Identifying Data 2018/19
Subject (*) Literature, Culture and Society Code 613584103
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Literatura, Cultura e Diversidade (plan 2016)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 1st four-month period
First Obligatory 3
Language
Spanish
Galician
Portuguese
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Letras
Coordinador
Samartin López-Iglesias, Roberto
E-mail
roberto.samartin@udc.es
Lecturers
Samartin López-Iglesias, Roberto
E-mail
roberto.samartin@udc.es
Web
General description Aproximación das relacións entre literatura, cultura e sociedade, prestando especial atención ás escolas teórico-críticas que parten de postulados sociolóxicos, sistémicos e/ou de base marxista

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 Integrar os estudos literarios nun contexto cultural mais extenso que trascenda os límites dunha soa lingua e/ou nación, atendendo á diversidade cultural
A2 Ampliar o concepto de literatura, a través da súa relación coas TICS, os medios de comunicación, o cine, as artes, no marco da diversidade cultural
A4 Aplicar as técnicas de análise cultural en contextos diversos
A5 Adquirir as habilidades necesarias para analizar e investigar os mecanismos dos procesos de comunicación
A6 Coñecer e valorar a diversidade cultural, con especial atención aos ámbitos hispánico e galego-portugués
A7 Coñecer as principais correntes teóricas que integraron e integran a reflexión sobre a literatura e a cultura, así como os seus antecedentes
A9 Aplicar as técnicas de análise cultural respetando os fundamentos ideolóxicos presentes en contextos diversos
A10 Analizar e interpretar textos, aplicando diferentes modelos teóricos e xenéricos
A14 Adquirir a capacidade de xestionar ferramentas e recursos de investigación aplicados no ámbito dos estudos literarios e culturais
B4 Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións(TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da vida
B5 Desenvolverse para o exercicio dunha cidadanía aberta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática e solidaria, capaz de analizar a realidade, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar solucións baseadas no coñecemento e orientadas ao ben común
B6 Valorar críticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñibles para resolver problemas cos que deben enfrontarse
B7 Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe
B8 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade
B10 Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma
B11 Entender a importancia da cultura emprendedora e coñecer os medios ao alcance das persoas emprendedoras
C1 Adquirir capacidade de organizar o traballo, planificar e xestionar o tempo e resolver problemas de forma efectiva
C2 Traballar de maneira interdisciplinar en entornos diversos
C4 Promover o entendemento intercultural desde a comprensión da diversidade
C5 Integrar coñecementos de campos de estudos diversos
C6 Aplicar coñecementos e habilidades na resolución de problemas en entornos novos o non familiares en contextos interdisciplinares
C7 Desenvolver habilidades cognitivas avanzadas (capacidade de síntesise, análise e pensamento crítico) relacionadas co desenvolvemento e a creación dun perfil investigador
C9 Desenvolver habilidades de xestión da información para propósitos académicos e de investigación

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Coñecer as principais correntes teóricas que integraron e integran a reflexión sobre a literatura e a cultura, así como os seus antecedentes AC7
Integrar os estudos literarios nun contexto cultural máis extenso que trascenda os limites dunha soa lingua e/ou nación, atendendo á diversidade cultural, en especial nos ámbitos hispánico e galego-portugués. AC1
AC6
CC2
CC4
Entender a literatura en relación con outros campos culturais e utilizar ferramentas e tecnoloxías apropiadas para o seu estudo AC2
AR3
BJ1
BJ3
BJ5
CC5
Analisar e interpretar tanto textos como mecanismos e procesos de comunicación aplicando diferentes modelos teóricos. AC5
AJ1
Aplicar as técnicas de análise cultural respectando os fundamentos ideolóxicos presentes en contextos diversos. AC4
AC9
Asumir a importancia e os beneficios sociais da aprendizaxe, e coñecer os medios para o exercicio dunha cidadanía aberta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática e solidaria, capaz de analizar a realidade, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar solucións baseadas no coñecemento e orientadas ao ben común. BJ2
BJ4
BJ8
Adquirir capacidade de organizar o traballo, planificar e xestionar o tempo e resolver problemas en entornos novos de forma efectiva, aplicando os coñecementos e habilidades desenvolvidos en contextos interdisciplinares. CC1
CC6
Desenvolver habilidades de xestión da información, de capacidade de síntese, análise e pensamento crítico relacionadas cos propósitos académicos e o desenvolvemento e a creación dun perfil investigador CR1
CR3
Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral como escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma BJ7

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. From the Literature for Culture 1.1. General, historical and methodological issues
1.2. Processes of canonization and construction of knowledge
2. Systemic and sociological theories 2.1. The cultural systems (Itamar Even-Zohar)
2.2. The semiotics of culture (Iuri M. Lotman)
2.3. The cultural fields (Pierre Bourdieu)
2.4. Sociological-based empirical theories for the analysis of culture
3. Methods and ferramentas for an analysis of culture 3.1. Empirical quantitative and qualitative analysis: Data bases
3.2. Methods of analysis and representation: Analysis of Social Networks
3.3. Automatic techniques of semantic classification: Textometry
4. Cultural planning and social change 4.1. Objectives and results of studies in culture
4.2. Socioeconomic and professional applications: Case studies

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 A4 A6 A7 B6 B11 C5 C4 5 6 11
Directed discussion A2 A5 B5 C6 5 8 13
Supervised projects A14 A9 B4 B7 B8 C1 C2 1 20 21
Workbook A10 C7 1 20 21
ICT practicals A2 1 2 3
Seminar B10 C9 3 2 5
 
