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Cultural and Communication Processes of the 20th Century in Europe and Latvia
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:13
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_129 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Deniss Hanovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Finished study course History of Ideas. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course continues the topics of the 1st study year, covering the period from the end of the 19th century to the present day, the first decade of the 21st century. The course is intended as a theoretical introduction and an opportunity for debate on the cultural processes of the 20th century in different sectors, combining the development processes of European and Latvian society: communication, art, politics, education, social sphere. The focus of the course is on the analysis of processes in the European and Latvian communication space, both in the political discourse and in various communication tools and fields, including analysis of interwar culture of the 20th century and impact thereof on the situation in Latvian society. The analysis of cultural processes in Europe in the 20th century not only will serve to broaden general humanitarian erudition, but the course will also aim to provide students with a deeper knowledge of the areas that were created and developed specifically in the context of cultural processes of the 20th century. This is an important prerequisite for further training of professionals in the field of public relations, multimedia, and journalism, while maintaining general humanitarian cultural competence. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 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 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | 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. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The collapse of old Europe: revolutions, Bolshevism, mass politics, and the phenomenon of mass culture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | 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. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | 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. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | 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. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 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 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | 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. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The collapse of old Europe: revolutions, Bolshevism, mass politics, and the phenomenon of mass culture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | 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. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | 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. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | 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. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided 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). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 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% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of the development of the history of European and Latvian ideas in the 20th century, outstanding cultural politicians, artists and literary experts, as well as media experts, technological development, philosophical and political discourse in society in the 20th century, both in Latvia and in Western Europe. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To critically analyse the basic texts of different eras in European and Latvian culture. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To form a dialogue and presentations on the course topics, to substantiate, and to develop independent critical works. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Osmond J., Cimdina A. (ed.). Power and Culture. Identity, Ideology, Representation. Pisa: Pisa University, 2007. | ||||||||
| 2 | Said E. Kultur und Imperialismus. Einbildungskraft und Politik im Zeitalter der Macht. – Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag, 1994. | ||||||||
| 3 | Wagner T., Hassan N. Consuming culture in the long 19th century.– Lexington books, 2007. | ||||||||
| 4 | Urbach K. (ed.) European Aristocracies and the radical right. 1918.–1939. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007. | ||||||||
| 5 | Wasson E. Aristocracy and the Modern World. - Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Waugh E. Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. - Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1945 | ||||||||
| 7 | Worsthorne P. Democracy needs Aristocracy.- London: Harper Perennial, 2005 | ||||||||
| 8 | Zweig S. Glanz und Schatten über Europa. In: Die Welt von gestern. Erinnerungen eines Europäers. – Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2000 | ||||||||
| 9 | Rendle M. Family, Kinship and Revolution: The Russian Nobility, 1917-23. // Family and Community History, Vol.8./1, May 2005 | ||||||||
| 10 | Шаховская, З. Таков мой век. Москва: Русский путь, 2008 | ||||||||
| 11 | Юсупов Ф. Мемуары. Москва: Захаров, 2000 | ||||||||
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