Culture

IP1006 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced 1 level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96050 Introduction to Literature
Overview of literary theory and application to Spanish and Latin American texts. Plot, characterization, atmosphere, theme, time, narrator’s voice, symbol, text and subtext. Literary genres: legend, testimony, poetry, drama, and short stories. Written reports, reading analysis and answers to open questions.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP3018 LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced 2 level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96051 Latin American Literature
Concepts in literature and literary works, functions of Literature, literary analysis and its characteristics and traits, literature genres, historical overview of Latin American literature, literary movements, peculiarities of Latin American literature. Latin American narrative of the 20th century and its impact on the literary world. Overview of the contemporary Latin American literature. Reading, analysis and discussion of the most representative works of the 20th century writers: Juan Rulfo, García Márquez, José Donoso, Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Fuentes.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP3019 MEXICAN LITERATURE
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced 2 level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96052 Mexican Literature
Overview of the contemporary Mexican literature. Reading analysis and discussion of the most representative works of 20th century Mexican writers.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP2008 MEXICAN CULTURE
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96060 Cultura de México
Overview of the Mexican way of thinking. Conclusions are drawn from Analysis of cultural elements and concepts. Among them: art, family, time Work, death, religion, music, and cuisine.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP1004 INTRODUCTION TO MEXICAN CULTURE
Requirement: English speaker or obtain 550 on TOEFL.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96061 Mexican Culture
Overview of the Mexican way of thinking. Conclusions are drawn from analysis of cultural elements and concepts. Among them: art, family, time, work, death, religion, music and cuisine.
Language of instruction: English.

IP2009 CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96062 Cultura y Civilización de México y América Latina
Panoramic course to concepts of culture, society, civilization, cultural receptiveness and Latin American identity. Historical overview of Latin America, pre-Colonial period, the Colony, independent movements, revolutions and social movements in the 20th century. Social well-being indicators and economical crisis. Economical interdependence and development in Latin America.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP96064 HISTORY OF MEXICAN ART
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced level.
Credits: 3
Different styles of Mexican architecture, painting, sculpture, ceramics, metalworking and folk arts. Evolution of different art forms. Effects of foreign influence from the colonial period to the twentieth century. Speaking and writing skills are necessary.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

IP3017 MEXICAN HISTORY
Requirements: To complete the on-line Spanish Placement Test provided by Tecnológico de Monterrey placing in Advanced level.
Credits: 3
Equivalency: IP96068 Mexican History
Analysis of Mexican nation background through times: form the American men, the first human settlements. The discovery and the Conquest of America. The Colony foundation and the independence process. The “Porfiriato”, Mexican Revolution, post-revolutionary governments and actual situation.
Language of instruction: Spanish.

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