National Autonomous University of Mexico

This literature course studies the work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, exploring lesser-known aspects of her work. Each week of the class, selected articles or book chapters are discussed, providing critical perspectives on Sor Juana’s writings, paired with direct readings of her texts, including sonnets, romances, letters, and other poems. This course extends beyond the canonical image of Sor Juana, encouraging a deeper and more nuanced understanding of her literary legacy; it leads to the discovery that Sor Juana's literary quality permeates all her work, regardless of whether they are the object of praise or indifference. 

This course critically examines aesthetics from a historical perspective, focusing on the theory of both Plato and Aristotle. The course explores topics of aesthetics and form; aesthetics as a historical discipline, and aesthetics as a normative discipline. It then compares and contrasts Platonic aesthetics to Aristotelian poetics.

This course translates previous knowledge of syntactic analysis of textual and oral pragmatic applications of discourse in the Spanish language. The class analyzes how grammatical structures used in common speech can receive a distinct communicative function outside of its syntactic or semantic aspect. 

This course offers a historical and panoramic overview of the relationship between music and social and political processes of Latin America from the colonial period until the 19th century, reflecting upon the importance of these musical expressions in considering the possibiitlies of a Latin American identity. 

This is a literature theory course that examines different theoretical approaches to understanding the novel. The class covers expressive theories, mimetic theories, objective theories, and pragmatic theories, introducing students to a wide range of perspectives in literary criticism. Throughout the course, these theories are explored through the close analysis of selected novels, allowing students to apply theoretical concepts to practical readings. 

This course studies the historical processes, trends, and key figures in Latin American education during the 20th and 21st centuries.

This course reflects upon the characteristics of linguistic, paralinguistic and non-verbal content of communication that works to exercise violence against others.  Through the identification of patterns, linguistic messages, and other methods of communication, the class analyzes a type of nonphysical moral violence equally as important in its overall study.  The course also covers forms of violence prevention. 

This course provides a general and introductory overview of the history and culture of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples of the Central Mexican Highlands. The course is structured in two semesters, each with a distinct yet complementary focus. This first semester course is diachronic, explaining the historical development of the Nahua peoples, from their cultural origins in the Classic period to the events leading up to the Spanish conquest. The second semester, in contrast, examines various aspects of Nahuatl culture from a synchronic perspective.

This course revolves around artistic expression among indigenous communities. The class material involves analysis of ancient American art, but is more based in understanding and questioning the general understanding of art as a concept, and how it relates to indigenous expression as well as hierarchies of sensibility. Ideas such as esthetics, intention, and technique are discussed in order to open students' minds to understanding the root of certain divisive labels, such as artisanal or primitive art.