2023

Theory of Literature

Name: Theory of Literature
Code: LLT10834L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Literature

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Encourage in students, taking into account the knowledge acquired in the disciplines of literature, their interpretative capacities of literary texts in their multiple aspects; develop the skills of argumentation and critical thinking regarding the range of interpretations and the cultural frame that surrounds it; provide the capacity to recognize the theoretical-epistemological conception of interpretative discourse.

Contents

1. The concept of "literature" - from the formalist to the relativistic perspective.
2. The problematization of the categories of "author", "text" and "reader" and the mutual conditioning they impose among themselves.
3. The study of literature and the recent interdisciplinary approaches.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes presupposing oral discussion of the texts proposed for each class.
Evaluation in the continuous (encouraged) and final modalities according to the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora and the Regulation of the DLL.

Teaching Staff