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PhD in Literature De La Salle University (DLSU)

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The Department believes that the students must be allowed to design their own program and specialize in one of the three areas: literary studies, creative writing, and cultural studies. Offering courses in creative writing at the Ph.D. level is the department’s answer to the increasing demands for more high-level training in imaginative writing. The core courses will provide the writers/students with adequate background in the critical and theoretical aspects of writing, which is expected of a Ph.D. graduate and should complement their craft and knowledge of techniques. Under the guidance of experienced writers will have sufficient opportunities to hone their craft further.  The Department’s Interest in cultural studies has gradually increased in the last few years. It has been reflected in the curriculum (via course offerings), faculty, research, and projects of graduate students. It is hoped that these endeavors will create more opportunities for multidisciplinary / anti-disciplinary for Filipino scholars in the national and international scenes. The cultural studies courses will include topics and issues like cultural production of arts and media, cyber technology and globalization, pop culture, gender and sexuality, language and ideology, nation/nationalism, community formations, neo-colonial and postcolonial interrelations, region and ethnicity, etc. It will cover a wider range of theories and methods of inquiry, exploring interrelations and interactions among the subject areas and disciplines. Literature nevertheless will serve as a point of convergence for all these cultural concerns, topics, and issues.  The Department of Literature at De La Salle University prides itself in being the CHED-Center of Excellence. It continually seeks to establish De La Salle University as the center for literary and cultural studies, the hub of intellectual and critical exchange across disciplines. It resolves to revitalize and advance research and scholarship in the humanities. ​​​​​​​

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De La Salle University (Filipino: Pamantasang De La Salle) (also referred to as DLSU or La Salle) is a Roman Catholic, Lasallian research university in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director. The educational institution moved on September 1921 to its present location to facilitate the increase in enrollment. DLSU, granted university status in February 1975, is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 17 Lasallian institutions established in 2006 to replace the De La Salle University System.

The university started as a boys' elementary and high school. It started offering in 1920 a two-year Associate in Arts in Commerce programme, which was later discontinued in 1931 in favour of a Bachelor of Science in Commerce programme.[17][18] DLSU currently offers coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programmes through its seven colleges and one school specializing in varied disciplines, including business, engineering and liberal arts.

The university, currently under the administration of President Raymundo Suplido FSC, is a member of several international university associations (including the ASEAN University Network and International Association of Universities) as well as local organizations (such as the South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium).

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The Graduate Program in Literature is a doctoral program, which means that all students enrolled prepare for the Ph.D. degree. The program does not grant M.A. degrees along the way. The typical time to completion for the doctoral program is 6 full years.

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• 12 Seminars
• 7 Literature Program courses
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Undergraduate-level Courses - There are no restrictions on the number of undergraduate courses a student may take outside the Literature Program during their graduate career. The approval of the DGS must be sought in such cases, and in any case Graduate School Regulations do not allow courses below the 500 level to count toward the fulfillment of coursework requirements or to be included in a student's GPA calculation.  In general undergraduate courses tend to be limited to relevant language courses.

Independent Studies - Students can take up to three independent studies over the course of their careers. Students have to complete the “Independent Study Notification Form” every time they take an independent study and it must be signed by the DGS. Supplies of these forms are kept in the DGS Assistant’s office.

Inter-institutional Courses - The Registrar requires students to follow a special procedure when they register for courses at other Triangle universities (UNC, NCCU, NCSU). Forms and information are available at the Registrar's Office. You’ll need approval from Lit’s DGS & the professor of the course.

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What follows is a very general timeline that graduate students in the Program may use as a rough orientation for their six-year course of study. It is not meant to replace the guidance that you should actively seek , for your own specific circumstances and research field(s), from your mentors and advisors.

During the first year, you will familiarize yourself with the department, the university, and the profession at large. The many colloquia and conferences offered at Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, NC Central and NC State, present great opportunities for you to get to know your peers, professors, national and international scholars.

During the second year, you can start presenting your work at conferences in your field(s). You should by now identify your main advisor(s), and begin TAing so as to familiarize yourself with teaching duties. You may also begin to plan for a Certificate in College Teaching.

During the third year, you will complete your preliminary exams and start to work towards your dissertation. Make sure to complete, by the end of this academic year, all the required coursework, including any language requirement related to your specific field. To be competitive in a specific field, you may well need more than one language besides English: please consult with your advisors about this matter.

