Short Bio
Maria Antónia Nicolau Espadinha
Born in Vila de Frades , Alentejo, Portugal
Licenciate in Germanistics (Oral defense of thesis) ( University of Lisbon, 1967)
Internship and Teacher’s Professional Exam (1970)
PhD in Romance Languages and Cultures (University of Salzburg, Austria, 1976).
Secondary School Teacher ( 1964-1972 and )
University of Salzburg (1972-1977)
University of Lisbon, Portugal (1978-1994)
University of Macau (1994-2014)
Professor Emerita at UM since 2007
University of St Joseph 2014…)
Research Interests:
Literature,Folk Literature,Translation Studies,Comparative Literature.
Hobbies: Reading, Music, theater, sports
Publications
BOOKS:
Translations:
- Maerchen aus Portugal (c/ Felix Karlinger). Fischer Taschenbuchverlag. 1976
- Maerchen aus Mexiko(c/ Felix Karlinger). Eugen Diederichsverlag.1978.
- Arthur Schnitzler:Contos (Tradução, selecção e apresentação). Lisboa, 1985)
- Lenz, Siegfried. A Lição de Alemão. 1991
(ii) Book chapters:
- Literatura e Sociedade Burguesa na Alemanha (Séculos XVIII e XIX)
- Habermass, J. O Discurso Filosófico da Modernidade. Lisboa .1990 (Tradução das Conferências XI e XII)
- East-West Dialogue, “Images of Macao (and China) in the Portuguese Literature”
(iii) ARTICLES and Published conference papers
- Ueberblick ueber die Volksbuecher Portugals” in Berichte im Auftrag der Internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fúr Forschung zum Romanischen Volksbuch, Seekirchen, 1974.
- “O Auto de Santo Aleixo_As fontes e a originalidade” (Deutsche Uebersetzung von M.A.N.Espadinha), in Berichte im Auftrag der Internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fúr Forschung zum Romanischen Volksbuch, Seekirchen, 1975.
- “Beziehungen und Gegesätze zwischen den Apokryphen und den Legenden sowie religiosen Volksbuechern der Romania _ Ein resumierender Bericht”, in Versuche und Arbeitspapiere Nr, 2, Salzburg, 1978
- “Rumaenien und Rumaenisches in den letzten Amadis-Buechern _ Anmerkungen und Anregungen, in Versuche und Arbeitspapiere Nr, 3, Salzburg, 1979
- A Emperatriz Porcina _ Texte RomanischerVolksbuecher, Heft 3, 1978 ein Versuche und Arbeitspapiere Nr, 2, Salzburg, 1978
- Volksbuch ( Com traduçåo integral do texto para Alemao.
“ Ist ein Compêndio auch ein Volksbuch, in Versuche und Arbeitspapiere Nr, 2, Salzburg, 1978
- Seminário Internacional de Português como Língua Estrangeira, Macau. Os Estudos Portugueses em Macau_ Como agarrar o Futuro?. Moderadora de uma “mesa”
- Jornadas de Português, Guimarães, Portugal.(1998) Paper: O Português em Macau.
- Encontro Internacional : Tradução e Interpretação (Maio de 199): Paper: “ Tradução Literária: Da Teoria à Prática”
- VIII Encontro da AULP (1999- Maputo, Mozambique) Paper: “A Formação de Professores de Português Língua Estrangeira”
- XII Encontro da AULP (2002 –Luanda, Angola) . Paper: “Mobilidade e Reconhecimento_A Universidade de Macau e as Universidades de Língua Portuguesa”.
- XIII Encontro da AULP (2003).Macau: “O Departamento de Português da Universidade de Macau”
- XIV Encontro da AULP; A formação para a Multiculturalidade na formação de Professores de Português para o Ensino Primário, Lisboa, 2005
- I SIMELP, 2008,. São Paulo, Brasil
- XX Encontro da AULP (2010). Macau: “Porquê incluir os Estudos Literários num currículo de licenciatura numa língua estrangeira?”
DITEMA, Dicionário Temático de Macau , Vls I, II, III e IV(editor)
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SOME PAPERS DELIVERED IN CONFERENCES
- Ueberblick ueber die Volksbuecher Portugals” München, 1975
- “O Auto de Santo Aleixo_As fontes e a originalidade” (Deutsche Uebersetzung von M.A.N.Espadinha), 1975.
- Seminário Internacional de Português como Língua Estrangeira, Macau. Os Estudos Portugueses em Macau_ Como agarrar o Futuro?. Moderadora de uma “mesa”
- Jornadas de Português, Guimarães, Portugal.(1998) Paper: O Português em Macau.
