PO1B014 Portuguese Fantastic Short-Story

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Portuguese (B1-B2), basic orientation in Portuguese literature
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 aim of the course is to provide bacis information about the fantastic short story genre, as well as an outline of the portuguese fantastic short story of the 20th century. Attention will be paid to chosen motifs and to the most important writers of the genre. At the end of the course students will be able to describe the genre, as well as analyse selected texts by the portuguese storytellers.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able:;
- to define the genre of the weird story;
- to describe the main theoretical approaches;
- to describe the outline of the fantastic literature;
- to analyse selected texts by the Portuguese storytellers
Syllabus
  • 1. Theories of the weird short-story 2. Outline of the weird short-story 3. Analysis of the texts by Portuguese writers (Eca de Queirós, Teixeira-Gomes, M. de Sá-Carneiro, J. de Almada Negreiros, J. Régio, J. Rodrigues Miguéis, M. Ondina Braga, M. Teresa Horta, M. Velho da Costa, M. Alegre, M. de Carvalho, Almeida Faria, D. Mourao-Ferreira, J. Saramago )
Literature
    required literature
  • TODOROV, Tzvetan. Úvod do fantastické literatury. 1. české vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2010, 186 s. ISBN 9788024616766. info
    recommended literature
  • POE, Edgar Allan. Démon zvrácenosti. Edited by Martin Hilský - Jaroslav Róna, Translated by Josef Schwarz - Bohumil. Vyd. v tomto souboru 1. Praha: Argo, 2013, 489 s. ISBN 9788025708538. info
  • TRAILL, NANCY H. Possible worlds of the fantastic: The Rise of the Paranormal in Fiction. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 2011, 228 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-1908-0. info
  • HAZAIOVÁ, Lada. Skryté tváře fantastična. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta, 2007, 323 s. ISBN 9788073081782. info
  • LOVECRAFT, H. P. Bezejmenné město a jiné povídky ; Nadpřirozená hrůza v literatuře a jiné texty. Edited by H. P. Lovecraft, Translated by Ivan Adamovič. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 1998, 253 s. ISBN 8085974460. info
    not specified
  • STEINMETZ, Jean-Luc. La littérature fantastique. 2. éd. corr. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1990, 126 s. ISBN 2130449727. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
participation, oral presentation, written test
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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