PO0B008 Portuguese Fiction B II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
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 17:30–19:05 G11
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 goal of this course is to make the students acquainted with the authors of contemporary Portuguese literature with respect to the concept of postmodernism. With a few exceptions, we will analyze texts published during 1980s and 1990s which will give us opportunity to consider specific aspects of the literature of that period: psychologism, phantasy, interpersonal relationships and love, woman and her forms, metafiction, play with genres, politics and literature, fiction and history, crime fiction, end of traditional epics etc. Parallel reading of theoretical texts (Matei Calinescu, José G. Merquior, Wolfgang Welsch, Suzi Gabliková, Lubomír Doležel, Květoslav Chvatík, Umberto Eco, Petr A. Bílek a Jiří Trávníček) will be a basis for analysis and interpretation of the discussed works.;
At the end of this course students should be able to:
1) characterize literary text using the selected methodology;.
2) explain and enumerate the themes of contemporary literature;.
3) articulate their ideas on the basis of their own reader’s experience..
Syllabus
  • 1) Explanation of terms: modernism, postmodernism
  • 2) Trends in contemporary literature, not just Portuguese
  • 3) Maria Ondina Braga: O recolhimento, O homem da ilha (stories). In A Rosa-de-Jericó
  • 4) Pedro Paixão: A noiva judia (story). In A Noiva Judia; A preferida (story). In Vida de Adulto
  • 5) Augusto Abelaira: Bolor (novel)
  • 6) Hélia Correia: Ao seu alcance (story). In Contos Policiais
  • 7) José Cardoso Pires: O Delfínu (novel)
  • 8) Inês Pedrosa: Fica comigo esta noite, A sombra das nuvens no mar, A cor nos anjos (stories). In Fica Comigo Esta Noite
  • 9) Nuno Júdice: Os passos da cruz (short novel)
  • 10) David Mourão-Ferreira: Vera e o Acidente, Erika e a madrugada (stories). In As Quatro Estações
  • 11) Rui Zink: O Anibaleitor (short novel)
Literature
  • CALINESCU, Matei. As 5 Faces da Modernidade. Lisabon: Vega, 1999. ISBN 972-699-647-3. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Fikce a historie v období postmoderny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 155 s. ISBN 9788020015815. info
  • 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
  • CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Od avantgardy k druhé moderně : (cestami filozofie a literatury). Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2004, 424 s. ISBN 8072152149. info
  • WELSCH, Wolfgang. Naše postmoderní moderna. 1. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1994, 198 s. ISBN 80-7113-104-0. info
  • MACHADO, Álvaro Manuel. A novelística portuguesa contemporânea. 2a ed. Lisboa: Inst. Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1984. 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
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Příběh je mrtev? :schizmata a dilemata moderní prózy. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 300 s. ISBN 80-7294-079-1. info
Teaching methods
Class discusion
Assessment methods
Credit is obtained for attendance (three absences at the maximum), active participation in the course based on student’s own reading of literary and theoretical texts, for oral presentation and for seminary work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
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