Master in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature
30 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Graduate Program in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature is linked to the Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo .
It has its origins in the area of studies created in the 1960s, on the initiative of Prof. Antonio Candido, becoming a post-graduate course in 1971. In recent decades, its staff has featured fundamental names in Brazilian literary criticism, such as Davi Arrigucci Jr., Walnice Nogueira Galvão, João Alexandre Barbosa, Marlyse Meyer and João Luis Lafetá, among others.
The Program is made up of 26 PhD Professors (22 permanent, 4 collaborators), in addition to frequent national and international guests from partner and affiliated universities. With the support of CAPES, CNPq and FAPESP, since 1990 it has trained around 280 masters and 250 doctors, contributing decisively to the expansion and consolidation of studies in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature in Brazil and Latin America.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Graduate Program in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature is linked to the Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo .
It has its origins in the area of studies created in the 1960s, on the initiative of Prof. Antonio Candido, becoming a post-graduate course in 1971. In recent decades, its staff has featured fundamental names in Brazilian literary criticism, such as Davi Arrigucci Jr., Walnice Nogueira Galvão, João Alexandre Barbosa, Marlyse Meyer and João Luis Lafetá, among others.
The Program is made up of 26 PhD Professors (22 permanent, 4 collaborators), in addition to frequent national and international guests from partner and affiliated universities. With the support of CAPES, CNPq and FAPESP, since 1990 it has trained around 280 masters and 250 doctors, contributing decisively to the expansion and consolidation of studies in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature in Brazil and Latin America.
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