- Encontro Internacional : Tradução e Interpretação (Maio de 1999): Paper: “ Tradução Literária: Da Teoria à Prática
- Vertigem do Oriente. Macau. 1999 Ïmages of the Portuguese Discoveries in the german Literature. On Reinhold Schneider’s Das Leiden des Camões
- VIII Encontro da AULP (1999- Maputo, Mozambique) Paper: “A Formação de Professores de Português Língua Estrangeira”
- Chinese and EuropeanLiterature. Mutual Influence and Perspectives, (2001, Baptist University. Hong Kong)”Images of Macao (and China) in the Portuguese Literature”
- XII Encontro da AULP (2002 –Luanda, Angola) . Paper: “Mobilidade e Reconhecimento_A Universidade de Macau e as Universidades de Língua Portuguesa”.
- XIII Encontro da AULP (2003).Macau: “O Departamento de Português da Universidade de Macau”
- XIV Encontro da AULP; A formação para a Multiculturalidade na formação de Professores de Português para o Ensino Primário, Lisboa, 2005
- Simpósio Intercultural (ILC), Mindelo. 2007; Macau. A Língua e a Cultura
- I SIMELP, 2008,. São Paulo, Brasil . Ä Literatura Portuguesa de Macau
- XX Encontro da AULP (2010). Macau: “Porquê incluir os Estudos Literários num currículo de licenciatura numa língua estrangeira?”
- : “A história e a ficção em Uma Aristocrata Portuguesa no Macau do XVII , de Maria Helena do Carmo, Paris, 2010
Modules
Year 1 Associate Diploma
Students will become acquainted with the Portuguese alphabet and the letters corresponding to different phonemes, the use of written accents and other graphic signs. Transcription and dictation exercises, development of sentences and small texts.
Year 1 Bachelor
The course will cover the Portuguese alphabet and the graphemes corresponding to different phonemes, the use of accents and other graphic signs. Students will undertake exercises involving copy and dictation as well as the writing of original sentences and short texts.
Year 3 Bachelor
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Students will study and explore the history, geography, culture, religion, architecture, urban development, economy, politics, arts, and everyday life of Macau, through lectures, readings, fieldwork and public communication sessions. Special emphasis will be placed on Macau's relations with surrounding regions.
The main aim of this module is to support students in examining, evaluating and developing their own knowledge about Macau through critical engagement with a wide range of information. The module will also represent an opportunity to further develop students’ reasoning ability, creativity, communication skills (through a variety of media) and cooperative working capability.
This course is the continuation of Portuguese II and will focus on public services and immediate needs, such as ordering food in a restaurant or complaining to the doctor.
This course will be a continuation of Portuguese III and an introduction to level A2 of CEFR with the introduction to the past forms.
Year 4 Bachelor
Students will study and explore the history, the social, cultural, artistic, architectural and urban development of Macau, through lectures, field work, projects of oral history, and readings of local writers and of others who have written about Macau and its peoples. Special emphasis will be placed on relations with surrounding regions, the reach and influence of the Padroado of Macau, as well as the rises and falls of its fortunes given its strategic location at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Year 1 Diploma
In this placement module students will experience learning and teaching as a practical skill and social activity. Initially, students will observe the lessons of an experienced class teacher within a school under her or his guidance, as well as with the weekly support of the University tutor. Students can then begin to work with small groups of pupils on activities that have been decided upon in collaboration with the university tutor and the experienced class teacher. Students will gradually become involved in the various functions of a class teacher leading to their full involvement in the whole range of class activities.
Continuing to develop the skills and experience acquired in Teaching Practice I, this placement module will comprise a more substantial block of teaching experience. In this module, students will be expected to take considerable responsibility for teaching, whilst still under the supervision of an experienced class teacher and the university tutor. Students will be expected to put the knowledge and understanding acquired in taught modules into practice in the classroom by effectively planning teaching and learning and by selecting appropriate teaching methods and assessment strategies to motivate student learning. Students will gain experience in managing the learning dynamics and interactions in the classroom, integrating theory and practice.
Year 1 Master
Este curso destina-se a iniciar os estudantes na abordagem da Literatura Comparada e nos seus métodos de análise de texto, abordando as tradições literárias do Ocidente e da Ásia de Leste numa perspetiva comparatista. Os estudantes contactarão com diferentes formas literárias, ao mesmo tempo que se irão familiarizando com a metodologia comparatista. O curso começará por uma análise dos escritos de Marco Polo, Mandeville e dos primeiros Missionários Jesuítas na China e no Japão. Depois de estudar a sua perceção da China e do Japão, serão examinados relatos de missionários chineses e japoneses, de letrados e/ou mercadores, na perspetiva da perceção/receção. Após o estudo destes primeiros encontros, o curso abordará obras modernas, de forma a analisar as transformações na perceção, além de outros aspetos.
