POIIB956 Analysis of Portuguese Text II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
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
Timetable
each even Friday 14:10–17:25 A47
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
The main objective is to analyse portuguese-written essay focusing on the vocabulary, phraseology, idioms, as well as the main ideas.
Syllabus
  • Analysis of the following texts: a) Eduardo Lourenço: Fernando, Rei da Nossa Baviera, A nau de Icaro ou o fim da emigraçao, Somos um povo de pobres com mentalidade de ricos, Portugal Identidade e Imagem, Portugal: entre a realidade e o sonho b) Eugénio de Andrade: Encontro com Fernando Pessoa, Rilke e Mariana Alcoforado c) António Manuel Batista: Um Discurso Sobre as Ciencias que é um discurso contra a Ciencia d) Agostinho da Silva: Carta Vária
Literature
  • GÓMEZ-MARTÍNEZ, José Luis. Teória eseje :(esej ako literárny žáner, štúdium jej vlastností). Translated by Paulína Šišmišová. Bratislava: Archa, 1996, 135 s. ISBN 80-7115-121-1. info
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 Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2010/POIIB956