SPA480.66 History of America and Chile in the 20th Century

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Overview of the history of Latin America in the twentieth century with particular reference to Chile. Consider the interconnections between the main political, economic, and social trends of the period, as well as Pan American and global relations and cultural expressions. (UC code: IHV 0103)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. An overview of the process of emancipation of the nations of Latin America in the early nineteenth century, the difficult construction of a republican order, opening the global economy and changes and continuities in society. (UC code: IHV 0102)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course is an overview of the two regimes of government that led the country between 1891 and 1973 (parliamentary and presidential), analyzing their characteristics in order to clarify their differences from the models that inspire them. At the same time, we will study the different factors that caused the final breakdown of these regimes, looking at length at the party system that existed in each regime and the influence they had on their respective crises. (UC code: IHT 0106)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course delves deeper into Cervantes’ novel, Don Quijote de la Mancha, as well as the circumstances of Cervantes’ life. Students conduct a careful reading of Don Quijote and analyze certain segments of the work to better understand the true importance of this novel. (UC code: LET231E)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Course objectives include to understand the importance of the Quechan language during the Inca, colonial and contemporary times; to defend one’s personal opinion about the value and validity of the Quechan culture in the 21st century; and to understand the different worldviews and ways of interpreting reality through Quechan history. (UC code: LET001E)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. An analysis of the processes, structures and contents of Latin American politics during the 20th and 21st centuries. Pre-requisite: introductory political science course. (UC code: ICP 0105)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. In this course students apply theoretical tools to the analysis of a selected group of Chilean economic problems. Through this process we intend to strengthen the students’  understanding of the theory of economics and show the way in which it is applied to the analysis of concrete Chilean economic problems. Prerequisite: introductory microeconomics. (UC code: EAE206A)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. Course objectives include to understand and establish aesthetic contributions of modernity and postmodernity in Latin America and to analyze the constitution of artistic discourse since modernity and postmodernity and its impact on the imagination and communication of the continent. (UC code: ESO 2681)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course aims to provide knowledge of the cultural elements of societies and worldviews of indigenous Central and South Americans, their permanence in time and space, and their relations with the non-indigenous world. Students will learn how to synthesize the characteristics of the American Indian world, from its origins to the present day, through analysis of anthropological and ethno-historical sources and from the perspective of a plural and diverse society, to assess the ethnic and cultural diversity of indigenous peoples of America and to identify the foundations of American cultural identity present in the indigenous worldview. (UC code: IHA 0010)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course provides an overview of both fiction and non-fiction work of Jorge Luis Borges, analyzing topics such as the infinite, chaos, and time and eternity. (UC code: LET228E)