Linguistic and literature

Administrative venue University of Udine since the 42nd cycle - Course awaiting initial accreditation by the MUR

The course aims to train researchers who, in terms of knowledge, skills, and methodologies, stand out in the field of linguistic and literary studies and their applications. The interdisciplinary approach favored by the various fields of study of the faculty members aims at the study, analysis, and interpretation of texts in relation to individual disciplines and through interdisciplinary, interlinguistic, and intercultural comparison. In particular, the program develops advanced linguistic, philological, historical-literary, and critical-interpretative knowledge and skills in the following linguistic-philological and literary fields: English, French and Francophone studies, German, Hispanic and Latin American studies, Italian, Romance languages, Slavic studies, general and historical linguistics.
During their training, doctoral students are encouraged to participate in national and international conferences, including as speakers, to organize seminar discussions, and to join research groups with the aim of developing a disciplinary and interdisciplinary research methodology. Doctoral days and forms of support for the publication of contributions in qualified publishing houses and scientific journals are provided, with the additional aim of developing oral and written communication skills and the ability to present research results.

LITERATURE
English and Anglophone Literature (ANGL-01/A);
Italian Literature (ITAL-01/A);
French and Francophone Literature (FRAN-01/A);
Hispanic American Literature (SPAN-01/B);
Spanish Literature (SPAN-01/A);
Russian and Serbo-Croatian Literature (SLAV-01/A Slavic Studies);
German and Austrian Literature (GERM-01/B).

LINGUISTICS AND PHILOLOGY
Germanic Philology and Linguistics (GERM-01/A);
Romance Philology and Linguistics (FLMR-01/B);  
Slavic Philology and Linguistics (SLAV-01/A);
Glottology and Linguistics (GLOT-01/A);
English language, translation, and linguistics (ANGL-01/C);
French language, translation, and linguistics (FRAN-01/B);
Italian linguistics (LIFI-01/A);
German language, translation, and linguistics (GERM-01/C). 

LITERARY
The literary curriculum aims to provide and refine skills and competences in the general field of literature, with particular attention to history, stylistic analysis and textual criticism, the study of sources, genres and forms, and the reception and transmission of literary works in different contexts and in different historical, socio-political and geographical cultures, favouring an intercultural, interdisciplinary and interdiscursive approach.

LINGUISTIC-PHILOLOGICAL
The linguistic-philological curriculum aims to provide and refine skills and competences in the various fields of research in French, English, Italian, and German, general and historical linguistics, Germanic, Slavic, and Romance philology, and translation, favoring an intercultural, multilingual, and interdisciplinary approach, but without neglecting the specific methodological foundations of each discipline, in line with the research interests of the members of the College.

  • ·       In addition to academic opportunities at Italian and foreign universities and research centers, PhD graduates can find employment in international or national organizations with strong international ties: institutions operating in cross-cultural and transnational contexts, organizations for the protection of cultural, historical, and literary heritage; publishing; organizations for the preservation of cultural heritage (libraries, archives, museums).

    The most highly qualified professional profiles that the PhD program aims to train are:
    - researchers in universities and research institutions;
    - literary, cultural, and linguistic consultants and operators in industry and the cultural sector, in publishing (traditional and digital), in the media and on the web, in literary and cultural agencies, in the world of art and entertainment;
    - consultants, translators, and cross-cultural mediators of multilingual services for internationalization;
    - cultural mediators in cultural institutions and diplomatic and consular representations.

Università degli Studi di Udine: Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature, Comunicazione, Formazione e Società (DILL) - Via Petracco, 8 - UDINE.