Disciplina Curricular
Identity and intercultural communication in past and present Romania IICR
Curso Livre em FLUL - Identity and intercultural communication in past and present Romania
Contextos
Grupo: Identity and intercultural communication in past and present Romania > Ciclo Único
Período:
Peso
2.0 (para cálculo da média)
Objectivos
To increase students’ understanding of the Romanian cultural and social space in past and present times; - To analyse cultural values and beliefs reflected by the Romanian language; - To discuss the representation of the Other in the Romanian literature; - To reflect upon 19th c. Romanian cultural values and traditions and how they changed in time; - To discuss Romanian identity as a multi-layered concept and how perspectives on identity have changed in time, especially in the transition from communism to post communism; - To use the awareness and the knowledge about Romania acquired throughout the course to design a well-informed end-of-course presentation on a topic of the students’ choice, with supervision and guidance.
Programa
This course aims to increase students’ awareness of the Romanian cultural and social space and, thus, to give them reliable points of reference in understanding, interpreting and possibly interacting with a space which is not very well known in Portugal. The sessions of this first edition of the course will be given by Romanian professors at various Romanian universities. They will be partially lecture-based (face-to-face and ZOOM) followed by group discussions and interaction on forum in Google Classroom. The language of instruction will be English. 1. Introduction. General guidelines. Overview: identity and intercultural communication in Romania (Roxana Ciolăneanu, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 2. Language as a cultural tool. Romanian values and beliefs reflected in language (Roxana Ciolăneanu, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 3. Romanian paremiology in international context (Roxana Vieru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 4. Taboos and euphemisms (Roxana Vieru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, , Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 5. Literature, fantastic and otherness (Emanuela Ilie, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 6. Oriental representations in Romanian travel writing (Emanuela Ilie, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 7. Cultural values and traditions in the 19th c. Romania (Mircea Păduraru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 8. Film session “Aferim” (2105, directed by Radu Jude) followed by discussion (Mircea Păduraru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 9. Gender identity and intersectionality in contemporary Romania (Roxana Marinescu, Academia de Studii Economice din București, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 10. Visions of motherhood. Communist and postcommunist perspectives (Roxana Marinescu, Academia de Studii Economice din București, Romania) + film (2h) +1h Google Classroom 11. Students’ presentations (2h) 12. Students’ presentations (2h) 13. Students’ presentations (2h) 14. Estimated time for preparing the presentation: 24h
Métodos de ensino e avaliação
End-of-course presentation (20 minutes + 10-minute discussion) on a topic of the students' choice, with supervision and guidance.