MBIB4310 Promoting Literature: Theory, Research and Practical Training Course description

This master's degree course offers theoretical depth in literature mediation in three sessions that together focus on the what, how and why of dissemination. Central questions are:

What is the social basis for mediation in different institutional contexts, what are the core values of mediating literature and culture, and how does the mediation take place?

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Knowledge

The student has

• excellent insight into mediation theory, including rhetoric and communication
• excellent insight into the public library¿s democratic mandate and the aesthetic, ethical and political challenges related to what is mediated, how, why, and to whom
• excellent insight into how literature and other cultural expressions reflect on mediation
• excellent insight into mediating to children and young people
• in-depth knowledge of literature mediation's historical and current values
• advanced knowledge of how literature mediation is practised in different genres
• in-depth knowledge of different understandings of democracy and culture
• in-depth knowledge of the possibilities and conditions of mediation in institutions, such as libraries, archives, publishers, and houses of literature, as well as less established institutions
• in-depth knowledge of the relationship between democracy and mediation, and can refer to national and international examples

Skills

The student is capable of

• analysing and critically evaluating different mediation practices
• discussing and reflecting on what mediation is
• discussing different links between literary and cultural expressions and political and cultural contexts
• analysing and critically evaluating written and oral mediation genres, with an emphasis on evaluating the quality of mediation
• critically discussing the literature mediator's professional ethics in different contexts

The teaching methods are seminars, lectures and student presentations The students will work individually on three assignments of their choice within the topics of the course.

In the last session, the students will present and discuss one or more of the assignments that have been prepared during previous sessions. In addition, all students will be given the task of acting as opponents for one of the other students¿ presentations. Coursework requirements must be completed by the set time and approved by the lecturer before the student can take the exam.

The form of assessment is a portfolio. The portfolio consists of two articles of approximately eight pages, and a report containing an assessment of a mediation event (individual or group work). Individual grades are not given for the different parts of the portfolio. The portfolio is assessed by both an internal and external examiner.

Candidates who fail the ordinary exam can take a resit/rescheduled exam. If a fail grade is awarded, all parts of the portfolio must be resubmitted.

A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used.

All exam papers are graded by one internal and one external examiner.