Seminar in Spanish American Literature

4 credits · Graduate

In this course, we will undertake two tasks: a) A theoretical exploration of technology: how it was conceived of at different times and by different thinkers (Aristotle, Lucretius, Heidegger, Serres, In Nancy, among others), and its "explosion" as a field of interest after World War II, and above all, recently. b) A reading of colonial sources (mainly from Peru and Mexico; in Spanish) on what colonial technology was and the impact it had on natural environments, urban centers, and the populations that inhabited them.