Anglo-Portuguese Studies
Code
711121011
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Teresa Pinto Coelho
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
a) To provide a general view of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance
b) To study literary and cultural images of nineteenth-century England from Júlio Dinis to the British Ultimatum of 1890, mainly Eça de Queirós and the Geração de 70
c) To develop interpreting and critical skills
d) To develop research skills
Prerequisites
Attendance of at least 2/3 of the classes taught
Subject matter
IImages of England in Nineteenth-Century Portugal
I – Introduction to the Anglo-Portuguese alliance
II – The image of England in Uma Família Inglesa by Júlio Dinis
III – Eça de Queirós and Victorian England
IV – The British Ultimatum of 1890 and Guerra Junqueiro’s Pátria
V – Bordalo Pinheiro and the African question
Bibliography
COELHO, Maria Teresa Pinto, Apocalipse e Regeneração. O Ultimatum e a Mitologia da Pátria na Literatura Finissecular, Lisboa, Cosmos, 1996.
MINÉ, Elza, Eça de Queirós Jornalista, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1986.
Portugal e o Reino Unido. A Aliança Revisitada (coord. de Ângela Delaforce), Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1995.
SANTOS, Maria Isabel Carvalho, “O Império do Outro. Eça de Queirós, Ramalho Ortigão, Batalha Reis, Oliveira Martins e a Inglaterra Vitoriana”, tese de doutoramento, Lisboa, F.C.S.H., 2007.
SILVA, Sónia Cristina Gomes da, “A Inglaterra do Mid-Victorian Period Revisitada: Imagens de Alteridade em Uma Família Inglesa”, tese de mestrado, Lisboa, F.C.S.H., 2009.
Teaching method
Theoretical classes on the subjects to be studied; reading, interpretation and discussion of texts; oral presentation by the students of a project followed by debate
Evaluation method
Presentation and debate in class of a project on one of the topics to be studied (50% of the final mark) / written test (50% of the final mark). Final written examination for those students who did not obtain the minimum mark required.