This doctoral programme aims at offering an opportunity for advanced training in the field of the Humanities to  students interested in exploring the multiple historical, theoretical-critical, ethical and aesthetical connections in the field of Literary, Cultural and Interart Studies. In its multidisciplinarity, the Programme renders visible the different areas of knowledge cultivated at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, which thus converge in  the offer of innovative training, which gives continuity to research projects long established and to training  opportunities verified at the level of both undergraduate and M.A. courses.

The curriculum structure combines solid transversal training in the fields of Literary, Cultural and Interartistic Studies – through the curricular units that are common to all the specialities – with a set of scientific fields relevant to advanced research in the field of Humanities.

Intercultural, diachronic and synchronic research practices provide the guidelines to research and to a hermeneutic reflection, combining tradition and comparison with the diverse thematic and formal manifestations of classic, medieval, modern and contemporary literatures and cultures.

This doctoral programme aims at providing specialized training with a transnational scope adapted to students which are to work in the context of an European and international reality; it thus aspires to harmonize specialization with attention given to intercultural processes.

Branches and options of the study cicle

• Literature and Culture
• Literature and Culture - Textual Criticism
• Literature and Culture – Comparative Studies
• Literature and Culture – Feminist Studies
• Literature and Culture – Utopian Studies
• Literature and Culture - Literary Theory and Aesthetics
• Literature and Culture – Literary Translation and Creative Writing
• Theatre Studies

Entry Requirements:
Students may apply to the programme in case they:

1. hold an M.A. degree or its equivalent, preferably in the field of Literary, Cultural, Translation and Art Studies;
2. hold a first degree, as well as a CV evincing relevant scientific work that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the competent Scientif Committee;
3. hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the competent Scientific Committee.

Information

Duration of the study cycle: six semesters
Submission of applications (1st phase): 1-14 July 2013
Maximum number of students: 30
Minimum number of students: 5
Schedule 2013/2014 – 5: 30 p.m. – 7: 30 p.m

Contacts

Email (Program's direction): delci@letras.up.pt

General information

Study Plan

Certificates

Main Scientific Areas