New Cultural Paradigms

Code: LLT12741L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Literature

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

1. Erradicar a pobreza - Acabar com a pobreza em todas as suas formas, em todos os lugares

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

5. Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

10. Reduzir as desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

16. Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

1. To know the terms, analytical tecniques and interpretative strategies in Cultural Studies;
2. To use interdisciplinary critical approaches to examine the different modes the cultural processes are
produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and answered;
3. To learn critical interdisciplinary perspetives to examine the diverse and sometimes constested meanings of
the cultural processes and objects, establishing a basic knowlede of the theoretica paradigms of Cultural
Studies;
The expected learning outcomes are the capacity to know and understand some of the main historical
antecedents of key aspects of Cultural Studies, as well as some of the major social, political, economic and
cultural issues in contemporary society. These competences will be revealed through a gradual autonomous
study and work capacity and the ability to write and to think critically using adequate terminology.

1. The origins: from literary to cultural studies;
1.1. The tradition of culture and civilization;
1.2. Culturalism, marxism, structuralism;
2. The parameters of Cultural Studies;
2.1. The discipline of Cultural Studies;
3. Key concepts in Cultural Studies;
3.1. Representation, ideology, experience, power, identity, gender;
4. Topographies of culture;
5. Subcultures and postsubcultures;
6. The post-modernization of everyday life;
7. Culture and post-humanity.

Teaching Methods

Through discussion, research and written and oral production, students learn the several dimensions of Cultural
Studies, coming to understand them in the broader social, aesthetic, ethical and political contexts.
Students will develop their research in oral (30%) and written (50%) works, with emphasis on the critical analysis
and close reading of the suggested bibliography.
The curricular unit is taught in collective in-class sessions of theoretical and practical nature, prepared with previous
readings by the students in order to motivate debate and dialogue around the pertinent questions of the
syllabus, as well as to enhance full understanding of the topics. There will also be practical sessions, where we
consider as crucial the gradual autonomous work of students and their commitment outside classes.
In accordance with Order No. 34/2026, the use of AI tools is permitted in this course unit to support learning, research, literature review, and the preparation of educational materials, provided that the student critically validates all information and maintains human control over the content produced, thereby constituting a form of analytical research for continuous assessment. In such cases, the student must provide the link to the AI query and the prompt used. Misuse will be treated as academic fraud under Article 119 of the Academic Regulations (Code of Conduct, Fraud and Plagiarism).

Assessment

one written test - 50% + work project (individual ou group) - 50% - continuous assessment
Written exam - 100% - final assessment (should students get between 8 and 9,4 points, they can sit an oral exam
There will also be practical sessions, where we
consider as crucial the gradual autonomous work of students and their commitment outside classes. Assessment is preferably
continuous.
Where considered necessary to assess the extent to which the student has acquired the knowledge and developed the competencies prescribed for the curricular unit, the teaching team may require the student to undertake an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110(13) of the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 116(4) and Article 118(1) of the same Regulations. The oral examination will account for [10]% of the final grade for the curricular unit.