POIIB904a Analysis of Portuguese Text I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zuzana Burianová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 10:00–13:15 A42 stara
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Pokročilá znalost portugalštiny.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objective can be summarized as follows: reading selected texts (literary extracts, newspaper etc.) understanding selected texts (vocabulary, phraseology, idioms etc.) discussíng the main ideas of the texts writing an essay on the ideas from the texts
Syllabus
  • Texts: a) José Saramago: Um Encontro na Praia, De Quando Morri Virado ao Mar, A Ilha Deserta. b) Mário Zambujal: Carta de Recomendação, A mais Velha Profissão do Mundo, Uma Pratada de Mundo, Os Sapatos, Reservado a Fumadores, Crónica dos Bons Concorrentes, Soma e Subtracçã. c) António Lobo Antunes: Elogio do Subúrbio, A Consequência dos Semáforos, Edgar, Meu Amor, Os Pobrezinhos, Os Meus Domingos, Receita para me lerem, Olhos cheios de Infancia, Subsidios para a biografia de Antonio Lobo Antunes, Bom dia, Eugenio
Literature
  • Antunes, António Lobo, Livro de Cronicas, Lisboa, Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 1998
  • Antunes, Antopnio Lobo, Segundo Livro de Cronicas, Lisboa, Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 2002
  • Zambujal, Mário, Fora de Mao, prosas revisitadas e ineditas, Lisboa, Oficina do Livro, 2003 (2.ed.)
  • Saramago, José, Deste Mundo e do Outro, Lisboa, Caminho, 1971
Teaching methods
Based on students´ homework consisting in reading selected literary or publicistic texts, the passages that are difficult or interesting from the point of view of its language or ideas are analysed in detail in the seminar. This is followed by interpretation of the text and discussion of its topic. The work with the text is finished by writing an essay on the particular topic or translating a selected part of the text into Czech.
Assessment methods
Credit: a) attendance and active participation in the course (min. 50 %) based on the given homework b) writing 5 short essays on particular topics, translating selected passages of the texts into Czech
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010.
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