During the fourth year, your focus will be to complete, if not an entire first draft, at least a good part of your dissertation. This is also a good moment to make your work known in the profession by publishing a part of your dissertation and by presenting some of the other parts at professional conferences. Finally, you should attend the dissertation formatting training sessions offered by the Graduate School (either during the fall or the spring): this is very important, to avoid any last-minute surprises that could jeopardize your entire time-plan for the PhD.

If possible, you should try to finish your dissertation during your fifth year at Duke. You should also keep a presence at professional conferences, and you may also want to consider the possibility of public humanities publications. Finally, this is the year to start applying for jobs.

You should be ready to defend by the end of this year.

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The graduate program in literature brings together scholars, creative writers and translators who share a commitment to transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to literary study and practice. The PhD in literature provides students with a flexible context in which to pursue research across a wide range of literary traditions, critical approaches and theoretical debates. In addition to coursework in literary studies, students have the opportunity to participate in creative writing and/or literary translation workshops as well as seminars in other disciplines, such as film studies, the history of ideas, philosophy and the visual and performing arts.

Students pursuing the PhD in literature may, if their coursework supports it, submit a translation or creative writing project as part of their dissertation.

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Graduates of the program seek positions such as: teacher/educator, writer, editor, publisher, translator and critic. Career settings may include higher education, nonprofits, cultural and historical organizations, publishing houses, government agencies, international development organizations, museums and archives, business/corporate entities and independent consulting.

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Applicants to the Doctoral degree program should have:  

• A baccalaureate degree (BA or MA) or its equivalent from an accredited institution of higher education, normally in an arts and humanities field.  
• Letters of Recommendation: Applicants must submit 3 letters of recommendation from faculty, or other individuals, able to judge the candidate’s potential for success in the program.  
• Admissions Essay: Applicants must submit a 650-word narrative essay, which should be reflective rather than factual. The essay should address the applicant’s academic interests and goals and indicate how the program would enable such pursuits.  
• A writing sample: Submit an academic writing sample (e.g., a seminar paper or a critical essay). 
• International applicants must submit a TOEFL score of at least 80 on the internet-based test.  Scores must be less than two years old. See the  Graduate Catalog  for additional information regarding English proficiency requirements for international applicants.  
• Each application is considered holistically on its individual merits. You must submit all supporting documents before the Graduate Admissions Committee can review your application. 
• The Graduate Record Examination is not required. 

Deadline:  The application deadline is January 15. All applications completed by the deadline will be reviewed for admission. Applications submitted or completed after January 15 may be reviewed for admission only if spaces remain within the upcoming cohort and will be reviewed in order by the date the application file became complete.

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[1] Go to https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph and click the Submit Research   link on the  left sidebar under the  Submissions section. 

[2] The Submit Your Research page will appear on your screen. Select the appropriate department from the list. For example, you are an undergraduate student from the Accountancy Department and will submit your thesis, click the  Accountancy Department Bachelor's Thesis link from the list. 

[3] Enter your  My.Lasalle   login credentials, check the box before the  I'm not a robot , and then click the  [Login]   button.

[4] Carefully read the submission agreement and click the check the box before the  Please check this if you agree to the above terms  and then click the  Continue  button. Accomplished and signed   Submission Agreement Form   in PDF format must also be added to the preliminary pages of the ETD final version. 

[5] Fill out the submission form. Read and follow the instructions on the online form. Do not leave empty fields.

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Comparative literature graduate program to mark a milestone, posted on april 01, 2024 by arts and sciences.

Emerging scholars, literary translators, and other champions of culture strengthen their voices through the Dartmouth master's program in comparative literature, which will mark its 30th anniversary in 2025.

German studies professor Yuliya Komska, right, works with Tetiana Savchynska, Guarini ’18, who has translated numerous English texts into Ukrainian under contract with the Old Lion Publishing House, one of the biggest Ukrainian publishers.

Dartmouth's MA Program in Comparative Literature recently received more than 100 applications from college graduates around the world—nearly triple the number received in previous years. 

As the graduate program approaches its 30th anniversary in 2025, its alumni can be found enriching the study and practice of the humanities through an array of roles in academia and beyond. Emerging scholars, literary translators, creative writers, and other champions of culture find their footing at Dartmouth—a factor many attribute to the program's small size and dedicated faculty.

The highly selective Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies program will welcome 11 graduate students in the fall, each of whom will pursue a self-directed curriculum of learning, reading, and research in the comparative study of literature and culture. All accepted students receive a full-tuition waiver and a stipend to cover the majority of living expenses for nine-and-a-half months.

Because as many as 40 faculty and postdoctoral scholars are affiliated with the Program in Comparative Literature , many holding joint appointments with departments across the Arts and Sciences, students have a wide array of mentors to choose from.

