Programme

The course aims to introduce students to the study of Portuguese literature, presenting at first authors, works and movements particularly significant for Portuguese cultural history: medieval poetry, literature of discoveries (sixteenth century), Romanticism, Modernism.
In a second step, the work of the novelist José Saramago will be analyzed, as well as his production that can be traced back to the historical novel.

Core Documentation

Valeria Tocco, Breve storia della letteratura portoghese, Roma, Carocci, 2011;

Horacio Costa, José Saramago e la tradizione del romanzo storico in Portogallo, in José Saramago. Il bagaglio dello scrittore, a cura di Giulia Lanciani, Roma, Bulzoni, 1996, pp. 7-21.
José Saramago, História do cerco de Lisboa, Porto, Porto Editora, 2019 (1989) [tr.it. Storia dell’assedio di Lisbona, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2017]
José Saramago, A estátua e a pedra, Lisboa, Fundação José Saramago, 2013.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lessons

Attendance

Attendance at lessons is optional

Type of evaluation

The verification of the student's competence will take place through a final oral test of about 30 minutes. The interview will consist of three questions all related to the examination program, aimed at verifying the level of effective understanding of the contents of the course. Two questions will focus on Portuguese literary history and one on the work of José Saramago. In the summer session only, oral interview, held remotely, via audio-video conference with the use of Microsoft Teams software