Cultural and Communication Processes of the 20th Century in Europe and Latvia

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
4 class literature summary / essay on course literature (of your choice). Minimum volume of the summary excluding the title page – 2 typed pages (1 page – min. 1800 characters with spaces, 12 pt font size, Times New Roman only, 1.5 line spacing). The title page should specify the class, of which the summary is prepared (i.e. literature and group number). + 2 expeditions: 1) about the procession of the Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires on March 16; 2) about the commemoration event at the Soviet Soldiers Monument on May 9 Minimum scope of analysis for each expedition excluding the title page - 5 typed pages (1 page – min. 1800 characters with spaces, 12 pt font size, Times New Roman only, 1.5 line spacing). + a report with analysis of a work of fiction of the 20th century in connection with the events and processes of the 20th century (see bibliography at the end of the course description). Minimum volume of the report excluding the title page - 8 typed pages (1 page – min. 1800 characters with spaces, 12 pt font size, Times New Roman only, 1.5 line spacing).

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Academic paper
2. Examination	-	-
The final grade (on a 10-point scale) will consist of the following assessments: a. attendance of lectures and seminars – 5% b. quality of activity and answers in seminars – 15% c. grades for summaries and essays – 30% d. report – 15% e. exam work – 35%

Nationalism, a nation in the 19th century culture of Europe. Ideology. Generation of traditions in opera art, painting and the so-called performative turn in cultural analysis. Latvian political spectrum. Urbanisation processes in the territory of Latvia and reflection thereof in modernist literature. Introduction to the study course. “Long” 19th century? When does the 20th century start? Processes in politics, communication, arts. Situation in the Baltic provinces. Crisis of national movement

Nationalism, a nation in the 19th century culture of Europe. Ideology. Generation of traditions in opera art, painting and the so-called performative turn in cultural analysis. Latvian political spectrum. Urbanisation processes in the territory of Latvia and reflection thereof in modernist literature. Introduction to the study course. “Long” 19th century? When does the 20th century start? Processes in politics, communication, arts. Situation in the Baltic provinces. Crisis of national movement

1914: World War I (1914 – 1918) and its consequences for the European cultural space. World War I in Latvia: refugee committees. Forms of political participation.

1914: World War I (1914 – 1918) and its consequences for the European cultural space. World War I in Latvia: refugee committees. Forms of political participation.

The collapse of old Europe: revolutions, Bolshevism, mass politics, and the phenomenon of mass culture.

A revolution in the arts? Link with the 19th century changes in the arts. The role of Cézanne in European art processes. The beginning of the 20th century. Cubism, expressionism. Quests in text and music. Dadaism. An insight into Latvian art culture at the beginning of the 20th century. The phenomenon of artist associations. Latvian classical modernism in the arts.

Interwar dictatorships: fascism, Nazism, Stalinism. The individual versus the system. The phenomenon of political terror. Authoritarian culture in Latvia: media politics, festive culture, political image of K. Ulmanis, means of its construction in connection with non-democratic cultures of Western Europe. Transfers and hybridisation processes.

Interwar dictatorships: fascism, Nazism, Stalinism. The individual versus the system. The phenomenon of political terror. Authoritarian culture in Latvia: media politics, festive culture, political image of K. Ulmanis, means of its construction in connection with non-democratic cultures of Western Europe. Transfers and hybridisation processes.

The phenomenon of a political enemy in the inter-war Europe. Anti-Semitism in Europe and Latvia. Occupation of 1940 – 1941. The Holocaust. World War II in Latvia. Expected guest lecture: witnesses of deportations, work on CD letters from the front. Discussion.

The phenomenon of a political enemy in the inter-war Europe. Anti-Semitism in Europe and Latvia. Occupation of 1940 – 1941. The Holocaust. World War II in Latvia. Expected guest lecture: witnesses of deportations, work on CD letters from the front. Discussion.

Nationalism, a nation in the 19th century culture of Europe. Ideology. Generation of traditions in opera art, painting and the so-called performative turn in cultural analysis. Latvian political spectrum. Urbanisation processes in the territory of Latvia and reflection thereof in modernist literature. Introduction to the study course. “Long” 19th century? When does the 20th century start? Processes in politics, communication, arts. Situation in the Baltic provinces. Crisis of national movement

1914: World War I (1914 – 1918) and its consequences for the European cultural space. World War I in Latvia: refugee committees. Forms of political participation.

The collapse of old Europe: revolutions, Bolshevism, mass politics, and the phenomenon of mass culture.

A revolution in the arts? Link with the 19th century changes in the arts. The role of Cézanne in European art processes. The beginning of the 20th century. Cubism, expressionism. Quests in text and music. Dadaism. An insight into Latvian art culture at the beginning of the 20th century. The phenomenon of artist associations. Latvian classical modernism in the arts.

A revolution in the arts? Link with the 19th century changes in the arts. The role of Cézanne in European art processes. The beginning of the 20th century. Cubism, expressionism. Quests in text and music. Dadaism. An insight into Latvian art culture at the beginning of the 20th century. The phenomenon of artist associations. Latvian classical modernism in the arts.

Interwar dictatorships: fascism, Nazism, Stalinism. The individual versus the system. The phenomenon of political terror. Authoritarian culture in Latvia: media politics, festive culture, political image of K. Ulmanis, means of its construction in connection with non-democratic cultures of Western Europe. Transfers and hybridisation processes.

The phenomenon of a political enemy in the inter-war Europe. Anti-Semitism in Europe and Latvia. Occupation of 1940 – 1941. The Holocaust. World War II in Latvia. Expected guest lecture: witnesses of deportations, work on CD letters from the front. Discussion.

The phenomenon of a political enemy in the inter-war Europe. Anti-Semitism in Europe and Latvia. Occupation of 1940 – 1941. The Holocaust. World War II in Latvia. Expected guest lecture: witnesses of deportations, work on CD letters from the front. Discussion.