Latin American Literature

Department of Literature

We train professionals with high-level academic quality who, in a critical, creative, free, and responsible manner, analyze and interpret literary works with knowledge of the cultural and social values of our society, based on three main axes:

Literary criticism and theory
Literary models
Latin American and Mexican literature

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Subject	HRS ^?
Oriental Literary Models	4
Classical Literary Models	4
Foundations of Analysis and Criticism of Literature	4
Techniques of Research in Literature	4
Linguistics I	4
Academic Writing Workshop	4
University Integration Workshop	2

Subject	HRS
Medieval Literary Models	4
Logic	4
Analysis and Criticism of Poetry	4
Analysis and Criticism of Narrative	4
Linguistics II	4
Mexican Literature I	4

Subject	HRS
European Literary Models of the 17th and 18th Centuries	4
Literary Models of the Golden Age	4
Analysis and Criticism of Dramatic Texts and Staging	4
Essay Workshop	4
Identity and Literature in Latin America	6
The Person in Their Socio-Environmental Environment	4

Subject	HRS
European Literary Models of the 19th Century	4
Literary Theory	4
Latin American Narrative I	4
Latin American Essay	4
Poetry and Poetics	4
Interpersonality and Transcendence	4

Subject	HRS
European Literary Models of the 19th Century	4
Brazilian and Antillean Literary Models	4
Seminar of Studies in Latin American Literature	4
Mexican Literature II	4
Latin American Poetry and Poetics	4
Global Citizenship and Environment	4

Subject	HRS
Building Democracy and Sustainability	4
European Literary Models of the 20th Century	4
North American Literary Models	4
Contemporary Literary Theory	4
Latin American Narrative II	4
Elective 1 (8 Credits)	4

Subject	HRS
European Literary Models of the 20th Century	4
Latin American Literature Research Seminar I	4
Latin American Drama	4
Elective 2 (8 Credits)	4
Elective 3 (8 Credits)	4
Training and Social Action Workshop	2

Subject	HRS
Models of Children's and Young Adult Literature	4
Latin American Literature Research Seminar II	4
Perspectives of Contemporary Literature	4
Narrative Workshop	4
Elective 4 (8 Credits)	4
Professional Practices in Literature	4

Subjects:

BASIC

Groups conceptual frameworks, fundamental disciplinary and methodological notions, as well as university induction activities.
MINOR

Free-choice subjects that complement professional training, according to different disciplinary and/or professional fields. May include organized sets of 3 subjects from any department if you wish to obtain the Complementary Studies Diploma.
MAJOR

Promotes the application of knowledge in a specific professional field and trains students for responsible performance.

ASE

Curricular spaces that promote interdisciplinarity and whose intention is for students to evaluate, integrate and apply the acquisition of generic and professional competencies.
AFAS

Curricular space that aims to strengthen social commitment and responsibility through direct contact with the country's reality and professional attention to vulnerable groups and/or communities in need.
ARU

Contributes to the comprehensive training of students considering their autonomy and commitment, enabling them to propose conscious, responsible and critical actions in the face of the challenges of their social and environmental context.

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We create new careers and reformulate our study plans so you have more and better tools. You will gain competencies to do collaborative work, develop your creativity, innovate, undertake and be a leader in your area of study, all with a broad command of technology and knowledge in your area of study.

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Highlights

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Training of professionals with a critical and analytical thinking that allows them to develop in diverse areas of the literary world and beyond: cinema, art, design, communication, translation, cultural management and dissemination, among others.
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We focus on Latin America, but without neglecting the balance in a universal training.
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We offer solid training in children's and youth literature, poetry, theater and literature and gender.
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Our faculty includes Emeritus Academics SNI, who strengthen our research areas.
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We have new subjects around new contemporary poetry (experimental poetry, visual poetry, sound poetry, etc.).
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We expand Professional Practices to go beyond the editorial field, with new and diverse content creation options in institutions, companies, teaching, etc.
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Emphasis on literary theory and criticism, with cutting-edge research lines.
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Small groups in close proximity to the faculty, with an open door policy in the academic Department.
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The plural nature, the Latin American character and the dialogue with the most recent theory, distinguish the license from more conservative ones.
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We have the largest private university library in Mexico, with more than 400,000 physical and electronic books, newspaper library, video library, special collections and unique archives.
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Career information.

Literary criticism and theory
Literary models
Latin American and Mexican literature

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- Fondness for reading literary texts and books in general.
- Ability to search for and find relevant information of any kind.
- Sensitivity and interest in words, oral and written expression, and linguistic phenomena in general.
- Ability to write ideas and opinions clearly and orderly.
- General interest in the different areas of culture.
- Interest in the exchange of ideas by means of discussion and conversation.
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- Offer society a better understanding of itself through the interpretation and dissemination of the cultural and social values implicit in Latin American literatures.
- Provide innovative and responsible answers to contemporary cultural problems, from the areas of cultural management and dissemination, research, and teaching.
- Formulate original and pertinent research within current Latin American literary studies, based on a solid theoretical-critical foundation, as well as disseminate their results in specialized and cultural publications.
- Contribute to the debate and improvement of necessary cultural policies in a global context.
03
- Capacity for comprehensive and critical reading of literary texts of all genres.
- Ability to compose orderly, precise, and expressive verbal objects (oral or written).
- Integration of knowledge, reflection, and sensitivity in the formulation of texts on literary and cultural topics in general.
- Capacity to promote the development of skills and knowledge in groups of pre-university students.
04
- Modern and contemporary literary theory and criticism.
- Mexican and Latin American, modern and contemporary literature.
- Children's and youth literature: theoretical, editorial, and educational aspects.
- Modern and contemporary theater: theory and history.
- Gender studies in the literary field and their link with other disciplines.
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- Creation, organization, and publication of content in the institutional communication areas of companies or in media.
- Literary research, undertaking postgraduate studies.
- Cultural management: planning, coordination, and direction of cultural projects.
- Education and promotion of reading: teaching, consulting, management, and educational planning.
- Publishing industry: correction and editing of texts for publication.
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- More than 70 years of experience training outstanding professionals, teachers, and literature researchers who continue their postgraduate studies worldwide.
- Solid theoretical foundation that generates highly trained researchers who begin their practices with SNI members and emeritus professors who are part of the academic staff.
- It has the largest library among private universities in Mexico, with more than 400,000 physical and electronic books, a newspaper library, and a video library, in addition to unique collections and archives.
- Personalized attention and updated gender protocols.
- Interdisciplinary elective subject area.
- Job board.
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The academic training offered by the degree provides students with a critical perspective on par with prestigious international institutions, so they can continue their studies anywhere in the world.
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The bachelor's degree has student mobility agreements with multiple universities, for example, in Argentina, Chile, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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Accredited by the Interinstitutional Committees for the Evaluation of Higher Education (CIEES).

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