Overall objectives:

1 - Equate the concepts of "islander condition" and "island society".
2 - Question the notion of "insularity".
3 - Reflect on particularities of island communities in their involvement with other disciplines (ex: geography, natural resources, history, origins of populations, connections and mobilities).
4 - Interpret literature and culture as a worldview of the island world.
5 - Identify cultural issues in different literary genres.
6 - Intensify contact with work instruments and various support materials for the subjects to be investigated.
7 - Acquire skills that may be applicable to the specific development of research projects in the appropriate area.

Syllabus:

1. - 1. Configurations of insular space in Western Culture 1.1. Mythical, legendary and utopian islands 1.2. Real islands and their representations
2. - 2. Cartographies of Insular Societies and Cultures 2.1. Consciousness of Insularity: Identities and Alterities in Dialogue 2.2. Questions of cultural miscegenation ? towards a rhizomatic view of the island world 2.3. Atlantic, archipelagic and diasporic identity
3 - 3. Literature and cosmovision of the island world: the island and the world 3.1. Cartographies of (dis)affects: memory and critical view of the times 3.2. Island(s) and Emigration: Travel and Utopia in a Global Context. 3.3. Awareness, Recognition and Affirmation.

Literature/Sources:

Abdala Júnior Benjamim; Scarpelli Marli Fantini (orgs.) , 2004 , Portos Flutuantes: Trânsitos Ibero-Afro-Americanos , Granja Viana ? Cotia - SP: Ateliê Editorial
Laura Areias , 2002 , Ilhas Riqueza, Ilhas Miséria , Lisboa: Novo Imbondeiro editores
António Carlos Diegues (org.) , 1997 , Ilhas e Sociedade Insulares , São Paulo: Nupaub/USP
Jean-Claude Marimoutou; Jean-Michel Racault (dir.) , 1995 , L?Insularité: Thématique et Représentations [actes du colloque international de Saint-Denis de la Réunion, avril 1992] , Paris: l?Harmattan / Saint Denis - Université de la Réunion
Anne Meistersheim (coord.) , 1999 , L?île laboratoire [actes du colloque de l?Université de Corse, 19-21 juin 1997] , Ajaccio : Ed. Alain Piazzola
Teresa Mora , 2009 , Viagem, Utopia e Insularidade ? Narrativas Fundadoras da Ciência e da Sociedade Moderna , Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ? Ministério da Ciênci
Edward Shils , 1992 , Centro e Periferia , Lisboa: Difel

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Classes of different types allow for expository sessions, guided activities, presentation and discussion of topics related to the program points. The assessment elements are as follows: a summary (20%), a written work (40%) and an oral presentation (40%).