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Course Catalog 00/01


Department of Languages and Literature

KSP028 Finnish Culture, Optional Course III 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q 2

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Leena Hamberg Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
To have passed the courses KSP026 and KSP027

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to provide the students with increased knowledge of Finnish and Swedish-Finnish social and cultural life in the past and present and of their multicultural identities. The course will also provide knowledge of different ways of working in pre-school/ school to strengthen and develop the multicultural identities of children

CONTENTS
- a general outline of Finnish history emphasising the 19th and 20th centuries
- cultural history and cultural life of today
- reading and analysing fiction
- music as a conveyer of culture

TEACHING
- lectures
- oral and written reports/ exercises
- educational trip to Finland (Torneå and Uleåborg)
- co-operation with Finnish immigrant organizations

EXAMINATION
The students will be graded on oral reports on some aspects of Finnish culture as well as on individually written reports about fiction and literature for children.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass

ITEMS/CREDITS
7.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Schröder, H (sammanst.) (1991)Finland, mer än sjöar. Stockholm: Föreningen Norden. IDNR 919714852.
Jokinen, M (1993). Från fjärran land till staden Tainaron. Den finska l litteraturen och dess grogrund under självständighetstiden.. Tammer- Paino Oy. GAUDEAMUS. ISBN 951-662-556-8.
Kuivasmäki, R, (1990) Aakkoset Johdatus suomalaisen nuorisokirjallisuuden
historiaan ja käsitteistöön Suomen Nuorisokirjallisuuden Instituutin
julkaisuja 12. 3. painos. Paino-S. Tampere. ISBN 951-95959-5-3.
Klinge, M (1981). Katsaus Suomen historiaan. Keuruu: Otava. ISBN
951-1-05809-6.
Lahtinen, M - Svärd, J (1982). Leikkivuosi. Espoo: WEILIN+GÖÖS.
ISBN 951-35-2671-2.
Lampi, I (1988). Lorusta lukuhetkeen. Mannerheimin lastensuojeluliiton
P-julkaisusarja N:o 10. 2. painos. Kunnallispaino Oy. ISBN 951-9311-60-2.
Levanto, M (1983) Taide om totta Keuruu Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otavan painolaitokset. ISBN 951-1-07349-4.
Skönlitteratur och kopierat material.

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Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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