-
Presentation
Presentation
This course encourages students to question the linguistic, textual, and discursive levels that frame communicative phenomena, examining how culture produces and is reconstituted by texts. It begins by defining verbal language, its distinctiveness, and its diachronic and anthropological perspectives, including the cultural changes resulting from human discursivity. Another fundamental aspect is the constitution of Western textuality and its influence on political, economic, religious, and philosophical practices. Finally, the course examines the cultural specificity of Western discursive practices and the emergence of key figures shaping the textual field, such as the author, critic, interpreter, or reader.
-
Class from course
Class from course
-
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
-
Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
-
Code
Code
ULHT24-2347
-
Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
-
Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
-
Syllabus
Syllabus
1. A critical diachronic analysis of the concepts of discourse and text. The 'duty of speech' in 'primitive' societies. Human discourse as a construction of/against power. An introduction to rhetoric. The crisis of oral societies and the spread of written culture. The transition from mythical structures to discursive structures in Western culture. What is a 'text'? What relationships does the text establish with the world? 2. Meaning, representation and interpretation. 3. New forms of text. The materialities of communication and the 'enformations' of the text. Writing as a technique. Ways of reading. 4. The hermeneutic relationship with texts. 5. The subject and the question of authorship. The subject of interpretation/the subject. History of the status of the author. Textual traces of the author. The disappearance of the author. 6. The use of writing and changes in our understanding of the world. 7. Modes of communication and discursive interaction in social relations.
-
Objectives
Objectives
This course aims to systematise the issues raised by writing, discourse and texts in their communicative and political functions, as well as to introduce the various mechanisms and tools that help to define narratives and their different purposes. By the end of this module, students should be able to: Understand the issues raised by writing, texts and discourse in their communicative function. Understand the phenomena of cultural specificity in Western discursive practices and the formation of key figures in defining the textual field: author, critic, interpreter and reader. Produce an analytical discourse on the media. Reflect critically on the contemporary media landscape.
-
Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Classroom presentation of the syllabus content and discussion thereof. To this end, active teaching and learning methodologies will be employed, such as the flipped classroom, exercises and practical laboratory sessions in public speaking and writing, as well as the analysis and discussion of supporting texts and media discourse.
-
References
References
ARISTÓTELES. Retórica. Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda. BARTHES, R. (1989). "A morte do autor", "Da obra ao texto" In O Rumor da Língua, Lisboa: Ed. 70, pp. 47-84. BLEICHER, J. (1992). Hermenêutica Contemporânea. Lisboa: Edições 70. ECO, U. (1971). A Obra Aberta. São Paulo: Perspectiva. FOUCAULT, M. (2001 [1969]). "O que é um «autor»?" In Ditos e Escritos: Estética - literatura e pintura, música e cinema (vol. III). Rio de Janeiro : Forense Universitária, pp. 264-298. FOUCAULT, M. (1998). As Palavras e as Coisas. Lisboa: Edições 70. MATEUS, S. (2018). Introdução à Retórica do Séc. XXI. Covilhã: LabCom.IFP, UBI. PLATÃO, Crátilo: Diálogo sobre a Justeza dos Nomes. Lisboa: Sá da Costa. RICOEUR, P. (1988 [1969]). O Conflito das Interpretrações. Porto: Rés. RICOEUR, P. (1989 [1986]). Do Texto à Acção: Ensaios de Hermenêutica II. Porto: Rés.
-
Assessment
Assessment
São elaborados vários trabalhos, obrigatórios, que incidem sobre a matéria pedagógica desenvolvida. A não entrega/apresentação de trabalhos significa que o/a estudante optou por exame e não avaliação contínua. Estes são avaliados em função dos seguintes critérios: domínio dos conteúdos; domínio da linguagem oral e escrita, nomeadamente, a construção lógica e literária dos textos, a objetividade da exposição e o léxico usado; capacidade de criar relações entre os diferentes tópicos da matéria dada e formular pensamento próprio, fundamentado e crítico.
A Avaliação, Contínua, tem a seguinte ponderação: quatro trabalhos individuais, apresentados oralmente (20% x 4 = 60%); um trabalho de grupo, apresentado oralmente (20%); participação nas aulas (20%). A participação é avaliada de acordo com o empenho e progressão do/a aluno/a na UC, a qualidade da participação e a atitude global (academicamente séria e civicamente correta). Nas apresentações orais (individuais e de grupo), não são permitidas leituras de textos escritos.
Ficam dispensados de exame os/as estudantes que obtenham nota igual ou superior a 10 valores em avaliação contínua.
-
Mobility
Mobility
No
