PO0B010 Contemporary Portuguese Poetry B

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Váně (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 11:40–13:15 A44
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge of Portuguese and 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
Main objective of the seminar is to learn Portuguese engaged poetry in the 20th Century ("neo-realism" in Portuguese poetry). Seminars are oriented to analyses and interpretation of select texts. Individual reading of participants is important.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic historical, social, economical and cultural context of the Portugal 1928-1975; 2. Definition and characterization of the engaged literature and the neo-realism; 3. Short compendium of the Portuguese neo-realistic prose; 4. First Portuguese neo-realistic poetry generation (1930s and 1940s, „Novo Cancioneiro“); 5. Second Portuguese neo-realistic poetry generation (1950s, against the Salazar Dictatorship, Cold War, censorship); 6. Third Portuguese neo-realistic poetry generation (1960s and the first half of 1970s, Portuguese Colonial War in Africa, protest songs).
Literature
  • BELCHIOR, Maria de Lourdes – ROCHETA, Maria Isabel – SEIXO, Maria Alzira, Três ensaios sobre a obra de Manuel da Fonseca, Lisboa, Seara Nova/Editorial Comunicação 1980.
  • CASTRO, E. M. de Melo e. As Vanguardas na Poesia Portuguesa do Século Vinte. Lisboa : Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1987.
  • DIONÍSIO, Mário, “Prefácio”. In FONSECA, Manuel da, Obra Poética, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho 1984, pp.17-39.
  • GAVILANES, José Luís; APOLINÁRIO, António (ed.). Historia de la Literatura Portuguesa. Madrid : Ediciones Cátedra, 2000.
  • LISBOA, Eugénio, Poesia portuguesa: do “Orpheu” ao Neo-Realismo, Lisboa, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa 1986.
  • LOPES, Óscar; MARINHO, Maria de Fátima (dir.). História da Literatura Portuguesa - As Correntes Contemporâneas, 7. sv. Lisboa : Publicaçoes Alfa, 2002.
  • LOPES, Óscar; SARAIVA, António José. História da Literatura Portuguesa . 17. vyd. Porto : Porto Editora, 2001.
  • MACHADO, Manuel Álvaro (org.), Dicionário de Literatura Portuguesa, Lisboa, Editorial Presença 1996.
  • MARTINHO, Fernando J.B.; AMARAL, Fernando Pinto do; SERÔDIO, Maria Helena, aj. Literatura Portuguesa do Século XX. Lisboa : Instituto Camoes, 2004.
  • MARTINHO, Fernando J.B. Tendências Dominantes da Poesia Portuguesa da Década de 50. Lisboa : Edições Colibri, 1996.
  • MOISÉS, Massaud. As estéticas literárias em Portugal, vol. III: Século XX, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho 2002.
  • PITA, António Pedro. Conflito e unidade no neo-realismo português – Arqueologia de uma problemática, Porto, Campo das Letras 2002.
  • PITA, António Pedro (coord). História da história e estética do Neo-Realismo, Nova Síntese, n. 1, Porto, Campo das Letras 2006.
  • TORRES, Alexandre Pinheiro (org.). Novo Cancioneiro. Lisboa : Editorial Caminho 1989.
  • TORRES, Alexandre Pinheiro Torres, O movimento neo-realista em Portugal na sua primeira fase, Lisboa, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa 1983.
Teaching methods
Lectures with class discussion and seminars oriented to analyses and interpretation of select texts.
Assessment methods
Active participation during seminars, short final oral exam.
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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