Professor of Brazilian Literature - Salary and Career
Teachers in higher education language and literature

Professor of Brazilian Literature - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They teach classes, courses and seminars and carry out research in the areas of linguistics and literature, guide students, carry out pedagogical-administrative, assessment and professional qualification activities, organize the production of knowledge in the area, disseminate scientific knowledge, provide advice and consultancy.

How much does an Professor of Brazilian Literature earn

A Professor of Brazilian Literature earns between $903 and $11.113 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.484 and a median salary of $2.037 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 110 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Professor of Brazilian Literature

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.484 41.804 871 28
1º Quartile 903 10.840 226 7
Median Salary 2.037 24.448 509 16
3º Quartile 8.475 101.700 2.119 68
Higher Salary 11.113 133.353 2.778 90


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • teaching professionals
      • higher education teachers
        • teachers in higher education language and literature

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Main workplaces

Teachers in higher education language and literature the positions of this CBO family perform their functions in institutions and establishments whose activities are related to teaching, culture and research and development. Generally, they are hired as salaried workers, with a formal contract, work individually, in pairs and in work teams, carry out activities with occasional supervision, in closed environments, usually during the day, the exercise of work can occur from face-to-face and in a distance learning system. Professionals in some of the occupations may be subject to stress and may be exposed to the action of intense noise.


What does it take to work in the field of Teachers in higher education language and literature

These occupations are performed by people with higher education in the area of letters, usually postgraduates. For the full exercise of the functions, no professional experience is required, except for the occupations of professors of philology and textual criticism and professors of comparative literature. Admission to professional practice in public universities is by tender.


Functions and activities of Professor of Brazilian Literature

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

  • organize knowledge production in the area;
  • provide assistance and consultancy;
  • guide students;
  • teaching classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • minister classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • perform research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • render advice and consultancy;
  • orient students;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • demonstrate personal competences;
  • perform professional qualification activities;
  • divulgar scientific knowledge;
  • provide advisory and consulting;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • conduct research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • advise students;
  • perform pedagogical-administrative activities;
  • perform research in the fields of language, linguistics and literature;
  • perform assessment activities;
  • provide advisory and consultancy;
  • disseminate scientific knowledge;
  • organizing knowledge production in the area;
  • organizing the production of knowledge in the area;
  • disseminating scientific knowledge;
  • organize the production of knowledge in the area;
  • delivering classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • carry out research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • advising students;

