FF:UZPOB904a Analysis of Portuguese Text I - Course Information

UZPOB904a Analysis of Portuguese Text I

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Zuzana Burianová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

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

• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Portuguese Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Portuguese Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Portuguese Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)

Course objectives

Main objective can be summarized as follows: to read selected texts (literary extracts, newspaper etc.) to understand selected texts (vocabulary, phraseology, idioms etc.) to discuss the main ideas of the texts to write 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 Recomendaçao, A mais Velha Profissao do Mundo, Uma Pratada de Mundo, Os Sapatos, Reservado a Fumadores, Crónica dos Bons Concorrentes, Soma e Subtracçao c) António Lobo Antunes: Elogio do Subúrbio, A Consequencia dos Semáforos, Edgar, Meu Amor, Os Pobrezinhos, Os Meus Domingos

Literature

• Antunes, António Lobo, Livro de Cronicas, Lisboa, Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 1998
• Zambujal, Mário, Fora de Mao, prosas revisitadas e ineditas, Lisboa, Oficina do Livro, 2003 (2.ed.)
• Antunes, Antopnio Lobo, Segundo Livro de Cronicas, Lisboa, Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 2002
• 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 (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Probiha zaroven s POIIB904a.

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