2024
Classical Matrices of Literature
Name: Classical Matrices of Literature
Code: LLT14408M
9 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/234 hours
Scientific Area:
Literature
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
This course aims to develop analytical skills in the context of the reception of the Classics.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. To know and discuss theoretical seminal elements as defined in classical literature.
2. To critically analyse genres, characters and narrative structures in specific contexts of classical literature.
3. To discuss the assumptions of adaptations, transformations and subversions of classical models.
4. To develop analytical skills in the context of the reception of the Classics.
2. To critically analyse genres, characters and narrative structures in specific contexts of classical literature.
3. To discuss the assumptions of adaptations, transformations and subversions of classical models.
4. To develop analytical skills in the context of the reception of the Classics.
Contents
1. Poetics and Rhetoric: aesthetic-literary reflections in the literary framework of Classical Antiquity.
2. Creation of models (genres, characters, narrative structures): hybridization, transformation, recomposition.
3. Reception:
3.1. Theorizing the reception of classics.
3.2. Rewriting and rereading in later literature(s): case studies.
2. Creation of models (genres, characters, narrative structures): hybridization, transformation, recomposition.
3. Reception:
3.1. Theorizing the reception of classics.
3.2. Rewriting and rereading in later literature(s): case studies.
Teaching Methods
Articulated and critical exposition of the themes and texts. Research, analysis, discussion and synthesis. Continuous assessment and an essay (100%) or final assessment (written exam: 100%).
Teaching Staff
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