Abstract
This paper presents a multidisciplinary and transcultural project which aims to promote intercultural competence in Higher Education students and, for this purpose, we suggest a specific literary genre, ‘transcultural literature’. The term, ‘intercultural literature’ emphasizes the interactive character of cultural influences, helps us to understand the processes of formation of hybrid and multilayered identities and suggests a mindset between worlds and different languages and between the boundaries of different identities. The second matrix, to which our project refers, recognizes the narrative tradition as a fundamental source to cultivate imagination, critical thinking and the ability to imagine other worlds and other dimensions of being. The study refers to two main sources of data collection: a series of reflections, in the form of journal entries, written by students as part of their assignment. The results provide valuable insights about the integration of literary text in the reflective process for development of intercultural competences.