The latvian academy of culture

The Name of the Course: Postmodernism

The Scope of the Course: 32 hours (24 lectures, 8 hours of seminars).

2 credit points. Type of Assessment: a test.

IV.The Author of the Course: Prof. Valda Čakare, Dr. Phil.

The Content of the Course: The objective of the course “Postmodernism” is to create an idea about the transformation of the aesthetic systems in modern culture and introduce students to the theoretical aspects of postmodernism in relation to the aesthetic practice of postmodernism.
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Students should have passed tests in “The History of Foreign Literature” and “The Theory of Literature" and have an ability to acquire texts in English.
Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours
An introduction. An understanding of the concept. The meaning of the term “post”. The history of the term.	1	L2
The place, time and reasons of the development of postmodernism.	2	L2
Theoreticians of postmodernism: J.F.Lyotard, U.Eco, J.Baudrillard, J.Habermas, F.Jameson, I.Hassan, L.Hucheon, etc.	3	L2
The theoretic aspect of postmodernism: postmodernism and mass culture; postmodernism and avant-garde; the relations of postmodernism and modernism; postmodernism and post-colonialism; multi-culture, inter-culture; decentralism, marginalism; deconstruction, etc.	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10	L2;L2;L2; L2;L2;L2; L2
The aesthetic practice of postmodernism.	11, 12	L2;L2
The aesthetic practice of postmodernism.	13, 14, 15, 16	S2;S2;S2;S2

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

The students are expected to attend all the seminars. The examination is in a written form. The students have to analyse some theoretical issue in relation to the aesthetical practice.

Literature:

CXXII.1. Postmodernisms.- Uz kurieni literatūras teorija?, III daļa/ Sast.V.Ivbulis.R., 1995 Grāmata.1991, Nr.12

2.Adorno, T.W. and Horkheimer M. Dialectic of Enlightenment, transl. J.Cumming, Verso, London, 1986

3.Baudrillard, J. The Evil Demon of Images. The Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, 1987

4.Baudrillard, J.Simulations, Semiotext(e) Inc., NY, 1983

5.Clayton J. and Rothstein, E. (eds), Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1991

6.Eagleton, T. The Illusions of Postmodernism. Blackwell Publishers, 1996

7.Docherty, T. Postmodernism. A.Reader. Columbia University Press, 1993

8.Easthope, A. Literary into Cultural Studies, Routledge, London and New York, 1991

9.Birringer, J. Theatre, Theory, Postmodernism. Indiana University Press, 1991

10.Kroker, A. and Cook, D. The Postmodern Science: Excremental Culture and Hyper – Aesthetics. Macmillan, London, 1986

The Name of the Course: Stage Movements

The Scope of the Course: 32 hours, (18 lectures, 18 practical classes)

2 credit points. Type of Assessment - a test.

I.The Author of the Course: Lecturer Indra Burkovska

The Objective of the Course: The use of rhythmics, improvisation and other fundamental skills of the art of acting in the development of a creative personality.
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: none

Thematic Planning:

THEMES	Week	Type of classes and hours
Rhythm and its meaning at work, daily life, religion and art. Exercises.	1,2	L2, P2
Ethics, topicality, perspective, courage in art.	3,4	L2, P2
Inspiration, concentration, concreteness. Exercises.	5,6	L2, P2
Status, influence, persuasion. Exercises.	7,8	L2, P2
The various characteristics of human memory. Exercises.	9,10	L2, P2
Coordination. Exercises.	11,12	L2, P2
The body and subtle facial expressions in various human relations.	13,14	L2, P2
A dialogue, a monologue and a story.	15,16	L2, P2
The final quotation.	17,18	L2, P2