Reading practices of literary novels in students of the University of Costa Rica

Abstract

The reading practices of young people has not been analized from an academic perspective in the costarrican ambit. This article is a descriptive aproximation of the reading practices of literary novels of grade students of the Rodrigo Facio Campus of the University of Costa Rica. This poblation was chosen because they are immersed in an academic world. A survey was applied to 121 students from different faculties in order to inquire the format, frequency and schedule of reading of the university students; thus, to identify the most popular novels, genres and themes. Also, the acquisition mode of novels and the quantity of time spent in reading were investigated.