Foreign-language literature for translators (Portuguese)
Code: 101415Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Translation and Interpreting | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Noelia Moreno Herrero
- Email :
- noelia.moreno@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students have achieved a level of Portuguese equivalent to that of the course Second Language and Culture 4 (Portuguese).
Objectives
The purpose of this course is to:
Provide students with a broad and comprehensive overview of literature written in Portuguese in Portugal during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Introduce students to the major authors of this period and enable them to identify and analyse the distinctive features of their literary production.
Develop students’ knowledge of the principal literary movements and the major writers of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Portugal.
Enable students to contextualise literary works within the historical, political and social framework in which their authors lived and the relevant literary movements developed.
Develop students’ ability to understand and produce literary text commentary, identifying its main components, rhetorical devices, and the key features of the work, its author, and the period to which it belongs.
Learning outcomes
- Students must demonstrate they know the literary movements: Students must demonstrate they know the literary movements.
- Differentiating the literary genres and determining its specific characteristics: Differentiating the literary genres and determining its specific characteristics.
- Implementing strategies to acquire literary knowledge in order to translate: Implementing strategies to acquire literary knowledge in order to translate.
- Incorporating literary knowledge in order to solve translation problems: Incorporating literary knowledge in order to solve translation problems.
Contents
From Portuguese Modernism to the Major Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries:
- Modernism: Fernando Pessoa
- Neo-Realism: Miguel Torga
- Post-Neo-Realism: Maria Judite de Carvalho
- Classical Humanism: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
- Postmodernism: José Saramago
- Post-Revolutionary Fiction: Lídia Jorge
- Contemporary Fiction: Joana Bértholo and Valter Hugo Mãe
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorials and Preparation of works | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Theoretical and practical classes | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Reading texts; Review; Realizations of works | 70 | 2.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Teaching Methodology
- Lectures and interactive seminars focused on the study of the major literary movements, authors and works of Portuguese literature from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, encouraging active student participation through discussion and critical reflection.
- Close reading, textual analysis and literary commentary, with particular attention to the stylistic, rhetorical, thematic and socio-cultural dimensions of literary texts, as well as to issues relevant to literary and intercultural translation.
- Guided discussions and debates on the required readings, fostering critical interpretation and contextualisation of literary works within Portuguese culture.
- Oral presentations and collaborative activities aimed at developing students’ analytical, synthetic and academic communication skills.
- Independent study, including literary reading, critical review writing and preparation of continuous assessment tasks.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading club 2 | 15% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2 |
| Final exam | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Reading club 1 | 15% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2 |
| Written Critical Review | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2 |
| Oral Presentation | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
1. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
Review
When submitting the final grade prior to student achievement record, the teacher will notify in writing the date and time of revision. The review of the various assessment activities will be agreed between the teaching staff and the students.
Recovery
Students who have attended activities may receive a recovery, which is equivalent to 66.6% (two thirds) or more of the final grade and have earned a weighted average rating of 3.5 or more. Students who pass the resit assessment will receive a final grade of 5.
When submitting the final grade prior to the student achievement record of the subject, the teacher will notify in writing the recovery procedure. Teachers can propose a recovery activity for each activity failed or not presented or can group several activities in one of them.
Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
Consideration of \"non-evaluable\"
A \"non-evaluable\" will be assigned when the evaluation evidence provided by the student is equivalent to a maximum of one-fourth of the total grade of the subject.
Irregularities in the evaluation activities
In the case of irregularity (plagiarism, copying, use o AI, impersonation, etc.) in an evaluation activity, the rating of this evaluation activity will be 0. In the event of irregularities occurring in various evaluation activities, The final grade of the subject will be 0.
Eviction activities where irregularities have occurred (such as plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.
2. SINGLE ASSESSMENT
This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.
Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.
Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.
On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).
Single assessment activities
The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:
-Reading Club (25%)
-Written Critical Review (25%)
-Oral Presentation (25%)
-Content Exam (25%)
Recovery
Students who have attended activities may receive a recovery, which is equivalent to 66.6% (two thirds) or more of the final grade and have earned a weighted average rating of 3.5 or more.
When submitting the final grade prior to the student achievement record of the subject, the teacher will notify in writing the recovery procedure. Teachers can propose a recovery activity for each activity failed or not presented or can group several activities in one of them.
Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
Bibliography
The bibliography will be informed by the teacher when the course begins.
Software
No software is used.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Portuguese | first semester | morning-mixed |