Informações sobre a disciplina

Autoria

Cristina Pinto

- Capacidade de recolher, selecionar e interpretar informação relevante na área da literatura inglesa;

- Conhecimento dos movimentos literários do Reino Unido, a nível da narrativa;

- Capacidade de ler, analisar e discutir romances ingleses;

- Compreensão de aspetos socioculturais do Reino Unido subjacentes a romances ingleses.

Study of the main literary trends and novels including relevant historical and cultural features that will lead to a fruitful reflection about the UK and to a critical understanding of it.

1. A brief summary of the English literary corpus: Literary Periods & History Timeline

a) Sixteenth century - First formal utopia:

Thomas MORE, Utopia

b) Seventeenth century utopia:

SHAKESPEARE, The Tempest

2. Eighteenth century - genesis of the English novel

The Age of Reason - beginnings of the novel

Daniel DEFOE, Robinson Crusoe

Jonathan SWIFT, Gulliver's Travels

Samuel RICHARDSON, Pamela

Henry FIELDING, Tom Jones

Laurence STERNE, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

3. Nineteenth century:

a)Romanticism

Mary SHELLEY, Frankenstein

Jane AUSTEN, Persuasion

b)The Victorian Age(novel):

Charles DICKENS, Hard Times

Lewis CARROLL, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

c)Women novelists:

Emily BRONTË, Wuthering Heights

Charlotte BRONTË's, Jane Eyre

d)Transition to the modern age

R. L. STEVENSON, Treasure Island

R. L. STEVENSON, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide

Oscar WILDE, The Picture of Dorian Gray

4. Twentieth century

Joseph CONRAD, Heart of Darkness

James JOYCE, Dubliners & Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

T.S. ELLIOT, Waste Land

H. G. WELLS, A Modern Utopia

Virginia WOOLF, To the Lighthouse and Orlando

George ORWELL'S, Nineteen-Eighty Four & Animal Farm

5. Extensive reading

a) The authors and their works;

b) Analysis of the novels;

Aldous HUXLEY's, Brave New World

William Golding's Lord of the Flies

Aulas teórico-práticas, em que se utilizam metodologias diversificadas: a) apresentações orais; b) pesquisa de informação na internet e em fontes bibliográficas; c) análise de excertos das obras literárias; d) discussão de temas; e) análise de registos áudio e vídeos sobre as obras analisadas; f) elaboração de trabalhos escritos.

Avaliação Contínua: Teste escritos + Trabalho de pesquisa individual sobre um autor e obra e apresentação oral do mesmo + Assiduidade e participação com qualidade nas aulas e nas atividades

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Avaliação Final: Exame Escrito (100%)

Avaliação Contínua: Testes escritos (25%+25%) + Trabalho de pesquisa individual sobre um autor e obra e apresentação oral do mesmo (30%) + Assiduidade e participação com qualidade nas aulas e nas atividades (20%)

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Avaliação Final: Exame Escrito (100%)

Bradbury, M. (2001). The Modern British Novel. London: Penguin Books.

Dodsworth, M. (1994). The Penguin History of Literature: The Twentieth century. London: Penguin.

Ford, B. (ed.) (1983). The New Pelican Guide to English Literature: from James to Eliot. London: Penguin.

Ford, B. (ed.) (1995). The New Pelican Guide to English Literature: from Orwell to Naipaul. London: Penguin.

Hewitt, D. (ed.) (1988). English Fiction of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940. London: Longman.

Kelly, G.(1989). English Fiction of the Romantic Period 1789-1830. London: Longman.

Pollard, A.(ed.) (1993). The Penguin History of Literature - the Victorians. London: Penguin.

Stephen, M. (1986). English Literature. London: Longman.

Thornley, G.; Roberts, G. (1995). An Outline of English Literature. London: Longman.

Austen, J. (2012). Persuasion. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/j-austen/persuasion6x9.pdf.

Bronte, C. (2011). Jane Eyre. Obtido em http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/free_ebooks/jane_eyre_nt.pdf.

Bronte, E. (2012). Wuthering Heights. Obtido em https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/6185.Wuthering_Heights?doc=627.

Carroll, L. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Obtido em https://www.adobe.com/be_en/active-use/pdf/Alice_in_Wonderland.pdf.

Conrad, J. (1997). Heart of Darkness. Obtido em http://foa.sourceforge.net/examples/darkness/Darkness.pdf.

Defoe, D. (2012). Robinson Crusoe. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/defoe/crusoe.pdf.

Dickens, C. (2014). Hard Times. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. Obtido em https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/d/dickens/charles/d54ht/index.html.

Eliot, T. S. (2014). The Waste Land. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/tseliot/wastelan.pdf.

Fielding, H. (2013). Tom Jones. Obtido em http://manybooks.net/titles/fieldinghetext048tomj10.html.

Golding, W. (2013). Lord of the Flies. Obtido em http://gv.pl/pdf/lord_of_the_flies.pdf.

Huxley, A. (2002). Brave New World. Obtido em http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/ENG_11/BraveNewWorld.pdf.

Joyce, J. (2013). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/joyce/portrait-artist.pdf.

Joyce, J. (2013). Dubliners. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/joyce/Dubliners.pdf.

McGowan, I. (1989). MacMillan Anthologies of English Literature - Restoration and Eighteenth century. London: Palgrave.

McGowan, I. (1989). MacMillan Anthologies of English Literature - Nineteenth century. London: Palgrave.

McGowan, I. (1989). MacMillan Anthologies of English Literature - Twentieth century. London: Palgrave.

More, T. (2010). Utopia. Obtido em http://history-world.org/Utopia_T.pdf.

Orwell, G. (2014). Ninety Eighty-four. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. Obtido em https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/o79n/.

Richardson, S. (2014) Pamela. Obtido em http://manybooks.net/titles/richardsonsametext04pam1w10.html.

Shakespeare, W. (2009). The Tempest. Obtido em http://sparks.eserver.org/books/shakespeare-tempest.pdf.

Shelley, M. Frankenstein. Obtido em http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Frankenstein.pdf.

Sterne, L. (2012).The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Obtido em http://www.gasl.org/refbib/Sterne__Shandy_Journey.pdf.

Stevenson, R. (2011). The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Obtido em http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/The-Strange-Case-of-Dr-Jekyll.pdf.

Stevenson, R. (2011). Treasure Island. Obtido em http://www.planetpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Treasure_Island_NT.pdf.

Swift, J. (2013). Gulliver's Travels. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/swift/GulliversTravels6x9.pdf.

Wells, H. G. (2013). A Modern Utopia. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/hgwells/modern-utopia.pdf.

Wilde, O. (2012) The Picture of Dorian Gray. Obtido em http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/oscar-wilde/dorian-gray.pdf.

Woolf, V. (2014). To the Lighthouse. Obtido em https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/woolf/virginia/w91t/.