LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE This line studies literature considering its relations with other knowledge areas, media, and the cultural and interdisciplinary practices that emerge from them. It includes studies on interartistic practices, literature and other disciplines (such as history, anthropology, sociology), and literature and teaching. Professors of this line:

• Célia Regina Delácio Fernandes
• Gregorio Foganholi Dantas
• Paulo Custodio de Oliveira
• Renato Nesio Suttana
• Wagner Corsino Enedino

AREA: LINGUISTICS AND TRANSCULTURALITY

STUDY OF LANGUAGE(S) IN COMPLEX CONTEXTS This line studies language (Portuguese, Indigenous, Sign languages, and foreign languages) in complex contexts, researching the formation and construction of identities of teachers and students, acquisition of writing, discursive/textual genres in diverse contexts, literacy practices in contemporary inclusion and exclusion processes, as well as conducting linguistic descriptions that support the production of teaching materials and resources for language teaching. Professors of this line:

• Adair Vieira Gonçalves
• Anderbio Marcio Silva Martins
• Edilaine Buin Barbosa
• Marcelo Saparas
• Thayse Figueira Guimaraes

STUDIES OF LANGUAGE(S) AND DISCOURSE This line studies language-discount focusing on different processes of production, reception, and circulation of meanings in varied forms of verbal, non-verbal, and/or verbo-visual expression. Professors of this line:

• Marcos Lucio de Sousa Gois
• Marilze Tavares
• Rosana Budny, Silvia Mara de Melo
• Bruno Oliveira Maroneze
• Gicelma da Fonseca Chacarosqui Torchi