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19 Dezembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

“The money shot and narrative temporality in contemporary gay pornography” (guest lecture by Professor João Florêncio,

Senior Lecturer in History of Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, University of Exeter, UK).

Student-led discussions (oral presentations) by I. Arianna Capoccitti; II. Alessandra and Larisa; III. Vinícius and Frederico Leonel; IV: Myra and Elizabeth

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12 Dezembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

Student-led discussions (oral presentations) by Rita Lourenço.

Re-imagining Heathcliff in screen adaptations of Wuthering Heights: from Laurence Olivier (1939) to James Howson (2011)

Suggested readings:

•Hutcheon, Linda. 2006. A Theory of Adaptation. New York: Routledge. Chapter 1: “Beginning to Theorize Adaptation: What? Who? Why? How? Where? When?” (pp. 1-32) •Shachar, Hila. 2012. Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature: Wuthering Heights and Company. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

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5 Dezembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

How has researching, archiving and curating LGBTQ+ screen histories opened up the canon and re-shaped visual culture?

Student-led discussions (oral presentations) by I. Rita Lourenço (Namaste, “Undoing Theory”); II. Tatiane Carvalho and Hugo Oliveira (case study); III. Mafalda Fernandes (Joker). IV. Pedro Cosme (Paul, “Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love”)

Reading assignments:

•Paul, Heike. 2014. “Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love.” In: The Myths That Made America: An Introduction to American Studies. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. 89-135. •Namaste, Viviane. 2009. “Undoing Theory: The ‘Transgender Question’ and the Epistemic Violence of Anglo-American Feminist Theory.” Hypatia 24: 3, Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gendered Realities, 11-32.

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28 Novembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

Student-led discussions by I.  Ana Rodrigues and Francisco Baranda (Latino representation in the media); II.  Yue Wang and Jingyi Li (Life of Pi);

III. Vinícius Scoralick (Marcuse, “Repressive Tolerance”); IV. Tatiane Carvalho and Hugo Oliveira (Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?”)

Reading assignments:

•Marcuse, Herbert. 1969. “Repressive Tolerance.” In A Critique of Pure Tolerance, Robert Paul Wolff, Barrington Moore, Jr., and Herbert Marcuse, eds. Boston: Beacon Press. 81-117. •Winner, Langdon. 1980. “Do Artifacts Have Politics? Daedalus 109: 1, “Modern Technology: Problem or Opportunity?”: 121-136.

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21 Novembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

Group discussion of the reading assignments (continued).