The course offers a critical overview of Latin American cinema since the 1960s, trying to identify recurrent themes and discourses that allow the distinction of a cultural identity. The objective of the course is to vindicate cinematographic expression as a way to access particular conceptions of the world that are in force in the Latin American cultural environment. Students will reflect on mythical and religious paradigms as sources of cultural identity in our societies and socio-cultural instability. El curso ofrece un panorama crítico del cine latinoamericano desde 1960, intentando identificar temas y discursos recurrentes que permiten distinguir uno identidad cultural. El objetivo del curso es la vindicación de la expresión cinematográfica como una de las maneras de acceder a visiones particulares del mundo que tienen vigencia en el ambiente cultural latinoamericano. Los estudiantes considerarán paradigmas míticos y religiosos como fuentes de identidad cultural en nuestras sociedades y nuestra inestabilidad sociocultural. Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.
Department: Spanish
Location: Santiago
Credits: 3