Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

This course offers readings, analysis and interpretations of diverse poetic voices throughout Latin America. Topics include love poetry, comparison of feminine and masculine voices, metaphysical and transcendental poetry, religious and philosophical poetry, populism and poetry that denounces the social majority.

This course provides a study of the elements and principles that govern ecological sciences, including interactions, theories, hypotheses, and paradigms of the subject. This course includes discussion of the differences between ecology and environmentalism, the field of ecology in Chile, environmental issues such as development and sustainability, and the environmental influences of human beings from an evolutionary perspective.

This course examines detective and crime fiction, from the works of Edgar Allen Poe and the inception of the genre and development of sub-genres. It looks at noir novels and film, explores themes such as the "femme fatale" or the detective's sidekick, and finally dives into contemporary Latin American and Chilean takes on the genre.

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.

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.