For students to be able to further their knowledge of the general literature, and the national literatures in particular, whilst having a supranational and comparative perspective.
For students to be able to update and put to good use their knowledge of literature by creating documented and original research projects, seeing this as a fundamental way of understanding, varying and expanding the reality, sometimes with a great influence on society, on various aspects of this or areas of its evolution (educational, moral, idiomatic, etc.).
For students to be able to use the bibliographic, documentary, theoretical and critical tools necessary for scientific research in literature.