Publishing Perspectives and Techniques
Code: 100062 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2502758 Humanities | OT | 3 |
| 2502758 Humanities | OT | 4 |
| 2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| 2504386 English and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
| 2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| 2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Paz Ortuño Ortín
- Email:
- paz.ortuno@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
There are no concrete prerequisites. Simply a correct use of the language and an interest in knowing the world of publishing and the different processes and works involved.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The purpose of the subject is that students become familiar with the publishing world work; and that students acquire knowledge about the revision and edition of written texts from various fields of the editorial world intended to be published.
Competences
- Humanities
- Designing, producing, disseminating and commercializing a cultural product.
- Identifying the historical processes of contemporary culture.
- Interpreting social and cultural diversity.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Comparing the Spanish and the European editorial markets.
- Critically assessing experiences, materials and proposals.
- Examining the models of cultural policies produced throughout history.
- Formulating initiatives of cultural production in the fields of publishing, heritage, etc.
- Indicating political, artistic, literary, social and other movements that had an impact in an historic event.
- Summarising characteristics of a written text according to its communicative purposes.
Content
Tasks related to the revision and editing of editorial texts.
Specific strategies used in the publishing world in the editing process.
I. THE EDITORIAL WORLD
1. What is a publisher? The publishing in Spain: structure of a publishing company; types of publishers; general picture of reading in Spain.
2. The book: book for hire, spontaneous book, prizes; reading reports, contracts; stamps and collections: best-sellers; fiction, nonfiction, agents and fairs.
3. Editorial process: editorial committee; copyright and editorial ownership; contracts.
4. Book production: publishing; translation; style correction; orthotypographical correction; graphism; cover, paper, printing.
5. Marketing: sale, distribution, prizes, press, fixed price, discounts.
6. New technologies.
II. EDITORIAL TECHNIQUES
1. Tools for the correction of texts: dictionaries, textbooks, tools available on the web.
2. Text revision: orthographic, morphosyntactic, lexical.
3. Editorial aspects of text correction
- · The correction process: originals, tests (correction signs).
- · Typographic signs and orthotypography.
- · Auxiliary orthographic signs: scripts, parentheses, line, asterisk, etc.
- · Use of upper and lower case letters.
- · Use of quotation marks, italics, small caps and bold letters.
- · Abbreviations, abbreviations, symbols and acronyms.
- · Proper names: anthroponyms, toponyms, etc.
- · Numerical expressions
4. Ethics of written communication: citation, bibliographies.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| controls and practical exercises in the classroom | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| editorial work | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Preparation of classroom exercises | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
- · Theoretical explanations: presentation and commentary on lingüístico, stylistic and orthotypographic problemas.
- · Directed work: practical exercises aimed en consolidar las teoreticas explanaciones y para desarrollar las prácticas y habilidades planeadas. Las actividades se deben corregir y comentar en la clase.
- · Supervisado trabajo: individualización de una edición basada en el texto, en el que se revisa.
- · Autonomous work: preparación de direccionadas y supervisadas actividades y también de final examen.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous work | 30% | 20 | 0.8 | 3, 4, 5 |
| Practical exercises : editing | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 6 |
| Practical exercises: marketing editorial | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 6 |
| Reading report | 30% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 |
Single assessment (10 January 2024):
1. Autonomous work: 60%
2. Practical exercises: editing: 20%
3. Practical exercises: marketing: 20%
Continuous assessment:
1. Practical exercises in the classroom: edition 20%
2. Reading report: 30%
3. Autonomous work: 30%
4. Practical exercises in the classroom: editorial marketing : 20%
En la realización de las evaluaciones de activity, los lectureros deben informar a los estudiantes (donde Moodle) de proceduras to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, y la fecha en que suchó a review will take place.
El profesor de sujeto debe establecer mínimos requerimientos en base a los que los estudiantes deben estar en paso.
Pasar el sujeto all the actividades must be done and delivered within the due deadline. La mínima admisión grada requiere el paso de las prácticas tests, considerando que en el average, muy bien el o el greater tienen 3,5 puntos.
Los estudiantes se obtienen en “No se asesoró/no submitted”.
The preparation of an activity implies the will of the students to be evaluated in the subject and, therefore, them taking part in the evaluation.
Students may apply for re-evaluation only in the case they have suspended or realized activities whose percentage does not exceed 40% of the total evaluation. In no case may the final work in the re-evaluation be repeated.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
En caso de que las pruebas o exámenes no sean óptimas, se pueden adaptar al online formato que se pueden realizar mediante las virtuales virtuales de la UAB (originales que se necesitan). Homework, actividades y clases participaciones deben cargarse de foros, wikis y/o discusión en Teams, etc. Lectureros pueden ensure que los estudiantes pueden acceder a las virtuales virtuales, o que ofrecen las alternativas feasible.
Bibliography
Badia, J., N. Brugarolas, R. Torné i X. Fargas, El llibre de la llengua catalana, Castellnou, Barcelona, 20043. Costa, J., R. Fité, J.M. Mestres i M. Oliva, Manual d'estil. La redacció i l'edició de textos, Vic-Barcelona,
Eumo-Univesitat de Barcelona-Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Associació de Mestres Rosa Senrsat, 2007 3.
Fundación del Español Urgente, Manual de español urgente, Cátedra, Madrid, 2008.
Gaskell, Philip, Nueva introducción a la bibliografía material, Trea, Gijón, 1998.
Martínez de Sousa, José, Manual de estilo de la lengua española, 3o ed. corregida y ampliada, Trea, Gijón, 2007.
- Ortografía y ortotipografía del español actual, Trea, Gijón, 2004.
Pujol i Solà, J. M., Ortotipografia. Manual de l'autor, l'autoeditor y el dissenyador, Barcelona, Columna, 20003
Software
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Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |