PO1B014 Portuguese Fantastic Short-Story

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/1. 4 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
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 L10, except Thu 18. 4.
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
  • ŠPÁNKOVÁ, Silvie. Pelos caminhos do insólito na narrativa breve de Branquinho da Fonseca e Domingos Monteiro (The paths of uncanny in the fiction of Branquinho da Fonseca and Domingos Monteiro). 1st ed. Praha: Karolinum, 2020, 214 pp. ISBN 978-80-246-4389-2. info
  • HAS-TOKARZ, Anita. Horror w literaturze współczesnej i filmie. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 2010, 493 s. ISBN 9788322731239. info
  • 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
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2025.
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