Retrospective of a doctoral research: initial concerns, operationalization and (in)conclusions

Abstract

This article reviews the trajectory of the doctoral thesis entitled «Electronic literature locations: from the idea of Nation to that of interzone in ELO (Electronic Literature Organization)», defended in August 2020 to obtain the title of Ph.D. in Humanities with a mention in Letters (FHUC-UNL). In this work, I present the research question, the hypotheses and objectives of the thesis, its organization in parts and chapters, the methodological decisions adopted and the analysis that derives from all of this. At the same time, such an exhibition is accompanied by certain findings that occurred fortuitously throughout the work, some obstacles that had to be overcome, and unfinished aspects that motivate future individual and collective projects and research. The objective of the work that I present here is to bring the reader closer to the trajectory of construction and writing of a thesis, with all the detours and rethinking that this implies, while I intend to disclose the results of the thesis.