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FIN-3112: Facts and fiction - to study ideological and polemic texts Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
The course is designed to give the students competence in analytic interpretation of texts with a clear ideological and polemic content. The aim of the course is to provide an increased understanding of the multi-faceted role of both literary and factual texts. | Contents
The course provides skills in reading and analysing fiction, factual prose and newspaper texts etc. in light of theories of reception and of cultural analysis. Sociology, semantics and linguistics are used as aids. The students will study old and new texts from Finland, The Northern Cap and the rest of the Nordic countries with strong ideological and polemic elements compared to their context and intentions in terms of social and cultural history. The focus will be on the function of the text in society.
Required previous qualifications/ courses:
A bachelor''s degree in Finnish or equivalent, or a bachelor''s degree or equivalent in another language- and literature programme, with competence in Finnish equivalent to two years of study.
Recommended previous qualifications/ courses: FIN-2110 Literary theory with text analysis or equivalent. | Form of teaching
Teaching consists of 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminar and group work.
The literature will be in Finnish and in Scandinavian languages.
Language of instruction: Finnish and Norwegian/Swedish | Assessment
Coursework Requirements:
Students are to write an individual paper or a group paper of approximately 15-25 pages which must be approved in order to take the final exam. The paper is to be submitted no later than 4 weeks before the end of the semester. The paper is assessed with pass/fail.
Assessment method: The examination consists of a five-day home exam at the end of the semester.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language(s): Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish | Examination semester
Spring, Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Anitta Viinikka-Kallinen, e-mail Anitta.Viinikka-Kallinen@hum.uit.no Tel. +47 776 45 279. | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Language of instruction
Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=FIN-3112-1 |
Teaching autumn 2005
Første forelesning: Mandag 05. september kl 1215, rom E 1003 | | Forelesning | Undervisning i ukene 36, 37 41, 45 og 46
| | Forelesning uke 36 | Teach.Period:05.09.2005 to05.09.2005
Mandag 12:15 to16:00
E 1003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
| | Forelesning uke 37 | Teach.Period:12.09.2005 to12.09.2005
Mandag 12:15 to16:00
E 1003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Teach.Period:15.09.2005 to15.09.2005
Torsdag 10:15 to12:00
A 2016 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Teach.Period:16.09.2005 to16.09.2005
Fredag 10:15 to14:00
A 2016 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
| | Forelesning uke 41 | Teach.Period:10.10.2005 to10.10.2005
Mandag 12:15 to16:00
E 1003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Teach.Period:13.10.2005 to13.10.2005
Torsdag 10:15 to12:00
A 2016 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Teach.Period:14.10.2005 to14.10.2005
Fredag 10:15 to14:00
A 2016 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
| | Forelesning uke 45 | Teach.Period:07.11.2005 to07.11.2005
Mandag 12:15 to16:00
E 1003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
| | Forelesning uke 46 | Teach.Period:14.11.2005 to14.11.2005
Mandag 12:15 to16:00
E 1003 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Teach.Period:17.11.2005 to17.11.2005
Torsdag 10:15 to12:00
A 2016 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Ansv. leder F.aman. Anitta Viinikka-Kallinen
| | Hjemmeeksamen | Hjemmeoppgave: 05 - 09 desember |
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