GOA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PORTUGUESE
M.A. IN PORTUGUESE LITERATURE AND CULTURE
PRO 110 - HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
2010-2012
Course Title
HISTORY OF PORTUGAL
CourseDuration
Objectives
Semester I
At the end of this course students will have gained knowledge of:
cultural contributions to Portuguese society along the centuries;
different periods of the History of Portugal;
the evolution and characteristics of Portuguese society .
In addition they will have gained experience in:
reading, understanding and discussing texts or essays related to the evolution of Portuguese society
and its history;
identifying the most important characteristic aspects of Portuguese society and its importance in the
world.
Teaching & Learning Methods
Number of contact teaching hours/credits
Lectures
60 hours; 4 hours per week; 15 weeks / 4 credits
Method(s) and Timing of Assessment
. Internal Assessment performance:
4 best of 5 Assessments/tests conducted on Saturday at the end of every 3 weeks of classes (12 hours teaching hours contact)– 50
marks
Semester-End Exam:
2 hour written examination. The written examination will consist of two topics out of four. – 50 marks
Syllabus
- Acquisition of basic concepts related to the History of Portugal:
- Introduction to the Portuguese society and environment in its relation to the Portuguese territory and Europe;
- The early epoch: the origins and development of Portugal (12th. to 14th. century)- module 1 (10 hrs)
- The Revolution of 1383-1385 and its importance; the Dynasty D´Avis – module 2 (8 hrs)
- The Portuguese overseas expansion and the Renaissance period – module 3 (10 hrs)
- Apogee and Decline of the Portuguese Three-dimensional Empire – module 4 (8 hrs)
- Absolutism and Enlightened Despotism; the Constitutional Monarchy and the Republican Revolution (1910) – module 5 (8
hrs)
- The Estado Novo and dictatorship during 20th. Century – module 6 (8 hrs)
- The Revolution of April 1974 and the end of the Portuguese Empire; Portugal and the European Union – module 7 (8 hrs)
Work Requirements
- Research and reading of essays about different issues concerning the History of Portugal.
Reading References
Required books:
-
História de Portugal (3 Vols), by A. Oliveira Marques, Lisboa, 1990
História de Portugal (8 Vols.), by José Mattoso, Lisboa, 2001
Recommended books:
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Demografia e Modernidade, Família e Transição Democrática em Portugal, by Mário Leston
Dicionário de História de Portugal, by Joel Serrão, Lisboa 1987
História Concisa de Portugal, José Hermano Saraiva, Lisboa, 1999
Introduções Geográficas à História de Portugal, by Orlando Ribeiro, Lisboa, 2001
Portugal Contemporâneo, by António Costa Pinto, D. Quixote, Lisboa, 2005
Portugal, Institutions and Facts, by Guilherme Oliveira Martins, Lisboa, 1991
Portugal, Perfil Geográfico, Raquel Soeiro de Brito, Lisboa, 1997
História da Expansão Portuguesa, Org. by Francisco Bethencourt & Kirti Chaudhuri, Lisboa, 1998
Other suitable books and materials will be required or recommended at the beginning of the course