modernism
4. Contemporary Times

Students are expected to be able
• to acquire a comprehensive view of the general Portuguese Literature movement in the 19th and 20th centuries;
• to recognize some of the most significant works;
• to improve their critical reflection, analysis, synthesis and expression competences.

1. Romanticism in Portugal
2. Naturalism in Portugal
3. Fernando Pessoa and Modernism in Portugal
4. The books on Poetry and the work of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Compulsory readings
PESSOA, Fernando, Ficções do Interlúdio, Assírio e Alvim
REIS, Carlos, Literatura Portuguesa Moderna e Contemporânea, Universidade Aberta, 1990 (capítulos 1, 4, 7 e 8).
MALHEIRO, Helena, O Enigma de Sophia: da Sombra à Claridade, Lisboa, Oficina do Livro, 2008 (Parte III).

Complementary readings
ANDRESEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Obra Poética, Lisboa, Caminho, 2011.
REIS,Carlos, O Conhecimento da Literatura. Introdução aos Estudos Literários, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 2001, 2.ª ed. (capítulo VIII.5).
SARAIVA, António José e LOPES, Óscar, História da Literatura Portuguesa, Porto, Porto Editora.
MOISÉS, Massaud, As Estéticas Literárias em Portugal, vol. III - Século XX, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 2002.

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 are required to have successfully achieved Introduction to Literary Studies I.