Personalized attention 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Presentation, development and analysis of theoretical and fundamental procedural contents so that the students reach the competences and skills expected in the seminar.
Directed discussion Presentation by the professor or by the students of a series of theoretical-practical cases for their joint and collaborative analysis throughout the face-to-face session
Supervised projects Approach of bibliographic materials on the subjects under study (in accordance with the planning carried out by the professor at the beginning of the seminar).
Workbook Realization and analytical study of a series of readings previously selected by the teacher directly related to the contents addressed in the seminar.
ICT practicals Presentation and proof of the application of ICT to the study of literary and cultural criticism.
Seminar Group work from the oral presentation to the whole of the class of the results of the supervised works and / or of some reading of those attributed by the teacher at the beginning of the sessions. During the seminars, the students will use the necessary technological resources and will demonstrate the assumption and practical application of the contents, skills and competences addressed during the seminar.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Workbook
Seminar
Description
In addition to the accompaniment work done in the tutoring schedule marked by the teacher responsible for the subject, personalized attention will be directed especially (not only) to support the completion of the Tutored Works, Readings and Seminars. In general, it is recommended that each student attend at least one tutorial prior to the exhibition of the attributed readings.

In order to carry out the planned activities and in order to obtain adequate guidance, it is essential that the students communicate their progress and possible difficulties in a fluid and frequent manner. In addition, each student will be able to make all kinds of consultations in relation to the development of the subject, either in the tutoring schedule or through the e-mail.

This personalized attention is also contemplated for part-time students with recognized academic dispensation, as well as for students enrolled to be examined in the December session.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 A4 A6 A7 B6 B11 C5 C4 The level of analysis and comprehension of the exposed subjects will be evaluated, as well as the resolution of the problems presented during these sessions, either through case studies or analysis of specific documentary sources, either in the course of the directed discourses and the seminars. 10
Directed discussion A2 A5 B5 C6 The rigor and depth of the analysis will be assessed, as well as the different types of questions raised during the interventions, the frequency of these and, in general, all the contributions related to the accompaniment / development of the subject. 20
Supervised projects A14 A9 B4 B7 B8 C1 C2 The contents and results of the teaching-learning process will be evaluated in relation to the achievement of the objectives sought in the subject. It will also be considered in the evaluation the linguistic quality, the capacity for autonomous learning and / or teamwork, the analytical and critical capacity, and the adaptation to the objectives formulated by the teacher for this activity. 30
Workbook A10 C7 In addition to the possible oral presentation of some of the proposed readings, the level of analysis and comprehension of the remaining readings demonstrated in the course of the other presentations, in the directed discussions and in the seminars will be evaluated. 20
Seminar B10 C9 The comprehension and mastery of the contents presented and commented will be fundamentally evaluated, as well as the usefulness of the discourse for the purposes of the subject. It will also take into account the linguistic quality, the organization and the expository sequence, the clarity and precision in the interventions, the interaction with the audience, the use of the time available and the possible elaboration and use of technological resources. 20
 
Assessment comments

The evaluation of the subject will be done continuously. In
it will be taken into account not only the sections referred to in the
corresponding place but also, in a transversal way, the linguistic,
argumentative and collaborative learning skills demonstrated throughout
the teaching-learning process.

In
this sense, all activities or tests must meet minimum linguistic
correction requirements (spelling, punctuation, syntactic agreement,
absence of repetitions, lexical precision, formal registration ...); in
the case of linguistic-expressive deficiencies, these may be penalized
in the qualification according to the criteria that will be published in
the Moodle platform at the start of the course.
The
papers submitted by the students may be incorporated into Turnitin, a
tool for the detection of plagiarism as well as works previously
presented at this or other universities, including by the same student. In
the event of any of these circumstances, the measures contemplated in
the Rules of evaluation, review and claims of the qualifications of the
undergraduate and master's degree studies of the University of A Coruña
may be applied (article 14.4).

All
activities must be done and delivered in accordance with the deadlines
and procedures set in the schedule that the teacher will give the
students at the beginning of the sessions and will hang in Moodle. Activities delivered after the deadline will not be evaluated.

Part-time
students or students with academic dispensation will make or deliver
the activities indicated on the date previously agreed with the teacher.
These
students must complete and deliver the same activities as the rest and,
if they can not attend the tutorials, they must contact the teacher via
email at the start of the course. Students who certify that they can not attend classes should also contact the seminar professor.

Students
who attend the advanced call in December must first contact the teacher
responsible for the seminar and, in order to overcome it, they will
have to carry out the supervised works (5 points) and readings (5
points) that will be entrusted to them.

If
there are specific evaluation criteria for any of the proposed tasks,
these will be made public through the Moodle and / or will be presented
in class. The teachers will give the appropriate instructions for the correct development of each of the planned activities.

Those who do not pass the seminar with the continuous evaluation must participate in the July opportunity. In
order to pass the subject in this second opportunity, the students must
satisfactorily complete all those tasks not overcome in the previous
opportunity along with those other works that are requested.

Any student who does not present any of the activities foreseen in this guide will be considered not submitted.


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Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments

All questions not explicitly covered in this guide or any doubts regarding the development of the seminar will be clarified by the teacher in his tutorial hours, in the face-to-face sessions or in the e-mail that appears in the corresponding place of this document.



(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.