PO1A022 Portuguese Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
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 of the course is to provide an outline of the 20th century Portuguese Literature. The other aim of the course is to identify and explain basic notions related to the currents and other literary problems in question. It will be the students task to apply the beforehand defined terms during the analysis and imply their proper conclusions from observed
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student should be able:;
- to define basic notions of the literary context in question;
- to classify authors according to this context;
- to comment on his place and analyse the most important literary works;
- to apply the beforehand defined terms during the analysis and imply their proper conclusions from observed;
Syllabus
  • 1. Fin-de-siecle (analysis: Pessanha, Nobre, Cesário Verde), Florbela Espanca: Kniha sestry Stesku (poetry), Masky osudu (short storie) 2. Modernism (F. Pessoa: Opiárium a jiné básně Álvara de Campos, Nevinnost je nemyslet – básně Alberta Caeira, Za noci našeho bytí ( Námořník), Kniha neklidu; M. de Sá-Carneiro: Lúciova zpověď )+ poetry 3. Presenca (Branquinho da Fonseca: Neklidná řeka (in Pět portugalských novel), poetry: Régio, Torga; J. Rodrigues Miguéis: Šestnáct hodin s tajným posláním, 4. Neorealism (Carlos de Oliveira: Včela v dešti (v souboru Pět portugalských novel), Ferreira de Castro: Misie (v souboru Pět portugalských novel), Džungle (stín kaučuku), M. da Fonseca: short-stories, F. Namora; poetry of Novo Cancioneiro 5. Cadernos de Poesia and surrealism (poetry, Eugénio de Andrade: Svrchovanost, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresenová: Příkladné povídky).Surrealism 6. Poetry of the 2nd half of the century 7. Fiction of the 2nd half of the century (Existencialism - V. Ferreira: Navždycky, Experimentalism - J. Cardoso Pires: O delfínu, the colonial war - Lobo Antunes: Jidášova díra), historical novel -J. Saramago: Baltasar a Blimunda), woman and the society -H. Correia: Ďáblova hora (v souboru Pět portugalských novel)).
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions Seminar: application of the theoretical knowledge on authentic texts
Assessment methods
Obrigatory for examination: active participation in the course, presentation in the course, written essay, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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