Undergraduate Course: Portuguese Literature (ELCH10038)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course will examine Portuguese culture, society and political history, through texts taken from a variety of genres - novels, short stories, poetry, and drama. The selection extends from the years of maritime expansion to the wake of the Salazar regime. Special attention will be paid to Camoes's Renaissance epic, Os Lusiadas, and its lasting influence on Portuguese literature and thought, especially on parodic reworkings of Sebastianism. The course will deal with concepts of tragedy and irony, narrative voice and structure, and it will address shared preoccupations between the selected authors, poets and playwrights, as well as between their respective periods. Some of the themes to be discussed will include: empire and dictatorship; national identity; myth and folklore; religion; family and gender roles. The course runs for two hours per week for 11 weeks in semester 1. Classes will be a mixture of lecture, seminar and student-led discussion
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Entry to Portuguese Hons required.
Additional Costs	Students must purchase copies of the set texts

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will: - Understand the major themes and trends in Portuguese literature from the time of maritime expansion to the present day in a variety of genres. - Be aware of the variety and diversity of Portuguese culture as it is expressed in Literature. - Have improved skills of literary criticism and theoretical analysis. - Have enhanced writing and presentation skills through a variety of techniques, from essay writing to seminar presentations.