Master’s Degree in Latin American and Chilean Literature

Grade Level: 
Magíster en Literatura Latinoamericana y Chilena
Duration: 
4 semesters
Acreditación: 
3-year accredited
Email: 
constanza.moreno.a@usach.cl
Director de Programa: 
Dra. Andrea Jeftanovic Avdaloff
Description: 
Program Description
 
Program Nature
 
The Master’s Program in Latin American and Chilean Literature is Academic in nature.
 
Program Objectives
 
The program aims to contribute to the theoretical, methodological, and critical training of the master’s student, preparing them for performance in research and teaching in secondary and higher education, organizations and cultural institutions, and/or Postgraduate Programs in Literature.
Its specific objectives are:
 
  • Develop own lines, deepening and stimulating the production of new knowledge, based on the emphasis of the Program in Latin American and Chilean Literature.
  • Promote different areas of Literary studies linked to the different geopolitical spaces that Latin America implies today, incorporating cultural specificities and heterogeneities.
  • Deepen the different theoretical and methodological approaches based on Latin American and Chilean Literature.
  • Enable the graduate for the continuation of Doctoral studies.
 
Program Duration:
 
The program will have a nominal duration of four semesters, part-time, which will correspond to 80 SCT-Chile credits and 26 TEL credits according to the old curriculum (six subjects plus a degree thesis). Based on the modification that will take effect in March 2020, the curriculum will have 66 SCT distributed in nine subjects plus a degree thesis.
 
Admission Profile
 
The admission profile of the program considers students who focus on the specific areas of literary studies that this master’s degree deals with, with a manifest interest and trajectory linked to training as a researcher in literature matters. In this sense, it proposes training in knowledge, skills, and attitudes directly related to the incipient career as an academic and researcher of the highest level.
 
In this way, the Program Committee considers it relevant to consider an interest in training and contributing to the field of literary research, taking away the protagonism from other related skills (such as writing), typical of literature. Thus, it is considered that the admission profile must allow the student to move from a basic level of research to an enabling and adequate level, with a view to their integration into a doctoral program, which can strengthen their methodological knowledge.
 
Graduation Profile
 
Considering what is stated in the Study Plan of the Master’s in Latin American and Chilean Literature, the graduates of the Program will be able to:
 
  • Develop literary research and/or teaching, in the areas proper to the Master’s, that incorporate the critical and theoretical-literary practices worked on in the Program.
  • Evaluate, criticize and position themselves in a well-founded way on the topics promoted by the Program of Latin American and Chilean Literature.
  • Carry out literary research incorporating knowledge and problems related to cultural history, social knowledge, anthropology, and the human sciences that have constituted thought in Latin America, using the conceptual and methodological resources of the discipline.
 
Degree
 
This program leads to the academic degree of “Master in Latin American and Chilean Literature”.
 
Contact
 
Program Director:
 
Dr. Sebastián Reyes Gil
 
 
Secretary:
 
Costanza Moreno Alou
 

 

Study Plan: 

According to the Study Plan of the Master’s in Latin American and Chilean Literature, the Program has a training trajectory that includes a total of seven subjects, where the general ones are:

  • General Subject – Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Literature
  • General Subject - 19th Century Literature
  • General Subject - 20th and 21st Century Literature
  • General Subject - Epistemology and Methodology of Literary Research
  • General Subject - Thesis

 

In addition to the general subjects, the student must take two elective subjects; for which they can choose between topics such as: Theories about Literature, Gender and Sexualities in Latin American Literature, Memory and Testimony, Indigenous Discourses, Literary Avant-Gardes, Critical and Literary Thought in the Americas, and Drama.

 

Currently, the chairs that students can choose are:

  • Elective Subject - From the high peaks, Darío, Mistral, Vallejo and Neruda
  • Elective Subject - Dynamics in Colonial narrative (16th to 18th centuries)
  • Elective Subject - Literatures and Latin American borders
  • Elective Subject - Current narratives of the Amazon Elective Subject - Current critical thinking from Latin America
  • Elective Subject - Current poetry of Mapuche origin in Chile
  • Elective Subject - Contemporary Aymara poetry Elective Subject - Latin American Drama

 

Degree Thesis

The end-of-academic activity consists of developing an individual and tutored research, on some relevant aspect of literary knowledge, and whose results imply a deepening of the field of literary studies. Finally, the curricular trajectory will culminate with the oral and written presentation of the Thesis.

