Study Guide

Objective

After the course the student identifies the genres and periods of Finnish literature in outline. The student identifies also the most important authors and their works of Finnish literature. The student can analyse and promote Finnish 21st century's Literature. The student knows how to index fiction and what is the meaning of indexing in custom service.

Content

- The highlights of Finnish history of Literature and the important authors
- The periods, genres and important authors from 1950 heretofore.
- library professional as a specialist of fiction
- Fiction from accessibility point of view: indexing, analysis and classification

Materials

Will be informed in the beginning of the course. it includes theory and fiction.

Teaching methods

Lectures and reading circles online, assignments, exam.

Exam schedules

Will be informed in the beginning of the course.

Student workload

130 h, of which reading circles and lectures online 15 h. Students also read fiction for the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
- the student participates most discussions and reading circles
- the student returns most of the assignments
- the student returns his learning diary which includes all required parts
- the student passes the exam and gets satisfactory grade (1-2)

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
- the student takes mostly actively part in discussions and reading circles
- the student returns assignments in time and most of them are well-done
- the student returns in time his reading diary which has some analytic parts
- the student uses some sources in reading diary
- the student passes the exam and gets good grade (3-4)

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
- the student takes actively part in discussions and reading circles
- the student returns all well-done assignments in time
- the student is eager to plan and use new ways of reading promotion
- the student writes and retuns in time a reading diary which is analytic and evaluative
- the student uses diversified sources in reading diary
- the student passes the exam and gets good or excellent grade (4-5)

Assessment methods and criteria

0-5. Assignments, activity in reading circles and exam. Teacher´s assessment and self assessment.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student don´t pass the exam and does not return the assignments. The student don´t take part to required amount of reading circles.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student gets grade 1-2 of the assignments and exam and takes part of the reading circles, but doesn´t take part of the discussion.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student gets grade 3-4 of the assignments and exam and takes part of the reading circles and the discussions.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student gets grade 4-5 of the assignments and exam and takes part of the reading circles and plays an active role in the discussions.

Qualifications

No prerequisites.