Procedures of the June examination: The June exam will be in two parts: an oral written examination at class time on Monday June 1^st (preassigned 15m slots, from 4-6pm), and an oral examination on Wednesday June 3^rd from 4-6 pm.

Students will have to do both examinations as they have equal weight.

Oral Examination

The oral examination will have a duration of 15 minutes.

Structure of the oral examination: will be divided into 2 parts (each referring to the respective section in our Student’s Course Book [SCB]): Creative Writing ‘Theory’ (pp.1-42, worth 30%), Stories (pp.42-114, worth 70%).

Students will be expected to answer reflective questions on the materials discussed during the semester. Therefore, they will have to quote both from the theoretical texts and literary texts analysed.

Procedures for the oral examination: students will be sent a Zoom link and the specific time slot for their oral examination on the morning of the examination. They must log into the Zoom room with cameras turned on throughout the examination. Moreover, students who have not attended class regularly must show a photo ID with a recent photo so that I can verify student identification before the examination begins.

Written Examination

Structure of the written examination: will be divided into 2 parts:

1) You must write a comparison/contrast essay (see SCB p.163 on) of about 400 words, comparing two of the short stories in the SCB on a specific ‘narrative element’ (SCB p.2), theme or topic. (The 2 stories you need to compare and contrast will be chosen by me from any of the stories in SCB pp.42-114, and will only be divulged in the exam instructions);

2) You must also write a flash fiction story, responding to a prompt in the exam, of about 400 words. As pertains to flash fiction, and as practiced throughout the semester, your writing must exhibit a concern with ‘compression’ and ‘showing’ as opposed to ‘telling’.

You may consult the SCB during the exam but be wary: this is an exam situation. The SCB is just for you to refresh your memory and, above all, synthetically quote specific parts to illustrate your line of argumentation. Time management is of the essence. You need to come into the exam with a comprehensive understanding of all of the materials in the SCB, and reveal critical insight of the short stories.

Procedures for the written examination: students will be sent a Zoom link the morning of the exam. They must log into the Zoom room with cameras turned on throughout the examination. Moreover, students who have not attended class regularly must show a photo ID with a recent photo so that I can verify student identification before the examination begins. Once, I have verified all candidates’ IDs I will send the written examination to students’ official email.

The written examination will have a duration of 120 minutes with 5 minutes tolerance. Students will submit their finished examination to my email bpalmeirim@campus.ul.pt. All written examinations will be run through a plagiarism software before correction – any examination that is identified as having plagiarised material will not be evaluated and will be reported to Conselho Pedagógico.

If you have IT or Special Educational needs: Following the Dean’s email to the FLUL academic community on 5^th May 2020 and the FLUL website, if you have IT problems (including not having a camera), you can contact Divisão de Sistemas e Informática em dsi@letras.ulisboa.pt; if you have special educational needs you can contact nape@letras.ulisboa.pt. I would recommend you do this as soon as possible.

If you do not have the Student’s Course Book, you may write to me in advance for a PDF copy: bpalmeirim@campus.ul.pt.