The latvian academy of culture

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:

1. To acquire a positive assessment at seminars.

2. To pass an oral examination.

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The Name of the Course: World Literature of the 20^th Century

The Scope of the Course: 48 academic hours (32 hours of lectures, 16 hours of

seminars)

3 credit points. The type of assessment – an oral examination.

The Author of the Course: Ass. Prof. Inese Karbanova, Dr. philol.

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: A successfully passed examination in the History of Literature of the 19^th Century. Knowledge of foreign languages.

The Contents of the Course: The course comprises the most significant phenomena of the 20^th century literature in Western Europe and America. The objective of the course is to form an insight into the development of literature, various development stages, trends, styles and genres, as well as writings and the most important works of separate authors.

The Thematic Planning:

VIII.Theme	IX.Week	Type of classes and hours
The history of world literature at the beginning of the 20^th century. World War I and the “lost generation”. E.M. Remarque, E. Hemingway.	1, 2	L2;L2;S2
Social and political events after World War I. The genre of utopia and antiutopia in literature. A. Huxley. G. Orwell.	3	L2;S2
The theme of fascism and World War II in world literature. W. Koepen. H. Bell.	4	L2
”The Youth Revolution” and world literature. J.D. Salinger.	5	L2
The scientific and technical revolution of the 20^th century and its impact on the world literature. M. Proust. J. Joyce. W. Faulkner.	6, 7, 8	L2;L2;L2; S2;S2
Philosophy and the world literature of the 20^th century. The influence of F. Nietzsche and A. Bergson on world literature. T. Mann. H. Hesse.	9, 10	L2;L2;S2
Existentialism in philosophy and literature. J.P. Sartre. A. Camus.	11	L2;S2
The impact of the 20^th century art on the development of literature. Impressionism, Expressionism and Surrealism in art and literature. F. Kafka.	12	L2;S2
parody and paradox, grotesque and irony in contemporary art and literature. E. Waugh and G. Greene.	13	L2
New features in the development of drama. The “epic drama” of B. Brecht. ”Intellectual” dramaturgy, the drama of the absurd. S. Beckett. T.S. Eliot.	14, 15	L2;L2;S2
The new novel of Latin America. G.G. Marquez.	16	L2