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German Studies Associate Professor Veronika Fuechtner , chair of the comparative literature program, says the large, yet close-knit faculty prepare students for a wide trajectory of careers. Graduates go on to top humanities PhD programs around the world as well as professions that benefit from academic training in the humanities, such as the visual arts, music, and film production.

"For example, Veronika Yadukha, Guarini '23, from Ukraine, is a translator and curator," Fuechtner says. "Rachel Starr, Guarini '13, now works at the library at Dartmouth after adding a degree in library science to her comparative literature degree."

Tetiana Savchynska, Guarini '18, has translated numerous English texts into Ukrainian under contract with one of the biggest Ukrainian publishers, including the novel The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, which she finished just as he was awarded the Nobel Prize—an experience Savchynska wrote about in an essay (that originated in one of her classes at Dartmouth) in the blog of the Los Angeles Review of Books .  

Camella Pham, Guarini '23, was recently announced as the winner of this year's Presidential Master's Prize for the best thesis from the American Comparative Literature Association. 

Still another graduate success story: Torry Peters, Guarini '13, whose novel, Detransition, Baby won the 2021 PEN/Hemingway award for debut fiction. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards and the Brooklyn Public Library Award.

While a majority of students complete their master's as a stop on their way to a PhD program, some discover that they don't want to continue in academia. 

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"We think this is an equally valid outcome—better to take a year to figure that out than five or six years into a PhD program—and we incorporate conversations about nonacademic or academic-adjacent career paths into the programming for all the master's students," says Ainsley Morse , associate professor of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies, who serves this year as the master's program's graduate director. 

"Students get a lot of individual attention from our faculty—the dedicated faculty who teach graduate seminars, the wonderful faculty members who agree to serve as advisors for the MA students, and the broader network of faculty who host them in their regular classes," Morse says. 

"I have heard many times from students who come here from bigger institutions that they are really delighted by the availability and generosity of the faculty here."

Innovative from the Start

With its focus on incorporating primary sources from multiple languages and cultures into original research, the study of comparative literature benefits from mastery of more than one language. 

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"Dartmouth was especially well suited to launch a graduate program in comparative literature because of our strong language programs, including the method developed by John Rassias , which brought people up to speed very quickly," says one of the program's earliest faculty members, Irene Kacandes , the Dartmouth Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature

"The program founders, including, among others, Susanne Zantop, Marianne Hirsch, Monika Otter, and Diana Taylor, designed something very interesting, with a creative approach."

Literary theory, Kacandes recalls, was then less prominent in undergraduate foreign language curricula, so it became a core part of Dartmouth's graduate curriculum. 

The master's program also fosters a close relationship with Dartmouth Libraries. Librarian Jill Baron teaches a graduate seminar and works closely with students to help them develop their projects and take advantage of the institution's collections. 

With its multicultural focus, the program has always drawn diverse applicants. About half of the comparative literature master's degree candidates come from outside the United States. 

This year's graduate cohort, for example, includes South African poet and writer Lethokuhle Msimang, whose semi-autobiographical 2023 novella, The Frightened , draws on her experiences in France, China, Spain, and South Africa.

Tom Abi Samra, Guarini '22, was born in Lebanon and earned his undergraduate degree at NYU Abu Dhabi.

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"I wrote my thesis about a 17th-century scholar from Damascus who wrote travelogs that included a lot of poetry," he says. "My argument is that there's a shift in poetic sensibility around that period when poetry becomes no longer a high, timeless thing, as it gets situated in time and space—more in harmony with prose in a way that maybe we don't really see before."

Abi Samra says serving as a teaching assistant helped him realize that he enjoyed both teaching and research, so he is now pursuing a PhD in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton.

"The tremendous diversity of our students, who come to us from all over the world and from many different walks of life, is both another thing that makes our program stand out and something I find especially enriching and exciting about working with them," Morse says. 

"Each of the students is a remarkable individual with unique intellectual and life experience, and when they get together in a cohort of 10-12 and start discussing aesthetics, politics, theory and so on, the synergy is incredible!"

Some students enter the program after trying other career paths. Emily Oliveira, Guarini '22, earned her undergraduate degree in comparative literature at Harvard and moved to Los Angeles to work in the film industry for several years before resuming academic studies at Dartmouth. She's now at Columbia, pursuing a PhD in Latin American and Iberian Studies.

