Doctorate in Literature

The Doctorate in Literature is a program that aims for the comprehensive training of its students as researchers in the field of literary studies. Its purpose is to reflect on the processes of critical training in specific literary knowledge, with the aim of training professionals capable of carrying out transformations in the scientific field of literary studies.

This program trains doctors in literature capable of serving as high-level literature researchers and professors, thanks to their original and significant contributions in the study of national and international literary phenomena. These researchers are trained to propose new ways of understanding literature, thereby contributing to the consolidation of literary theory, history and criticism in the country. The Doctorate in Literature plays a fundamental role in the conservation and understanding of the national and continental literary heritage.