Chile

This course provides a study of what is meant by literature and how it is studied today. It considers definitions of literature developed by academics and creators whose opinions have been decisive in the contemporary intellectual debate. The course also analyzes the concept of literary genres (drama, lyric, narrative), and reviews their historical evolution. Key concepts of the metalanguage of literary studies (speech / text, enunciation / enunciation and fiction / non-fiction, among others) is also examined.

The course seeks to understand the gender dynamics that take place in the university space (particularly Campus Juan Gómez Millas), as an expression of the gender relations that are experienced in Chilean society today. Through analysis of the Chilean context and its gender transformations, it discusses patriarchal mandates as determining factors in the structure-agency tensions and their influence on campus relational dynamics. It also critically analyzes various expressions of machismo, sexism and phobias of the patriarchal heteronormativity, and presents a set of guiding criteria for university coexistence through a participatory process.

This workshop focuses on techniques and approaches to photographic portraits. Students practice taking portraits in medium format and explore the use of lighting, movement, and gesture to provide character and expression to an image.

The course provides a study on artistic creation and drawing as a tool of analysis and plastic comprehension. It examines the works of visual artists linked to the topics addressed in the workshop.

This course provides a study of the economic, social, and communal developments of Asia between the 1800's and present day. It examines the primary characteristics of political development in Asian countries, including legal and judicial implications, and explores the effects of urban agglomeration and social changes that occurred in Asian societies. Topics include: economic development in the region; politics and international relations in China, Japan, and the Korean and Indochinese peninsula; human geography; legal development in the region and implications in relations between Asia and Latin America.

This course provides a critical analysis of the literary creations of the Andean world (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina) from pre-Hispanic civilization to the present. It compares different visions of the universe, religious beliefs, family connections, and literary tastes from Andean myths, legends, stories, theater, novels, and lyrics. In addition, the course compares and contrasts philosophical and religious thought processes with Western values and customs.

This course is a study of Chilean documentaries. It examines the development of Chilean documentary films in the 20th century and analyzes their academic significance within the historical context of the time. The course also pays special attention to the aesthetic and artistic value of these documentaries as pieces of visual art.

This course provides a study of the main works of Chilean poetry from the end of the 20th century to the present day. It examines the post-dictatorship literary scene in relation to the contributions of the promotion of poets of the 1990s as well as more recent authors. The course reviews concepts of "modernity" and "postmodernity" as a framework for the works studied; the history of critical systems “generation” (Cedomil Goic), “promotion” (Soledad Bianchi) and “scene” (Patricio Marchant); the ratios of "foundation", "revision" and "influence" to establish continuity between the works; and the differences between the selected works and the different aesthetic achievements of these in the context of contemporary Chilean poetry.