Objective. This essay raises a writing proposal, called Theatricalized Literary Essay, with a structure, which as a methodology, uses in a mixture the literary resources of an essay and dramaturgy, Discussion. The proposal to unite two literary genres, shows a literary option, as an alternative to discuss, that can respond to the need that science has to propose literary genres that help its understanding and bring it closer to non-scholarly citizens, who exemplified in a practical case that discusses the dilemma between training universal or specialized professionals in universities, Conclusion. As a result, an essay is obtained that can freely use the attributes of the essay, mixed with the richness of the dramaturgy, presented through a practical case, which analyzes, for the education of engineering professionals, if it is more relevant a training specific or a more universal formation.