The latvian academy of culture

Appendix

No	CXL.THEMES	I.HOURS
1.	Norwegian culture – a general overview. The influence of other cultures on Norwegian culture. Norwegian culture politics. Culture in today’s Norway. A comparison with Latvian culture.	2
2.	Norwegian mentality, the way of life and culture.^11	2
3.	Norwegian history of art, sculpture and architecture: The prehistoric period. The Viking Age.	2
4.	Norwegian history of art, sculpture and architecture: The stave churches. Folk art. Handicraft.	2
5.	Norwegian history of art, sculpture and architecture: The period under the Danish rule. National Romantism in art. Realism. Naturalism.	2
6.	Norwegian history of art, sculpture and architecture: Edvard Munch. Gustav Vigeland. The 20^th century and Norwegian art today. Norwegian design.	2
7.	Norwegian history of music. Norwegian folk music. The interpretation of Norwegian folk music in other styles of music.	2
8.	Norwegian history of music. Norwegian classical music. E.Grieg and Latvia. Latvian musicians un Norway, Norwegian musicians in Latvia.	2
9.	Norwegian music today. Vise-culture/tradition.	2
10.	The History of the Norwegian theatre.	2
11.	The History of the Norwegian ballet and opera.	2
12.	The History of the Norwegian cinema.	2
13.	The Norwegian cinema today.	2
14.	The History of Norwegian philosohy. A.Næss and ecophilosophy.	2
15.	Norwe The History of religion in Norway. Norway as a secularized society. The Humanist Society.	2
16.	The history of sports in Norway. The role of sports in the Norwegian society.	2

Literature

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52. 
    Danbolt, Gunnar. 1998. Norsk kunsthistorie: bilde og skulptur frå viktingtida til i dag. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
    
53. 
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The Name of the Course International Cultural Relations: Latvia-Norway: Background studies: Norwegian Literature.

The Author of the Course Lecturer Snorre Karkkonen Svensson.

The Objective of the Course The aim of the course is to give the students an introduction to Norwegian folklore and literature, as well as Norwegian literature in a world context and as a source for the culture of the Baltic States. The literature is studied also in the context of the history of the Norwegian society, music and arts. The course encourages the students to search and see the influence of and similarities with Norwegian literature in Latvian literature.

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course Knowledge of Norwegian at the level of four terms of Norwegian. All classes are in Norwegian and the students should be able to read literature in Norwegian.

The Scope of the Course 2 terms, 64 lectures and seminars, four academic hours a week, in the first and second term in the third year.

The number of Credit Points 4 points.

The Type of Assessment A written test at the end of the first term, an oral examination at the end of the second term, during both the terms – two written tests. The students should write two research papers (each 8-10 pages): 1) analysis of a literary work, 2) research of Norwegian and Latvian literary links (may also be group work).

The Contents of the Course see Appendix