"At a critical time in my life when I was trying to choose a career path, Dartmouth offered a perfect opportunity to experience a combination of requirements, exposing me to graduate level discussion and paper writing and workshopping, getting and giving feedback among my cohort, and at the same time acknowledging that the very heart of academic inquiry is flexibility," she says.

Dartmouth faculty also value and model flexibility, as they combine research, teaching, and administration. Next year, Rebecca Biron , professor of Spanish and Portuguese and the director of the Leslie Center for the Humanities , will become the program's graduate director. She says Dartmouth has earned and maintained a place of distinction in the broadening field of comparative literature programs because of the breadth and depth of faculty willing and able to guide students with strong minds of their own.

"The master's is deliberately structured to be student-project-driven, so they come in knowing what they want to work on for the year, and we help them write a professional quality paper on that topic," says Biron. "Everyone benefits from a year of reflection on the role of language and national literary study within larger globally centered questions of meaning production and literary traditions."

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"It's awe-inspiring how many graduate students who come in as active translators, writers, or critics manage to balance work and study," says Associate Professor of German Studies Yuliya Komska , who has also served as graduate program director. "Their accomplishments make the strongest case possible for funding the arts." 

• MASTER OF ARTS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, MAJOR IN LITERATURE
• College of Liberal Arts
• Graduate Degree Programs

MASTER OF ARTS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MAJOR IN LITERATURE

Program overview.

The Master of Arts in Language and Literature courses are geared toward research and advanced knowledge and skills in literary scholarship and cultural studies enriched by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives; and innovative, integrative, and interrogative teaching of literature and language at the tertiary level.

Course Requirements

Basic Courses

LIT620M or  ENG535M Foundation of Language Education

LIT521M     Research in Language and Literature

LIT500M or ENG503M  Statistical Methods

Major Courses

Depending on the thesis topic or field of specialization, a student chooses four elective courses in any of the following topics: genre studies, creative writing, literary history and movements, continental and comparative literature, Philippine literature, theory and criticism, language teaching, translation, and cultural studies. Sample courses include: Creative Nonfiction Techniques, The Southeast Asian Novel, Introduction to Performance Studies, Popular Literature, Gender, Sexuality & Literature, Postcolonial Studies, and Literature Seminar. They must take at least one Elective directly related to their Thesis.

Course Description

Basic courses.

Foundations of Language Education (LIT620M/ENG535M)

3 units A study of the theories and methodologies of linguistic science and their implications to language teaching and learning.

Research in Language and Literature (LIT521M)

3 units An introduction to non-statistical research methods useful in the study of language and literature.

Statistical Methods (LIT500M)

3 units A course on the use of statistical method in language and literature research; requires an elementary knowledge of statistics.

MAJOR COURSES

Literary Theory (LIT660M)

3 units A study of theories, principles, and techniques of literary criticism, from antiquity to the later twentieth century emphasis on major schools criticism Such as Romanticism New Criticism, Formalism, Structuralism, Marxism, Feminist Criticism, and Post-structuralism.

Literary History of the Philippines (LIT730M)

3 units A reading course in the history of Philippine literature in the various vernacular and foreign languages, with emphasis on major authors, theme, movements periods.

The Teaching of Literature (LIT611M)

3 units A course on advanced approaches in literature at the secondary and tertiary levels, with emphasis on the differences between teaching language and teaching literary appreciation.

Literary Masterpieces (LIT711M)

3 units A reading course on literary masterpieces, with emphasis on works that have significantly changed the course of literary history in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the States; a brief survey of major literary movements and themes will be given at the start of the course.

COGNATE COURSES

Preparation of Instructional Materials (LIT601M)

3 units A study of the principles of materials preparation with practice in the development and use of instructional materials.

Psychology of Language Learning (LIT612M/ENG631M)

3 units A study of the phenomenon of language learning, including biological mechanism of speech organs, models of language acquisition, first and second language learning, bilingualism and linguistic ontogeny.

Depending on the thesis topic or field of specialization, a student chooses four elective courses (may include CLA cognate course).

SAMPLE ELECTIVES

Popular Literature LIT762M

A study of the history of popular literature and the theoretical approaches to its study; reading of representative works in English and Filipino.

Fiction Writing Techniques LIT691M

An in-depth study of the fundamentals of prose fiction beyond the undergraduate level; includes frequent writing exercises in the elements of description, characterization, dialogue, narrative viewpoint, the writing of short fiction, and peer analysis of these exercises.

Literature and Environment LIT345M

This three-unit interdisciplinary course introduces students to the evolving nature of literature and environment studies.

