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 can discuss about literature. The student is able to tell the meaning of finnish literature as a part of public library collection in Finland.

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 announced in the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures, reading circles, practising in library, groupwork, exam.

Employer connections

The course includes a practical work-life assignment. Additionally, representatives from the professional field will visit the course.

Exam schedules

Exam at week 20.

Completion alternatives

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Student workload

Total workload of the course is 135h, of which 55 h contact lessons and 80 h groupwork and independent work.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- 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

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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

Assessment criteria, excellent (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

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam, groupwork, reading circles and activity at contact lessons.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student has actively participated in contact lessons and pair work. They have completed all the course assignments and received at least a grade of 4. The student can comprehensively discuss the trends in Finnish literature from the 1950s to the present day and name significant authors from each decade. The student can explain the importance of easy-to-read literature in Finnish literature. They can name significant publishers of fiction and discuss the export of literature. The student can plan and organize an event that promotes Finnish literature.