FF:BA_Mg2 Latvian literature - Course Information
BA_Mg2 Latvian literature
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Pavel Štoll, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Baltic Languages and Literatures (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Baltic Languages and Literatures (programme FF, N-HS)
- Course objectives
- Students will learn about the development of Latvian literature from the late 19th century to the present. They will be given a list of literary works to read and to practise their ability to analyse them as literary works in a developmental and contemporary cultural context.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
identify and summarize the important features of the main periods of development of Latvian literature;
list the most important works of the most important Latvian authors, describe them and identify their genre affiliation. - Syllabus
- 1. Nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century romanticism and neoromanticism. Poruks, Skalbe, Aspazija, Rainis.
- 2. Modern trends until 1918 (decadence, symbolism, impressionism). Virza, Akuraters, Jaunsudrabiņš.
- 3. Realism until 1918. Blaumanis, Brigadere, Upīts.
- 4. Modern prose of the twenties and thirties. Ezeriņš, Ādamsons, Upīts, Lācis.
- 5. Interwar avant-garde in poetry (expressionism, futurism, imagism). Čaks, Sudrabkalns, Skujiņa.
- 6. Literary positivism in the Ulmanis' times. Literature during the German occupation. Virza, Veselis, Grīns.
- 7. Literature in exile, traditionalism and modernism. Hell´s Kitchen, Eglītis, Zīverts.
- 8. The period of socialist realism. Upīts, Lācis, Sudrabkalns.
- 9. Poetry in the sixties and eighties of the twentieth century. Vācietis, Ziedonis, Belševica, Čaklais, Zālīte.
- 10. The prose in the sixties and eighties of the twentieth century. Bels, Ezera, Zariņš, Skujiņš.
- 11. Poetry after the restoration of the independent state. Skujenieks, Bērziņš, Langa, Vērdiņš.
- 12. The prose after the restoration of the independent state. Repše, Ikstena, Ābele, Bankovskis, Kalniete.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written test, exam. For the final test, you must read at least two works from before 1940, two from 1940-1990, and two published after 1990. You must also demonstrate the ability to analyse works of Latvian literature in a developmental and contemporary cultural context.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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