Romance Literatures

The program Romance Literature focuses primarily Francophone, Hispanphone, Lusophone, Italian and Catalan Literatures. In addition the program offers the specialization in Intermedia and Intercultural Communication that opens the way to translation, interartistic and comparative studies.

“Culture is our second nature.”

The aim of this doctoral degree study programme is to prepare competent and highly qualified scholars in literary theory and in literary history and in at least two Romance literatures. Graduates acquire appropriate methodologies of scientific work and demonstrate the effectiveness of their acquired skills in the field of their research specialization.

Practical training

Practice is not a direct part of the curriculum, but can be a welcome addition to study. This concerns in particular practices in publishers, libraries, translation centers, public and private institutions, public and private companies.

Further information

Admission proceedings include a discussion upon the dissertation project that the applicant shall prepare and attach to his/her application for study. The project will include following items: topic, outline of hypothetical issues and methodological supports, primary and secondary literature.

Graduates are prepared to enter research activities and occupations requiring highly specialized ability in criticism and literary reflection, especially in universities and research institutes at the international level.

The admission procedure to doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University is two-round. In the first round, the documents submitted in advance are assessed. The second round takes the form of an oral interview. Only those applicants who succeed in the first round are invited to the second round. The oral interview can be conducted in a present form and, in exceptional cases, also in a remote (online) form.

Deadline for applications: January 1 - May 30

Deadline for delivery of documents for the admission procedure: May 15

Documents for the admission procedure (1st round):

• signed CV;
• list of publications;
• dissertation project + a list of literature on the topic.

All documents are to be inserted to the e-application ("Documents section"), deadline May 15. Applicants are requested to include their full name and application number in all attached documents.

In the first round, the admissions committee evaluates the submitted documents and the successful candidates proceed to the second round, which takes the form of an oral interview over the dissertation project. In the second round, the following may also be considered:

• a) professional readiness;
• b) language proficiency;
• c) motivation to study;
• d) previous research experience.

Notice that proof of completion of the master's study (officially certified copy of the diploma, in the case of education, obtained abroad also the so-called nostrification) shall be submitted by the accepted applicants when enrolling in the study. It is not required to prove the completion of a master's degree at the interview.

Criteria for evaluation

1st round: success limits 35 points (out of 60).

2nd round: success limits 70 points (out of 100).