Subject: Literature and Interart Studies

Scientific Area:

Literary Studies

Workload:

64 Hours

Number of ECTS:

6 ECTS

Language:

Portuguese

Overall objectives:

1 - To identify codes and models belonging to both literary texts and other artistic texts.
2 - To provide experience of representative works belonging to the contemporary literary and artistic scenes, in order to understand the richness and complexity of the relationships between literary language and visual language.
3 - To develop critical reflection and interpretation skills focused on intertextuality between literary and other artistic fields.

Syllabus:

1 - The concepts of interdisciplinarity, of quotation, of reference and of 'ekphrasis" in context of modern art and of contemporaneity
2 - Definition of intersemiotic relations : literary language and representation; plastic language and representation; forms of narrativity in literary discourse; forms of narrativity in artistic discourse
3 - Case studies:
3.1 - Poetry, picture and painting (Jorge de Sena / vários artistas; Vasco Graça Moura / various artists; José Tolentino Mendonça / Ilda David);
3.2 - Poetry and photography (Gérard Castelo-Lopes / Vasco Graça Moura);
3.3 - Poetry and sculpture (Octavio Paz / Marie José Paz; Vasco Graça Moura / Ana Gaiaz);
3.4 - Cinematographical narratives (Gonçalo M. Tavares);
3.5 - Fiction : adaptation to cinema (Thomas Mann / Luchino Visconti);
3.6 - Visual poetry (António Aragão, Alexandre O'Neill, E. M. Melo e Castro, Ana Hatherly, among others).

Literature/Sources:

Avelar, Mário (2006) , 2006 , Ekphrasis: O Poeta no Atelier do Artista. Lisboa: Cosmos. , Cosmos
AUMONT, Jacques, MARIE, Michel , 2009 , Dicionário Teórico e Crítico do Cinema , Lisboa, Texto & Grafia.
BASÍLIO, Kelly et al (org.) , 2007 , Concerto das Artes , Porto, Campo das Letras.
CHEVREL, Yves e BRUNEL, Pierre , 2004 , Compêndio de literatura comparada, , Lisboa, FCG.
GUIMARÃES. Fernando , 2003 , Artes Plásticas e Literatura: Do Romantismo ao Surrealismo, 1ª edição , Porto, Campo das Letras.
JOLY, Martine et al , 2011 , Dicionário da imagem. , Lisboa, Ed. 70.
PIRES, Maria Laura Bettencourt , 2006 , Teorias da cultura, 2.ª edição, Lisboa, , Universidade Católica Editora.
SILVA, Vitor Manuel Aguiar e , 2009 , Teoria da Literatura, 8ª edição , Lisboa, Almedina.
AVELAR, Mário , 2006 , Ekphrasis - O poeta no atelier do artista , Lisboa, Cosmos.
KRIEGER, Murray , 2007 , "Imagem e palavra, espaço e tempo: a exalação - e a exasperação - da ekphrasis enquanto assunto", in BASÍLIO, Kelly et al (org.) , Concerto das Artes.

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Classification Type: Quantitative (0-20) Evaluation Model: A Evaluation Methodology: The evaluation will consist in complementary methodologies: two written mini-tests, (weighting 25%) to assess the knowledge of program contents; an individual written exam (weighting 50% final grade) to assess the capacity to work autonomously. Daily dialogues about the program items in order to aplly theoretical contents and reinforce learning.