Sumários

The nature of literature (V)

28 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Joana Matos Frias

The complex relationship between fiction and truth according to Elena Ferrante's narrator.

"Notes on The Art of Poetry", by Dylan Thomas, as a different example of a modern "ars poetica", distant from a parody of Horace's treatise and tone of speech.
 

A falácia intencional

28 Outubro 2022, 14:00 • Rita Patrício

Leitura e discussão do ensaio "A falácia intencional", de W.K.Wimsatt e M.C.Beardsley. Os pressupostos e as consequências da crítica formalista.

Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges

27 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Ângela Fernandes

The short-stories collected in the volume Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges, and the reflection on the concepts of fiction, story and plot. Analysis of “The theme of the traitor and the hero”: the explicit display of narrative composition, the different narrative levels, and the distinction between historiography and literature.

Some students received their written reports corrected and assessed; other students submitted their written reports of one class.

PRIMEIRO TESTE DA DISCIPLINA

27 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Santiago Perez Isasi

PRIMEIRO TESTE DA DISCIPLINA

The nature of literature (IV)

25 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Joana Matos Frias

Comments on previously read texts:


- "Ars poetica", by Archibald MacLeish;
- an excerpt from Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend (vol. 4).

Language, fiction, intertextuality and self-reflexivity (to be continued).