Nature, Landscape, and Catastrophes in Mexican Literatures of the 20th and 21st Centuries

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The course will deal, from the analysis of some emblematic texts and other non-canonical ones, with the construction of imaginaries about nature, landscape and catastrophes in Mexican literatures of the 20th and 21st centuries. It will show how this construction is directly related to the imaginary of the nation and its complications and tensions. The program will begin with Alfonso Reyes and will end with Cristina Rivera Garza.