Overall objectives:

1 - Contextualizing the appearance of the Travel Literature in Portugal.
2 - To Identify the thematic of the Travel in Contemporary Literatures in Portuguese language from a comparative perspective.
3 - To Reflect on travel as an intercultural phenomenon, considering the journeys of travelers and the representations of the Other.
4 - To develop literary interpretation skills in order to promote critical thinking and autonomous research.

Syllabus:

1 - Theoretical and methodological assumptions.
2 - Types of travel in the short story:
2.1 - "The journey" by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919-2004) in "Exemplary Tales" (1962): metaphor of the way, parable and 'exemplum'.
2.2 - "An Eastern Man in the Vastitude" by Milton Hatoum (1952) in "Island City" (2009): the figure of the foreigner, the idealization of the place and the demand for redemption.
2.3 - "Sic transit gloria mundi" by João de Melo (1949) in "The Ships of the night" (2016): exile and experience of disenchantment in the place of origins.
3 - "Italian Chronicles" (2021) by António Mega Ferreira (1949-2022): an introduction to art and journeys by authors of European culture such as Stendhal (1973-1842), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875- 1925), Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
4 - "Voyage to India" (2010) by Gonçalo M. Tavares (1970): parodic rewriting of "Lusíadas" (1572) by Luís de Camões (1524 - 1580).
4.1 - Post-modern counter-epic.
4.2 - Itinerary of boredom in dialogue with "The Book of Disquiet" (1982) by the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares.
5 - "The Mappers of absence" (2020) by Mia Couto (1955): memory voyage, clash and meeting of cultures and the search for identity in colonial times.
5.1 - Wandering as a form of knowledge.
5.2 - Clash and meeting of cultures.
5.3 - The construction of identity in colonial and post-colonial times.

Literature/Sources:

Cristóvão, Fernando (coord.) , 2002 , Condicionantes culturais da Literatura de Viagens: estudos e bibliografias , Almedina
Cristovão, Fernando (coord.) , 2010 , Literatura de Viagem Da tradicional à Novíssima - Marcas e Temas , Almedina
Falcão, A. M., Nascimento Teresa e Leal M. L. , 1997 , Literatura de Viagem: narrativa, história, mito , Cosmos
Gannier, Odile , 2001 , La Littérature de Voyage , Elipses
Martins, Celina , 2019 , "Uma Viagem à Índia, de Gonçalo M. Tavares: releitura pós-moderna, paródia e itinerário do tédio" , Universidade de Extremadura
Moniz Ana Isabel, Alcina de Sousa, Cristina Santos Pinheiro, Leonor Coelho, Joaquim Pinheiro , 2021 , Viagem e cosmopolitismo: da ilha ao mundo , Húmus
Nascimento, Teresa , 2012 , "A melancolia contemporânea da epopeia: Uma Viagem à Índia de Gonçalo M. Tavares" ,
Onfray, Michel , 2009 , Teoria da Viagem. Uma poética da geografia , Quetzal
Outeirinho, M. F. , 2014 , "Des 'topoi' de la littérature de voyage à son approche parodique" ,
Outeirinho, M. F. , 2021 , "Literatura de viagens portuguesa contemporânea: questões culturais e identitárias" , Université de Genève
Pageaux, D.-H. , 1994 , La Littérature générale et comparée , Armand Colin
Pageaux, D.-H. , 1995 , Recherches sur l'imagologie: de l'histoire culturelle à la poétique , Universidad Complutense
Pasquali, Adrien , 1994 , Le Tour des horizons: critique et récits de voyage , Klincksieck
Pratt, Louise , 1992 , Imperial eyes. Writing Travel and Transculturation , Routledge
Todorov, Tzvetan , 1989 , Nous et les autres. La réflexion française sur la diversité humaine , Seuil
Todorov, Tvetan , 2006 , A viagem e o seu relato ,
Seixo, Maria Alzira , 1997 , A viagem na Literatura , Publicações Europa-América

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The teacher's methodology is based on the analytical method that aims to develop the students' skills in interpreting literary texts and critical thinking. Classification Type: Quantitative (0-20) Assessment System : - One partial written exam, equivalent to 40% of the final course mark, which assesses the students' acquisition of the learning material comprised in the syllabus. - One written commentary of a literary text, equivalent to 40%, which asseses students' analysis and argumentation skills, promoting autonomous work. - An oral presentation on the literary text commentary, equivalent to 20%, which assesses students's discursive and argumentative skills focusing on their competence to discuss various points of view.