PBIB9210 The Sociology of Literature - Basic Research Questions and Empirical Studies Course description

This course presents key concepts and analytical models used in comparative analyses of social welfare policies.

Language of instruction is English

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On completion of the course, the candidate has achieved the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The candidate is in the forefront in questions regarding the sociology of literature, its methodological practice and fundamental questions including

• literature and daily life: The relevance for the development of the library's dissemination policy and literature's importance for individuals and groups
• critique and evaluation: Literature in relation to changing ethical norms, including quality and canonization during various periods, the basis for the evaluation of literature and appropriate criteria and their impact on the library's collection
• the field of literature: The literary institution and the changing balance of power
• literature as a cultural and social prism: The dialectics between the work's form and aesthetic structure on the one hand and the social context it expresses on the other

Skills

The candidate is able to

• deal with and critically evaluate complex methodological and theoretical questions in the sociology of literature
• discuss, support and legitimate the relevance of problems in the sociology of literature including research in this field
• disseminate one's own research in academic as well as general fora

The course is organised into a series of lectures. Students are expected to play an active role by participating in discussions of course themes during lectures. 

The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam.

Students must submit a coursework requirement of 10 pages (+/-10%), calibri 12 pt., paragraph 1.5,  on a topic relevant to the course, to be approved by the course lecturer. The topic of the work requirement will reflect main areas of the course curriculum and lectures. The coursework requirement should be written in groups of 3-4 students.

Students whose papers are not approved after the first submission will be given the chance to resubmit once and they may be required to resubmit papers of about 6 pages individually. Students whose papers are not approved after two submissions will disqualify from sitting the final examination.

The student's learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of an individual six-hour written school examination.

Students may use a spelling dictionary, as well as a bilingual dictionary during the written school exam.

Grade scale A-F. 

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

A random selection consisting of at least 25% of the exam papers will be graded by both an internal and external examiner. This will inform the grading of the remaining exam papers.