Nordic Perspectives on the Discourse of Things Sakprosa Texts Helping Us Navigate and Understand an Ever-changing Reality

• Main Authors: Nyström Höög, Catharina, Rahm, Henrik, Thomassen Hammerstad, Gøril
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023; Springer International Publishing AG
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Discourse analysis; Genre analysis; Non-fictional prose; Nonfiction; Open Access; Performing Arts; Professional communication; Sociology; Subject-oriented prose; Svenska språket; Swedish

This open access book deals with the role of written texts in an increasingly diverse and dynamic society, bringing together a series of studies anchored in the Scandinavian research tradition of sakprosa, which roughly translates as ‘subject-oriented prose’ or ‘professional communication’. The auth...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Truth and Reality: Pivotal for the Concept Sakprosa -- Text, Context, Genre and Discourse: A Practice Perspective on Sakprosa Texts -- A Comment on Language Policy -- The Nordic Research Tradition -- The Chapters in This Volume -- References -- Texts as Cultural Artefacts: Theoretical Challenges to Empirical Research on Utterances and Texts -- Introduction: Textual Studies in Sakprosa Research -- Constitutive Features of Texts as Cultural Artefacts -- From Utterance to Text: The Growth of Normative Sensitivity in Children's Scribbling and Writing -- The Development of Constitutive Text Norms: Historical Evolvement of the Text Culture of Written News and Political Opinion -- Comparisons with Other Text Theories Used in Sakprosa Research -- Final Remarks on Epistemological Status of the Theory of Texts as Cultural Artefacts -- References -- Texts Complying with Societal Pressures: Changing Genres in Finnish Companies' CSR Reporting -- Introduction -- Genre Perspectives on CSR Reporting -- Data and Method -- Variability and Intertextuality in CSR Reporting -- Stable Versus Variable Reporting Formats -- CSR Reporting on Corporate Websites from the Perspective of Intertextuality -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Digital Discourse Networks: Digital Media as a Socio-material Condition for Access and Circulation -- Introduction -- Methodological Remarks -- Digital Media as the Contemporary Discourse Network for Sakprosa -- The Background of Digital Media: The Archive, the Database, and Algorithms -- Sakprosa as Digitally Configured: The Case of Borger.dk -- Sakprosa as Digitally Configured: The Case of SAGE Publishing -- Conclusion -- References
• Sheep, Watch Dogs and Wolves: How the Master in Non-Fiction Writing Formed Actors for the Field of sakprosa in Norway -- Introduction: Exploring a Master's Programme in the Developing Knowledge Field -- Background: The Epistemic Culture of sakprosa in Norway -- Theories: Conceptualizations and Practicing of Genres -- Determinations in a nexus of Practices -- Genre Didactics: Rhetorical Genre and Dialogism -- Findings and Discussions: The Roles of Sheep, the Watch Dogs and the Wolves -- The Architecture of the Programme -- The Roles in the Student's Texts -- Conclusion: The Master's Programme as Epistemic Practice -- References -- Crisis Communication on Social Media: Informalization in the Hour-by-Hour Struggle for Information -- Introduction -- Purpose of the Study -- Theoretical Framework -- Literature Review -- Data and Method -- Analytical Approach -- Data Analysis -- Case A: Terror Attack -- Case B: False Alarm -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Concluding Remarks: The Power and Potential of the Concept Sakprosa (CPS): A Guided Tour Through Five Topoi -- Introduction -- Sakprosa: From Anti-rhetorical Style to Textual Super-genre -- Methodology -- The Five Topoi -- The City -- The Anthill -- The Choir -- The Thing Site -- The Borderland -- Descriptiveness Versus Normativity -- "The great globe itself, Yea, all which it inhabit" -- "The baseless fabric of this vision?" -- References -- Index