CENTRO DE ESTUDOS EM LETRAS Relatório Anual (2010 ... - Utad

Objectives:
RG-NORTE-707-1642: CULTURE
Objectives & Achievements
- to promote interest in African fiction written in Portuguese
- to compare Portuguese African oral literature collected in the
colonial period and the fiction produced in the period after in-
dependence;
- to analyse the repercussions of the African oral literature and
other African fictional texts on the African American fictional
production.
- to research the cinematographic presence in the aesthetic memory
of some Portuguese writers so as to establish a parallel between
narrative and cinematographic montage processes;
- to promote new cinematographic productions and establish new ap-
proaches regarding the cinematographic analysis and the dialogue
among arts.
- to research the human rights theme as a cultural universal in
Europe and in Portugal;
- to research the relationship between theatre, culture and dra-
matic expression;
- to research the relationship between theatre and spirituality.
Main Achievements:
This research group started its activities in 2007. In terms
of productivity the research group met the established minimum
goals and participated in national and international conferences
and meetings.
During this period, the research group published five (5)
books and thirteen (13) book chapters, five (5) papers in interna-
tional journals and four (4) papers in national journals.
Regarding participation in conferences there were thirty-four
(34) papers presented in International Conferences, and seven (7)
papers in National Conferences.
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