Studies in Comparative Literature II

Code: LLT10888L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Literature

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, French

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

The Comparative Literature II curricular unit aims to develop literary comparative competences based on the relation and the cross-referencing of different literary, aesthetic and cultural works.

Sustainable Development Goals

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

Learning Goals

- To develop analytical competences in the sphere of the comparative literature and stimulate a critical approach and promote the investigative research;
- To promote the practical use of the acquired knowledge.

AuthorsCorpus: Edgar Poe, Raymond Chandler, Paul Auster, Manuel Vasquez Montalban, Michel Butor, Georges Simenone Jean-ChristopheGrangé.
Representation of the reader in detective fiction
1. Origins and the notion of genre (detective and mystery novels);
2. Myth and the detective novel;
3. The fantastic and the detective novel;
4. The detective novel and "nouveau roman";
5. The figures of the narrator and the reader in the detective novel.

Teaching Methods

- Seminar sessions (theoretical and practical);
- Written commentaries in class;
- Essays;
- Analysis of literary texts;
- Individual oral presentations.
Assessment: Students may choose between two modes of assessment: (1) continuous or (2) exam.
I - Continuous Assessment: Written piece of work: 50%. Oral presentation: 40%. In the class, written works and oral participation: 10%.
II - Exam: Final exam: Written test: 100%