PO0B007 Portuguese Fiction B I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Žídková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 G11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of this course is to introduce the students to the existencialist literature, a movement developing in the area of Portuguese literature particulary since the end of 1940s. After the introductory lessons where we will address the overall situation in Portuguese literature and the work of Raul Brandão, the predecessor of the Portuguese literature with existencialist theme, we will focus on analysis of specific prosaic texts by selected authors. We will pursue the common features of the works and their relation to given historic context. We will also aim our attention to the turn of the analysed texts away from neorealism, subsequent possible approaching the trends of contemporary literature and reception of the works.
At the end of this course students should be able to:
1) explain literary development in the broader cultural and social context;
2) understand selected works of Portuguese existencialist literature;
3) describe existencialism as literary movement;
4) articulate his/her ideas on the basis of reader’s experience.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the theory, which will be used during the course
  • 2) Situation in the Portugues literature after WW2
  • 3) The term existencialism, existencialist literature and Raul Brandão
  • 4) Fernando Namora: Muž s maskou
  • 5) Urbano Tavares Rodrigues: Jitřní ptáci
  • 6) Maria Judite de Carvalho: As palavras poupadas
  • 7) Vergílio Ferreira: Aparição, Navždycky
  • 8) Almeida Faria: A paixão
  • 9) Fernanda Botelho: Esta noite sonhei com Brueghel
Literature
  • REAL, Miguel. Geração de 90 : romance e sociedade no Portugal contemporâneo. 1a ed. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2001. ISBN 972-610-345-2. info
  • JÚDICE, Nuno. Viagem por um século de literatura portuguesa. Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 1997. ISBN 972-708-350-1. info
  • MACHADO, Álvaro Manuel. A novelística portuguesa contemporânea. 2a ed. Lisboa: Inst. Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1984. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Příběh je mrtev? :schizmata a dilemata moderní prózy. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 300 s. ISBN 80-7294-079-1. info
  • RIMMON-KENAN, Shlomith. Poetika vyprávění : Narrative fiction : contemporary poetics (Orig.). Translated by Vanda Pickettová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2001, 174 s. : i. ISBN 80-7294-004-X. info
  • COELHO, Nelly Novaes. Escritores portugueses. São Paulo: Quiron, 1973. info
  • REIS, Carlos. História crítica da literatura portuguesa. Lisboa: Verbo, 2005, 411 pp. Do neo-realismo ao post-modernismo, vol. 9. ISBN 972-22-2473-5. info
  • LOPES, Óscar. Os sinais e os sentidos : literatura portuguesa do século XX. Lisboa: Caminho, 1986. info
  • FERREIRA, João Palma. Pretérito imperfeito. Lisboa: Cor, 1974. info
  • SARAIVA, António José and Óscar LOPES. Dějiny portugalské literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1972, 633 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Class discussion
Assessment methods
Credit is obtained for attendance (three absences at the maximum), active participation in the course based on student’s own reading and for oral presentation concerning one of the analysed works.
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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