  • Activities

    • elaborating literary criticism;
    • advise master's dissertations;
    • demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;
    • make scientific production available, via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • publish translations of texts;
    • guide course completion papers - tcc;
    • update in academic career;
    • elaborate a master's thesis;
    • study new technologies to support teaching;
    • evaluate the course's pedagogical project;
    • evaluate the written production of students;
    • provide financial resources for research;
    • supervise master's dissertations;
    • provide didactic-pedagogical knowledge, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • evaluate national course exam;
    • organize and edit scientific publications;
    • promote seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • suggest purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • delivering distance learning courses ;
    • elaborate a doctoral thesis;
    • develop language and literature textbooks;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do, etc.);
    • relate specific knowledge of the area to sociocultural issues;
    • articulate knowledge of different areas;
    • promoting inter and transdisciplinary studies;
    • develop scientific working methodologies;
    • perform proofreading of texts and translations;
    • participate in a cultural award jury;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do etc.);
    • perform publishing activities;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • participate in discussions about the area, via the internet;
    • prepare exams for competitions (vestibular, admission, selection of teachers, etc.);
    • select didactic and paradidactic material ( books, tapes, videos etc);
    • perform text review and translations;
    • to prepare language proficiency exams;
    • assemble a research team;
    • exercise positions of leadership, direction, supervision and coordination;
    • demonstrate ability to interact with students;
    • elaborate glossaries;
    • evaluate teaching, research and extension activities;
    • distribute disciplines;
    • hold lectures, conferences, etc;
    • elaborate opinions for publishers;
    • demonstrate ability to transmit scientific knowledge, clearly;
    • establish assessment criteria;
    • analyze methodological principles of the area;
    • orient scientific initiation work;
    • define syllabus;
    • prepare course programs;
    • elaborate didactic and paradidactic material;
    • provide assistance to research funding agencies;
    • relate theory and practice;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • study new technologies to support research;
    • carry out interdisciplinary studies;
    • elaborate master's thesis;
    • plan budget;
    • discussing the use of the language front to economic, social and political demands;
    • demonstrate instrumental mastery of a foreign language;
    • assess the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • update yourself in academic career;
    • participate in the preparation of curricular proposals;
    • develop projects;
    • plan and implement curriculum;
    • organize schedules, schedules, etc;
    • develop language proficiency exams;
    • advise course completion papers - tcc;
    • plan and implement curricula;
    • update your academic career;
    • organizing linguistic atlases;
    • organizing anthologies;
    • work as a team;
    • writing entries;
    • advise doctoral theses;
    • develop postdoctoral activities;
    • guide course completion works - tcc;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • suggest the purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • organize critical editions;
    • organizing literary competitions;
    • participate in the correction of exams;
    • perform theoretical-methodological discussions;
    • advise scientific initiation work;
    • write texts related to research;
    • promote scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • stimulate critical thinking in students;
    • organize didactic editions of literary works;
    • research the use of new technologies to support the area;
    • indicate bibliography;
    • demonstrate reflective ability;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • follow specialization, improvement, extension courses, etc;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • assess student needs;
    • participate in national and international scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • elaborate literary criticism;
    • discuss curricular proposals;
    • proceed with ethics in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • suggest translations, publications, etc., for publishers;
    • publish works;
    • collect data and materials for research;
    • proceed ethically in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • evaluate the development of students in the course;
    • present papers at scientific conferences;
    • prepare reports and monographs;
    • discussing the application of the study of language in professional practice;
    • promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies;
    • organize linguistic atlases;
    • develop and implement extension projects;
    • evaluate curriculum;
    • analyze communication processes in institutions;
    • perform a bibliographic survey;
    • perform self-assessment;
    • prepare assessment instruments;
    • promoting studies on interrelationships of different languages;
    • demonstrate ability for analysis and synthesis;
    • participate in the organization of examining boards;
    • participate in an academic and scientific award jury;
    • perform bibliographic update;
    • discussing social and cultural issues, in class;
    • discussing the use of language front to economic, social and political demands;
    • elaborate opinions for research funding agencies;
    • select texts for study;
    • assess reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • discuss student production results;
    • organize didactic editions for language teaching;
    • organize scientific and cultural events;
    • organize literary competitions;
    • make scientific production available via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • give individual assistance to students;
    • elaborate notes and book reviews;
    • elaborate opinions for research funding bodies;
    • orient specialization works;
    • advise course completion projects - tcc;
    • analyze the interrelationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language;
    • translate texts;
    • promoting seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos etc.;
    • master the historical-theoretical-methodological foundations of the area;
    • provide assistance to educational institutions;
    • participate in meetings of research lines and groups;
    • update syllabus;
    • work as a team;
    • provide advice to educational institutions;
    • organizing diplomatic issues;
    • develop extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • perform interdisciplinary studies;
    • orient students in the presentation of work;
    • demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;
    • make didactic-pedagogical knowledge available, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • orient monitoring work;
    • participate in boards;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • supervise internships;
    • update bibliographic collection of the area in the institution;
    • conduct seminars to discuss partial research results;
    • orient specialization works;
    • conduct theoretical-methodological discussions with the students;
    • represent peers in committees external to the institution;
    • organize anthologies;
    • organizing didactic editions for language teaching;
    • orient specialization work;
    • participate in committees to establish evaluation criteria for tenders;
    • elaborate opinions for scientific publications;
    • elaborate dictionaries;
    • schedule research activities;
    • advising doctoral theses;
    • analyze data and research materials;
    • provide advice to public bodies;
    • elaborate language and literature textbooks;
    • participate in national and international academic, scientific and cultural events;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • schedule the use of support;
    • disclose student production;
    • schedule language laboratory activities and informatics;


    Sectors that hire Professor of Brazilian Literature the most in the job market

    • elementary school
    • high school
    • child education - pre-school
    • preparatory courses for contests
    • child education - day care
    • activities of religious organizations
    • computer training
    • higher education - postgraduate and extension
    • retail book trade
    • other teaching activities




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