THE PHD? THIS IS DEVOTED TO THE PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY STUDY, WITH A CROSS-BORDER PERSPECTIVE, OF MEDIEVAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRADITION. IS IT DIVIDED INTO TWO CURRICULA, ROMAN PHILOLOGY AND MODERN LITERATURE, BASED ON THE COMMON STOIRCO-FILOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH AND THE OMENT-EIT? CULTURAL AREAS CONSIDERED, FROM EUROPE, TO EMBRACE THE WESTERN CULTURAL TRADITION AS A WHOLE.