Gender, Sexuality and Literature LIT763M

A study of literature from the optic lens of genders and sexualities. Includes a survey of feminist and antihomophobic discourse/theories; an examination of the representations of the female and the homosexual subject in literature; and an interrogation of the identity politics of the writers/texts.

Performance Studies LIT769M

This course takes up performance both as object of study and as a mode of critical inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. It explores various understandings of performance, performance studies, and performance research, with a special attention to practices of performance in the Philippines.

Postcolonial Studies LIT771M

This course examines the rise [of] and ongoing conversation on Postcolonial Studies. The course explores how the main theoretical movements and debates intersect [and engage with] important questions and issues of nationalism and nationhood, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and globalization, migration and diaspora, gender and sexuality, class, race and ethnicity.

The Culture Concept LIT781M

Culture is one of the most contested concepts across the disciplines and foundational to Cultural Studies. This course acquaints the students with classical, anthropological, sociological, and literary definitions of culture.

Literature Seminar LIT 800M

Special topics in interdisciplinary studies, such as Literature and Psychoanalysis, Literature and Marxism, Literature and Linguistics, and Literature and Historiography.

Thesis (LIT851M onwards)

6 units The application of the skills and knowledge gained in course work to some problem of language or literature teaching, or language/literature program administration.

FACULTY MEMBERS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Mesandel V. Arguelles , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Contemporary Poetry; Contemporary Art; Conceptual Writing; Translation Studies

Genevieve L. Asenjo , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction; Regional Literature (Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a); Ecocriticism

Anne Richie G. Balgos, PhD Applied Linguistics, De La Salle University

Educational Theatre; Drama Pedagogy; Applied Linguistics; Language and Literature Teaching

David Jonathan Y. Bayot, PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Theory and Criticism; Philippine Kritika; Translation Studies; Art Studies; Literary Research; Critical Writing

Ronald Baytan , PhD English Studies (Creative Writing), University of the Philippines-Diliman

Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction and Poetry; LGBTQI Studies; Philippine Literature in English; Philippine Cinema

Ernesto V. Carandang II , DFA Creative Writing, De La Salle University

Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry & Creative Nonfiction; Drama and Theatre Production; Arts Management; Philippine Arts and Heritage (focusing on Music, Architecture, Sacred Arts, Furniture, and Food)

Jerome Visperas Cleofas, PhD Sociology, De La Salle University

Family, Health and Population Dynamics; Environmental Studies

Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. , Professor Emeritus, PhD Communication Studies (Film), University of Iowa

Media Studies; Philippine Cinema; Creative Writing: Screenwriting; Film Directing; Film Archiving

Noelle Leslie dela Cruz , PhD Philosophy, De La Salle University

Philosophy of Literature; Poetry and Philosophy; Science Fiction and Philosophy; Existential Phenomenology; Feminist Philosophy

Johann Vladimir Espiritu , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Queer Studies; Music and Popular Culture; Creative Writing: Fiction

Marjorie Evasco-Pernia , Professor Emeritus, PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Creative Writing:  Poetry and Nonfiction; Pathography; Cebuano Literature; Literary Translation; Ekphrasis; Women’s Literature; Ecocriticism

Jazmin B. Llana , PhD Performance Studies, University of Wales

Performance Studies; Philippine Drama; Theater and Theater Studies; Bikol Literature; Performance Research

Shirley O. Lua , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Philippine Critical Tradition; Film & Media Criticism; Diaspora Studies; Chinese-Philippine Literature; Literary and Cultural Research; Heritage Studies

Clarissa V. Militante , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Narrative Studies; Philippine Novel; Creative Writing: Fiction; Journalism

Carlos M. Piocos, III , PhD Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong

Critical Theory; Migration and Diaspora Studies; Mobility Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Creative Writing: Poetry; Southeast Asian Studies; Cultural Research

Dinah Roma , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Diaspora Studies; Travel Writing/Theory; Creative Writing: Poetry; Southeast Asian Literary Studies

Anne Frances N. Sangil, PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Popular Culture; Film Studies; Philippine Cinema

Antonette Talaue-Arogo , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Theory and Criticism; Postcolonialism and Cosmopolitanism; Decoloniality; Gender Studies

John Iremil E. Teodoro , PhD Literature, De La Salle University

Visayan Literature; Creative Writing: Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Nonfiction; Environmental Writing; Archipelagic Studies; Translations; Philippine Gay Culture

Jose Victor Torres , PhD History, University of Santo Tomas

Philippine History; Philippine Theater; Creative Writing: Drama; Heritage Studies