Objectives
- To prepare researchers in Literature.
- Our research perspective is targeted to study a wide range of fundamental topics and issues concerning contemporary literary studies, including dissemination and construction of literary canons, (re)reading of classics, genre studies, literature history, compared studies and receipt and translation of literary texts.
Study Plan
* As of the Second Semester of 2010, a change in the M.A. Study Plan was approved, as a foundation for the development of the Doctoral Program.
Theory Seminars
Their general purpose is to analyze and compare some of the main theoretical approaches that guide the reflection concerning the literary phenomenon. Some topics include classical poetics and theories of mimesis; Romantic aesthetic theories; and contemporary tendencies such as: gender studies, hermeneutics, Marxism, poststructuralism, and postcolonial studies.
Elective Monographic or Interdisciplinary Seminars
These literary criticism seminars focus on the study of specific texts, problems, or authors. Theory is used as a tool for the analysis of literary works of different periods and cultures, from a critical and interdisciplinary standpoint.
Research Seminars
These are the backbone of the Master's Degree Program, which concludes with the graduation project. The student enrolls in one seminar per semester. It is suggested that research projects should be aligned with the research works of Department professors or groups.
Research or Concentration Areas
Students may opt for one of the Department's current research lines or groups to prepare their M.A. thesis.
Research Lines
Gender Literature, and Culture Studies
19th- century Studies: Identities, Gender, and Nation
Classical Poetics
Contemporary Literary Theory
Latin American Colonial Literature
Poetics of Translation
Comparative Studies
Research Groups
Women, Literature, and Culture
Discourse and Fiction. Colombia and Latin America in the 19th Century
Poetics. Playwrights, Poets, and Philosophers Reflect on the Arts
Peiras: Research Group in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Research Group in the Renaissance and the Baroque
Model Program: Modalidad profundización
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
| LITE-43XX | Seminario Monográfico o Interdisciplinario | 4 |
| LITE-XXX2 | Tutorial de Profundización II | 6 |
| LITE-XXX1 | Teoría III | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Model Program: Modalidad Investigación
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
Alumni Profile
Graduates of this program acquire the analytical and methodological skills necessary to conduct Literary research. Their training as Iesearchers and critics allows graduates to perform in various areas such as: teaching; specialized literary and cultural criticism; working in the publishing field; and/or undertaking doctoral studies.
Taking into account that the Master's degree programs currently offered in the country give preference to the study of Colombian and Latin-American literature, the Uniandes Master's degree program features a unique emphasis on theoretical and critical aspects that provide a closer rapprochement to various theoretical traditions and literary texts.