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- A small place, by Jamaica Kincaid: envisioning literary tourism in AntiguaPublication . Baleiro, Rita; Quinteiro, SílviaThis work departs from a reading of the novelistic essay A small place (1988), by Jamaica Kincaid, to analyse the representation of the tourism industry and of tourists in Antigua (the author's birthplace). From there, we present Kincaid's text as ?tourist literature? (Hendrix, 2014), also aiming to contribute to the examination of tourism-centred literary texts. Within the context of literature and tourism studies as well as comparative studies, this paper examines Kincaid's literary text in order to consider the promotion of literary tourism in Antigua. This example is then considered in light of recent contributions from literary tourism, space production, community-based tourism, mass tourism as well as responsible and sustainable tourism. Literary heritage as a resource for the tourism industry could bring tourists and locals closer and conspire to break down barriers between the largely dark-skinned hosts and the white tourists in Antigua.
- The foundation of literary periodicals in the third quarter of the nineteenth century: literature promotion or a political and educational agenda?Publication . Baleiro, Rita; Ribeiro, F.P.The article presents 8 first-editorials published in Portuguese literary periodicals (1855-1865). The research explores the aims of the publications established during a Portuguese literary controversy - Questao Coimbra. By applying detailed text analysis, it addresses the following: a) editorial orientations; b) relationship fostered with the audience(s); c) target-audience(s)? Analysis points to strong educational concerns, mirroring the socio-historic context that placed great emphasis on the promotion of public education, when over 70% of the population was illiterate and in some cases to tightening the links with Brazil.
- International mobiliy of a community of students from the Universidade do AlgarvePublication . Arraes Viegas, Margarida; Baleiro, RitaThis study compiles data on the mobility of a group of Portuguese public higher education students. It aims to understand how these young people are seeing their professional future and the hypothesis of international labour and academic mobility in a period of economic and social crisis. Based on data from a survey applied to 425 students of the Universidade do Algarve in 2016, their predisposition for mobility is analysed according to their professional perspectives, demographic characteristics and language skills. The results show that most of the respondents (69.6%) consider the possibility of working abroad and that this intention is motivated by the disbelief of reaching, in Portugal, work that provides stability and security, good remuneration conditions and social prestige. The possibility of an international academic experience, considered by 60.7% of the students, is not associated with the benevolent selfassessment of language skills. However, in the case of labour mobility, it was seen that this predisposition is greater amongst those who express greater confidence in their English skills.
- A definition of literary literacy: a content analysis of literature syllabuses and interviews with Portuguese lecturers of literaturePublication . Baleiro, RitaThe aim of this paper is to present a definition of literary literacy in the context of majors in languages, literatures and cultures, in Portugal. A definition of literary literacy was deduced from a content analysis of primary data sources and from the theoretical underpinnings of the transactional theory of reading. The primary data sources are fourteen Portuguese and English literature syllabuses from four Portuguese universities (Lisboa, Nova, Coimbra and Porto) and twelve interviews with Portuguese university lecturers of literature. Based on the findings of a content analysis of both syllabuses and interviews, from the lecturers‘ point of view, a literary literate student doing a major in languages, literatures and cultures must, above all, be able to contextualize literary texts and their authors both historically and culturally, must be able to present an interpretation as a coherent text, and must be able to do and organize bibliographical research.
- A literacia da leitura literária no ensino universitárioPublication . Baleiro, Rita Salomé Varela Andrade RodriguesEsta tese apresenta uma definição do conceito de literacia da leitura literária no ensino superior. Simultaneamente, neste estudo identificam-se e analisam-se as competências ou capacidades de literacia da leitura literária activadas nos ensaios sobre textos literários escritos por alunos que frequentaram a Licenciatura em Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas, variante de Estudos Portugueses e Ingleses, da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, no ano lectivo 2006/2007. A tese apresenta também os resultados de um inquérito por questionário aplicado a noventa e quatro alunos desta licenciatura. Este inquérito foi aplicado com o objectivo de obter informação sobre as razões para a escolha da licenciatura e os hábitos de leitura extra-curriculares dos alunos; de identificar as percepções que revelam sobre os métodos de ensino, de avaliação e de estudo do texto literário; de identificar os parâmetros que definem um texto como literário, na opinião dos alunos; de identificar as preferências genológicas deste grupo de estudantes, bem como o seu grau de conhecimento de textos literários do cânone clássico português e do cânone clássico inglês. Neste estudo foram utilizadas quatro fontes de dados (quarenta e seis ensaios escritos pelos alunos, um inquérito por questionário, doze entrevistas a professores de literatura e catorze programas de unidades curriculares de literatura de quatro universidades portuguesas) e dois métodos (análise de conteúdo e inquérito por questionário). Quanto aos resultados da investigação, uma das principais conclusões é a de que no acto de interpretação do texto literário, a maioria dos alunos opta mais frequentemente por se focar no conteúdo semântico dos textos (personagens e núcleos temáticos) e menos nos seus pormenores formais e na informação extratextual (dados biográficos do autor, contextualização histórico-sociocultural do texto ou intenção autoral). Outra das principais conclusões a retirar é a reduzida importância atribuída ao estudo da bibliografia de autoridade sobres os textos literários. Por último, este estudo revelou que, no momento de estudar um texto literário, a maioria dos alunos está muito dependente dos comentários dos professores sobre os textos literários.