 

Check here the resolutions that govern the Master’s in Latin American and Chilean Literature:

RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHES THE INTERNAL RULES OF THE PROGRAM

RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHES THE STUDY PLAN OF THE PROGRAM

RESOLUTION THAT RECTIFIES THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE STUDY PLAN

RESOLUTION THAT MODIFIES STUDY PLAN

Admission: 

Admission Requirements

Considering the General Regulation of Academic Master’s at the University of Santiago de Chile, the Internal Rules of the Master’s Program in Latin American and Chilean Literature, and the Study Plan of the Program with respect to admission, applicants must accredit the fulfillment of the following formal requirements:

  1. Hold a bachelor’s degree or professional title, of at least eight semesters duration in Chilean or foreign universities recognized by the State. In all cases, the Program Committee will evaluate the applicant’s academic training in the specific areas of literary studies, through an interview with two members of the CPM.
  2. The Program may receive applications throughout the academic year, which will be made through the web portal of the Graduate Directorate https://www.postgrado.usach.cl/

Selection System

Applications to the Master’s program in Latin American and Chilean Literature are received according to the following calendar:

  1. Applications are received throughout the year through the Graduate Directorate’s web portal. However, applications received until the last working day of September enter the selection process for the following academic year. (Applications received after this month are considered for the following academic year)
  2. According to the General Regulation of Academic Master’s and the Internal Rules of the Program, applicants must complete the application form as an application for admission to the Master’s in Literature and accredit the background indicated therein: degree or title certificate, concentration of grades in higher education, two academic recommendations, birth certificate, a Curriculum Vitae.
  3. Subsequently, the CPM will carry out a pre-selection based on these backgrounds and the pre-selected applicants will have to undergo a personal interview, which is carried out by the Director plus a regular academic of the faculty and in it the following will be considered:
    • Level of knowledge in the area of the Program.
    • Creativity in the field of specialty.
    • Motivations regarding their decision to pursue postgraduate studies in the specialty of literature.
  4. The CPM will analyze and evaluate the applicant’s background, issuing a judgment regarding the data provided in the application request, assigning a score to the factors included in the personal interview and in the Concentration of Grades of the Undergraduate Program presented.

After evaluating the background and the interview, it will be proposed to the corresponding authority to process the acceptance to the Program of the selected applicants and the decision will be communicated to the applicant.

It should be noted that until 2016, admission to the Master’s in Latin American and Chilean Literature was carried out semi-annually. This modality was changed to annual admission from 2017.

Receipt of Application Background

The University establishes the application period until September of each year. Applications received outside of this month will be considered for the following year.

If you want to know our scholarships and benefits, enter here.

 

Full-time & Adjunct Academic Staff: 

FACULTY:

• Dr. Sebastián Reyes Gil, Doctor in Literature, University of New York, USA.

• Dr. Jorge Rueda Castro, Doctor in American Studies, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

• Dr. Andrea Jeftanovic Avdaloff, Doctor in Literature, University of California, Berkeley.

• Dr. Jessica Pujol Durán, Doctor in Comparative Literature, University College London.

• Dr. Felipe Cussen Abaud, Doctor in Humanities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

• Dr. Sandra Navarrete Barría, Doctor in Literature, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

 

COLLABORATING PROFESSORS:

• Dr. Lorena Garrido Donoso, Doctor in Literature with a mention in Chilean and Hispano-American Literature, Universidad de Chile.

• Dr. Pablo Hurtado Ruiz, Doctor in American Studies, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

• Dr. Leticia Contreras Candia, Doctor in Literature, Universidad Católica de Chile.

• Dr. Maximiliano Salinas Campos, Doctor in Theology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Virtual Teaching: 

The virtualization area is the area responsible for supporting the virtualization process of all faculty programs. It is made up of a multidisciplinary team composed of teachers, instructional designers, and graphic designers.

This team oversees creating strategies to accompany teachers in the virtualization of their courses, through the dissemination of help materials, the realization of training for the virtualization of subjects and the coordination of training instances to support online teaching directed towards the faculty's professors.

If you want to participate in the training, inform your career manager so that they can manage your access with the academic coordinator of the project, Gisela Watson: gisela.watson@usach.cl

If you have questions regarding the use of Moodle or related to the virtualization area, write to the instructional designer, Vivien Valenzuela: vivien.valenzuela@usach.cl. Vivien, together with Camila Berríos, will guide you.

If you participated in the training and need support for the creation of digital, audiovisual and interactive resources, contact the graphic designer, Macarena Saguer: macarena.saguer@usach.cl

 

Investigación: 

One of the facets of the program’s research is based on the publications of the academics, which can be accessed here.

The second facet is the theses of our students, which consists of a final academic activity that involves developing an individual and tutored research on some relevant aspect of literary knowledge, and whose results imply a deepening of the field of literary studies.

According to current regulations, the student has two semesters to complete their degree process and present the oral defense of their degree exam.

Here you can download the thesis process guide where the stipulated dates are mentioned to comply with the deadlines established by the University, in this guide you will also find the necessary procedures that must be carried out in the curricular record to start the processing of the respective file.

To know the format established by the University, you must download the Manual for Thesis Standardization.