Cultura Portuguesa do Século XX (not translated)
Code
711091109
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Cecília Gonçalves Barreira, Maria Manuela Parreira da Silva
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
a) Becoming aware of the importance of historial and cultural knowledge as a support for the intellegibility of the contemporary world
b) Being able to have a critical insight into concepts and their transformation
c) Being able to establish a comparatist method of analysis
d) Acquiring a taste for the multi-disciplinary study as a means to understand cultural phenomena in the contemporary world
e) Developing notions such as cultural relativism
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1.Society, Culture and Individuality. The Society of Prometheus vs. The Society of Narcissus. Portugal as an “intellegible” country
2. Symbols of the actual contemporary condition: on the myths of Prometheus, Narcissus, Edipo and Faust
3. The major importance of the emergence of the history of daily habits and of the private life to the evolution of cultural studies
4. Interlacing the history of daily habits and the history of culture : main themes; Death, the Woman, Family, Sexuality, Hygiene, Daily Habits, etc.
Bibliography
GIDDENS, Anthony, Modernidade e Identidade Pessoal, Lisboa, Celta, 2001;
CUCHE, Denys, A Noção de Cultura nas Ciências Sociais, Lisboa, Fim de Século, 1999
FEATHERSTONE, Mike, Undoing culture- Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity, London, Sage Publications, 1995
SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa, Pela mão de Alice- o social e o político na pós-modernidade, Porto, Afrontamento, 1994
ARIÈS, Philippe e Duby, Georges, História da Vida Privada, Da Primeira Guerra Mundial aos Nossos Dias, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1991
Teaching method
Percentage of practical lectures: 50%
1. Theoritical lectures in order to present the subject to be analysed
2. Theoritical/Practical lectures consisting of an expositive method followed by a debate extended to the entire class
3. Audiovisual resources
Evaluation method
1.A final test or exam on all the studied contents
2. A ten-page paperwork with bibliographic research
3. Individual presentation of short commentaries