Having completed the course students will be able to:

• To define basic features and tendencies in Lithuanian theatre with reference to historical and cultural context;
• To define basic features and tendencies in Lithuanian cinema with reference to historical and cultural context;
• To define basic features and tendencies in Lithuanian fine art with reference to historical and cultural context;
• To define basic features and tendencies in Lithuanian photography with reference to historical and cultural context.

Topics:

• Lithuanian Theatre in the First Years of Independence: Change of Aesthetic Forms and Content.
• Contemporary Lithuanian Theatre and the main Creators: Directing, Dramaturgy, Scenography, Non-traditional Space.
• Lithuanian Cinema: Basic historical aspects, Directors, Genres and Themes.
• Lithuanian National Cinema: a Reflection of History and the Present.
• Contemporary Lithuanian Cinema: Animation; Interactive and Interdisciplinary Projects.
• Lithuanian art tradition.
• History and transformations of Lithuanian art.
• Lithuanian art in the context of societal transformations.
• The most famous Lithuanian artists.
• Contemporary Lithuanian art.
• Lithuanian School of Photography in The Context of Soviet Ideology.
• “Easthetics of Boredom” as the Passive Resistance to Soviet Regime.
• Contemporary Lithuanian Photography as The Research of Post-Soviet Reality.
• Photography in Contemporary Lithuanian Art: Interdisciplinary Approach.
• Lithuanian School of Photography Today: The Search for Identity in Global Context.