The Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (''School of Philosophy and Literature'') or FFyL of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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(UNAM) administers eleven divisions of the humanities offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. The Department is one of the largest, and most renowned, literature faculties in the
Spanish-speaking
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world; the Alma Mater of
Nobel Laureate
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Octavio Paz
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and a number of other important figures in Latin American literature.
History
The direct ancestor of Department was the High Studies National School, founded in 1910 by
Justo Sierra
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as an attempt to establish graduate level degrees and research. The School itself was created fourteen year later hosting four majors: Sciences, Philosophy, Literature, and Historic Sciences. The Department has always been one of the most dynamic schools at the university, adding additional majors along with separating Sciences programs into a new department.Facultad de Filosofía y Letras /ref>
Organization
The School is run by the Dean, currently Jorge Enrique Linares Salgado, PhD., and is divided into eleven divisions offering undergraduate and graduate degrees:
* History
* Classic Philology
* Pedagogy (Education)
* Latin American Studies
* Hispanic Philology
* Philosophy
* Geography
* Theater and Dramatic Literature
* Modern Literature (Italian, German, French, Portuguese, and English)
* Library Science
* Intercultural Development and Management
Mexico City
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, housed in one main complex near the
Law School
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and the Main Library. Department faculty conduct joint research projects with the
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
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(IIE) and the Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas (IIF). Recently there has also been collaborations with the
School of Engineering
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to develop Media, Arts, and Technology projects.
Graduate programs
Graduate programs are offered in each division, and co-sponsor educational and research programs with other faculties at institutes all over the country.
Famous alumni
Well-known figures of Mexican and Spanish language literature, culture, and philosophy who have either graduated from the Department, or worked therein:
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Emilio Carballido
Emilio Carballido (Córdoba, Veracruz, 22 May 1925 – Xalapa, Veracruz, 11 February 2008) was a Mexican writer who earned particular renown as a playwright.
Carballido belonged to the group of writers known as the ''Generación de los 50'', a ...
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Rosario Castellanos
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...
Fernando del Paso
Fernando del Paso Morante (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist and poet.
Biography
Del Paso was born in Mexico City and took two years in economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He ...
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Elena Garro
Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican screenwriter, journalist, dramaturg, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as the initiator of the Magical Realism movement, though she rejected this affiliation. ...
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Alberto Gironella
Alberto Gironella (26 September 1929 – 2 August 1999) was a self-taught Mexican painter born in Mexico City. Heavily influenced by the politics and artist in Mexico, he showcased his works in Brazil, United States, Spain, France, Japan, Swe ...
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Margo Glantz
Margo Glantz Shapiro (; born January 28, 1930) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award.
Biography
Margo Glantz's family i ...
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Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (January 22, 1928 – November 27, 1983) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: ''The Dead Girls'', ''Tw ...
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Carlos Monsiváis
Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. ...
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Thelma Nava
Thelma Nava (November 25, 1932 - August 17, 2019) was a Mexican poet and journalist. She founded and co-founded magazines, one of which she also published. Nava was the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Poesía «Ramón López Velarde» and the ...
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Octavio Paz
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Jaime Sabines
Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as “the sniper of Literature” as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his w ...
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Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez
Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (September 17, 1915 – July 8, 2011) was a Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and professor born in Algeciras, Andalucia.
Biography
After studying philosophy at the University of Madrid, Vázquez emigrated to M ...
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Luis Villoro
Luis Villoro Toranzo (3 November 1922 – 5 March 2014) was a Spanish–Mexicans, Mexican philosopher, researcher, university professor, diplomat, academic and writer. He published more than ten books between 1950 and 2007.
Villoro was bor ...
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Ramón Xirau
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Hector Zagal
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Academic career
Zagal has written books on ecology, ethics, Aristotle, official website
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