Sumários

Theatre and literature

8 Fevereiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

Lecture by Prof. José Maria Vieira Mendes on Theatre and Literature: text, performance, and the “post-dramatic” turn.

 

Conclusion of the study of the play by Mayorga: the plot’s outcome and the debunking perspective on reality.


La tortuga de Darwin [Darwin’s Tortoise], by Juan Mayorga

1 Fevereiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

Information on international mobility programmes for graduate students provided by a member of FLUL’s International Office.

Comment on the play La tortuga de Darwin [Darwin’s Tortoise], by Juan Mayorga: the issues concerning the “dramatic text”; the dramatic structure and the main topics explored in the play; the use of fantasy and humour; the discussion on individual and collective memory, and on the different modes of building knowledge.


Presentation

25 Janeiro 2024, 11:00 Ângela Fernandes

Course presentation: learning aims, syllabus, references, calendar, and assessment. The final classification results from the weighted average of four mandatory elements: one on-site written exercises (on 22nd February or 21st March); one oral presentation in class (on 9th or 10th May); and two written papers corresponding to the first draft and to the final version of a research essay (due on 11th April and 7th June).

Some reading and study materials are available on the course e-learning page at elearning.ulisboa.pt.

First group work: analysis of the poem “Happy New Year” by Julio Cortázar.