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The course “Literature in the Context of Totalitarian Art” will give students a deeper understanding of the common and different features of art, especially literature, in the USSR and Germany. The course discusses the creation of the canon of socialist realism, its peculiarities and development. Literary works typical to Nazi and soviet time are analysed.

The course offers a very well structured vision of the aspects of the historical development of Spanish Literature from the medieval period. The literature is analyzed in relation to the main trends in art. The course takes into account the knowledge B1/B2 level of our students, and that is why a selection of linguistically suitable texts has been made in order to introduce a broad overview of the cultural historical contents and the most representative authors of each period covering both the cultural space of Spain and partially of Latin America (from medieval times to the present day). The objective of the course is to offer the student an opportunity to get closer to the literary trends of the Hispanic world during the different periods and to learn to analyze the different literary genres and to know how to express their opinions in this regard. Main tasks of the course: - provide basic knowledge about Spanish literature and its main manifestations; - improve the grammatical

The aim of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to acquire basic knowledge about the culture, literature and art of the Middle East and North Africa (mainly Arabic). The objectives of the course are: 1. to acquaint students with Arab culture, literature and art in the pre-Islamic and early Islamic period; 2. to acquaint with the culture, literature and art of the “Golden Age of Islam”; 3. to acquaint with the culture, literature and art of the Middle East and North Africa (mainly Arabic) under the Ottoman rule; 4. to acquaint with the culture, literature and art of the Middle East and North Africa (including Arabic) during the Arab Renaissance; 5. to acquaint with the contemporary Middle Eastern and North African (mainly Arabic) culture, literature and art; 6. to acquaint with the influence of the West on the culture, literature and art of the Middle East and North Africa (including Arabic); 7. to provide basic knowledge of Arabic culture and literature research

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the problems of philosophy of art. The course introduces the main concepts of philosophy of art that people encounter on a daily basis. Tasks of the study course: 1. To explain general views on specific issues of philosophy of art; 2. To understand the place and role of art philosophy in the cultural system in general and in creative work in particular; 3. To reveal the value of the philosophy of art in the structure of human activity; 4. To emphasize the role of aesthetic phenomena in the formation of human general and humanitarian culture. The course is implemented in Latvian.

A work of art is a testimony of an era. It encapsulates the mindset, the system of values, the sentiment and topicalities of life that were important in the society at the moment of creation of the work of art. Iconographic and iconological research methods allow for this information to be read. The heritage of the Early Modern Period art (especially painting) provides us with abundant and detailed information about this historical period. Course goal is to gain an understanding of iconographic analysis options. The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the possibilities offered by iconological analysis in the study of modern history Learning Objectives: 1. Learn iconographic method; 2. Use iconographic method in analysis of the historical source 3. To pay attention to the informative potential of a work of art as a source of modern history The language of instruction of the course is Latvian

A work of art is a testimony of an era. It encapsulates the mindset, the system of values, the sentiment and topicalities of life that were important in the society at the moment of creation of the work of art. Iconographic and iconological research methods allow for this information to be read. The heritage of the Early Modern Period art (especially painting) provides us with abundant and detailed information about this historical period. Course goal is to gain an understanding of iconographic analysis options. The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the possibilities offered by iconological analysis in the study of modern history Learning Objectives: 1. Learn iconographic method; 2. Use iconographic method in analysis of the historical source 3. To pay attention to the informative potential of a work of art as a source of modern history The language of instruction of the course is Latvian

The course aim is to teach students the systems thinking art as well to develop their skills to define and predict rising contradictions. Students are taught to define possible resources systemically and to be able to use them for the decision of art problems, to descry and apply in practice regularity of the arts development in order to systemic and integrated assessment of the state of art systems as well as for scientifically proved predictions of the further development of ones. The course shows basic principles of the research work in the arts.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to aesthetics and philosophy of art by discussing contemporary issues in their historical perspective. Course objectives are as follows: 1. discussing the relations between aesthetics and philosophy of art, 2. analysing the peculiarity of aesthetic experience and the role technology plays in it, 3. considering the phenomenon of mass art within the context of the society of consumption, 4. discussing the aesthetic significance of the audiovisual medium, 5. providing an introduction in the aesthetics of architecture and urban environment. The course is taught in Latvian.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to aesthetics and philosophy of art by discussing contemporary issues in their historical perspective. Course objectives are as follows: 1. discussing the relations between aesthetics and philosophy of art, 2. analysing the peculiarity of aesthetic experience and the role technology plays in it, 3. considering the phenomenon of mass art within the context of the society of consumption, 4. discussing the aesthetic significance of the audiovisual medium, 5. providing an introduction in the aesthetics of architecture and urban environment. The course is taught in Latvian.

Within the study course, future teachers will develop the knowledge and skills to plan a theoretically grounded, practice-based, integrated and innovative learning process of literature, music, movement and visual arts purposefully. Students will explore the content, structure and diversity of different arts theoretically and practically, acquire the skills to organize a competence - oriented learning process, develop and jointly discuss the ideas for planning, conducting and evaluating the process of learning the literature, music, movement and visual art for 1- 3th grade students. In independent reflection on their pedagogical activities and planning the professional development, students will gain emotional and aesthetic experience and develop their personal cultural needs, as well as learn methods and techniques for raising students' understanding of cultural values. The aim of the course: To improve the competence of a future teacher to provide the primary school student