Area
Humanities
Sub-Discipline
Other humanities
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
- City: Viña del Mar,
- Commune: Valparaìso,
- Region: Valparaìso Region
goals
• General objective
-To train researchers trained to develop and promote novel studies on literature and culture, with up-to-date conceptual and methodological tools that dialogue with related disciplines.
Specific objectives
• Update, deepen and contribute to the knowledge of the renewal process of contemporary literary studies, considering the contributions of current research in the field of theory and criticism, with an emphasis on the perspectives developed in the Latin American context.
• Understand the links between Latin American literatures from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is proposed to establish links with other cultural areas and with other aesthetic manifestations, such as cinema, plastic arts, performance and music.
• Reflect on the transformation of the canon and the approach to actors, genres and aesthetic modalities not included in traditional literary studies, in order to acquire tools and perspectives that allow critical inquiry about cultural production.
• Encourage the development of a line of research around the conceptual and methodological problems of the literary medium, in order to participate with substantive contributions to the debates that define the state of the field.
• Train researchers capable of developing investigative work in order to contribute to the production of literary knowledge at the national and international level through their participation in congresses, publications and competitive projects.
Applicant Profile
• Whoever wishes to enter the Doctorate in Literature must have a master's degree or a bachelor's degree in literature or a related discipline, awarded in Chile or abroad, and have a clear humanistic vocation. The applicant must have the will and dedication necessary to carry out rigorous research on a specific topic, autonomously and interdisciplinary. And he will have to handle an advanced knowledge of the sources, the critical tradition and the theoretical imagination, which allows him to ask himself questions that critically interrogate his present, in order to reveal the place of literature in contemporary society.
Graduate profile
The graduate of the Doctorate in Literature program is a professional empowered to perform in an original and rigorous way in the research and teaching field. The skills and knowledge acquired in the program will allow you to participate in the academic field in an innovative and critical way, and in dialogue with other disciplines, in order to highlight the importance of literature for society as a whole.
Lines of investigation
1. Latin American Literature: Line developed in the structuring axis of three courses called Latin American Literature Seminars, with a focus on contemporary debates on the interpretation of literary texts and their relationship with other modalities of cultural production in the Latin American context.
2. Cultural Studies: Line developed especially in the Cultural Studies Seminar course, but present in the entire curriculum, which delves into the theoretical approaches of studies on cultures with an interdisciplinary approach. From paleontology to technology, through philosophy, sociology and history, symbolic production is understood from its material base.
3. Critical theory: Line developed mainly in the course Problems of Latin American Theory and Criticism, although in the same way present in all curricular networks, it addresses the main contemporary debates of Latin American critical theory, in dialogue with critics from other latitudes.