Acquiring a basic understanding of the formation of the Romance languages and romance literary traditions, with a special focus on the Gallo-Romance, Ibero-Romance and Italo-Romance areas. The student will acquire a good expertise in analytical techniques and methodologies of philological research, through the study of the main literary genres and related texts, considered in their historical-cultural, linguistic and intertextual aspects. Also, he will acquire a good level of information about the focal points of the most important critical-methodological debates internal to the discipline, and the ability to argue with independent judgment on issues and problems tackled.