The Literature degree program prepares students to manage the diverse activities of the contemporary cultural industry surrounding texts.
The Literature degree program prepares students to manage the diverse activities of the contemporary cultural industry surrounding texts.
The Literature degree program at the University of the Arts is conceived as a contemporary and dynamic academic space within the field of Ecuadorian and Latin American letters. Its purpose is to train researchers, editors, creators, and critics capable of contributing to current debates through the production, critical reflection, and management of the multiple forms of the written and spoken word. Within this framework, the program recognizes not only Western literary traditions, but also writings and oral traditions rooted in ancestral languages, as well as those emerging from the cultural and aesthetic transformations of the present.
Graduates of the School of Literature at the University of the Arts will possess, in addition to the knowledge and skills inherent to their degree program, a broad understanding of other artistic disciplines. As a result, they will be prepared to enter the labor market by leading creative projects; carrying out cultural management, reading mediation, and content creation for diverse communication platforms. They will also find opportunities in educational and research institutions, libraries, museums, regional and international organizations, NGOs, foundations, cultural centers, and the publishing sector. Their broad, intercultural perspective will seek to foster social awareness and sensitivity.
The School of Literature draws on a faculty of writers with distinguished artistic and academic careers, alongside editors and researchers holding master's and PhD degrees. Their areas of interest include Ecuadorian and Latin American literature; comparative studies; the registers of fantastic imagination; linguistic experimentation and gender theory; semiotics and cultural studies; oral expression and ancestral knowledge; intercultural bilingual education, among other worldviews within the sphere of multiculturalism; as well as poetry, related forms of writing, and the exploration of language, approached from multiple contemporary perspectives.
For more information, write to escuela.literatura@uartes.edu.ec or call (593)4-259-0700 ext 3062
Una feria editorial con una variada propuesta de publicaciones de editoriales independientes y proyectos culturales del Ecuador y la región se mantuvo los cuatro días del congreso de ecuatorianistas, dedicado a reflexionar sobre la literatura, el arte y las culturas del Ecuador. Ubicadas en el vestíbulo de la Biblioteca de las Artes estuvieron UArtes Ediciones, El Hipopótamo Laboratorio, Posgrados UArtes, Entrópica Editorial y Tepúyica, Editorial Blanca, Sur Editorial, Funes Editora y Cavilaciones / Brick Satori.
La poesía, la memoria y la puesta en escena se unieron en la Plaza Pública del MZ14 durante el recital literario “Ritual efímero del fuego eterno” del escritor y académico Raúl Vallejo, galardonado por su poesía, ensayo y narrativa; se presentó en el cierre del congreso de ecuatorianistas del cual la UArtes fue sede y coorganizadora. Con el autor en lectura poética: Lucho Mueckay, Daniela Vallejo e Ileana Matamoros.
La presentación del proyecto Wabi-Sabi se dio en la última de las citas de la vigésimo séptima edición del Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Ecuatorianistas en la Universidad de las Artes, su sede y coorganizadora. José Aguas, Cristian Echeverría, Brian Calle y Arturo Parra llegaron dispuestos a cautivar a la audiencia, entre quienes se encontraban el vicerrector de Posgrados e Investigación en Artes, Andrey Astaiza, docentes, estudiantes y funcionarios.