2023
Studies of Culture and Iberian Contemporary Though I
Name: Studies of Culture and Iberian Contemporary Though I
Code: FIL12730L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Philosophy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Students, as a result of the curricular unit, should:
Know and understand the 20th Century Portuguese tought main issues.
Know, understand and evaluate critically the impact of Orpheus movement in the Portuguese Contemporary
Culture
Develop critical and hermeneutical skills appropriated for this specific and crucial field of study within the
framework of contemporary culture.
Know and understand the 20th Century Portuguese tought main issues.
Know, understand and evaluate critically the impact of Orpheus movement in the Portuguese Contemporary
Culture
Develop critical and hermeneutical skills appropriated for this specific and crucial field of study within the
framework of contemporary culture.
Contents
Introduction: We and the Spain
1 A contemporary philosophy task: Alain Badiou reads Fernando Pessoa.
2 Pessoa and Orpheus. poetics modernism in the Iberian culture context
3 Reading Pessoa :
3.1.) Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro (13.01.1935)
3.2.) Presença and Pessoa
3.3.) Neorealism and Pessoa
4. Pessoa revisited (Eduardo Lourenço).
5. José Gil, philosopher of Pessoa
1 A contemporary philosophy task: Alain Badiou reads Fernando Pessoa.
2 Pessoa and Orpheus. poetics modernism in the Iberian culture context
3 Reading Pessoa :
3.1.) Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro (13.01.1935)
3.2.) Presença and Pessoa
3.3.) Neorealism and Pessoa
4. Pessoa revisited (Eduardo Lourenço).
5. José Gil, philosopher of Pessoa
Teaching Methods
Meetings will consist of lectures by the instructor and/or presentations by students followed by discussion.
Students will be required to keep abreast of reading assignments and to come to prepared to discuss the
reading.
Evalution:
Continuous:
a) Test;
b) Test or Paper
Final Test
Students will be required to keep abreast of reading assignments and to come to prepared to discuss the
reading.
Evalution:
Continuous:
a) Test;
b) Test or Paper
Final Test
Teaching Staff
- João Tiago Reis Pedroso de Lima [responsible]
