This masters thesis is a study of how the expression quality Literature is used in widespread newspapers and magazines. Wittgensteins idea of language games is used as a theoretical starting point. The analysis of 37 articles draws a picture of five language games that are called; the taking over, the polarising, the example giving, the gender critical and the ironic language game. The expression that quality Literature is most often put in relation to is popular Literature. The line between the two is sometimes distinctly drawn in the articles and sometimes quite vague.

The purpose of this masters thesis is to find out if public libraries provide new age materials or not. My research is done using the point of view of the library users. Do they think libraries hold a sufficient amount of new age Literature and do the users find this Literature of good quality? To find an answer to this question, interviews have been made with a number of library users interested in new age related issues. Interviews have also been made with librarians, to get their point of view on this rather controversial subject.

How do we perceive Literature? In our times computer games and Internet have made us grow more comfortable to the usage of non linear storylines. But how does this apply to printed Literature?In this essay, called ?From a to b through d h and o. Non linear storytelling in our time? I have focused on nonlinear Literature from different time periods and I have studied novels such as James Joyce?s Ulysses as well as works by William S.

AbstractMaster?s Thesis in Comparative LiteratureTitle: Ghettoiserade Vampyrer. En studie av barnvampyrlitteratur och dess betydelse för vampyrlitteraturgenren (Ghettoized Vampires. A study of children?s vampire Literature and its significance for the vampire Literature genre)Writer: Peter KostenniemiDepartment of Literature, History of Ideas and ReligionSupervisor: Anna NordenstamExaminer: Yvonne LefflerKey Words: Vampire Literature, children?s Literature, Der kleine Vampir, Nattens BørnIn vampire Literature research the focus usually lies on adult and, to some extent, young adult fiction.

This essay is built upon the subject of drama. Its purpose was to examine if drama was a good and important educational method to/for children, and if drama is enhancing childrens self-esteem and self-confidence. By reviewing the results from Literature and interviews, my intention was to compare the results, in order to find out what the views of the Literature and respondents on drama was.I used qualitative interviewing, to find out what the teachers had to say about drama, and I used Literature that was relevant to the purpose of the essay. I took a deeper look at the meaning of educational drama and pedagogical drama was, and also the meaning of self-esteem and self-confidence, in order to connect it with the results from the Literature and the interviews.  After studying the Literature and the interviews, I could see coherence, and therefore compile a result.  Both Literature and the interviewed teachers considers drama to be a good and important method within the educational school and that drama positively has got a strengthening effect on childrens self-esteem and self-confidence.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to examine how librarians in two Swedish public libraries view the subject of face-front marketing and literary hierarchy. The questions posed in this thesis are: How do two public libraries in Sweden market fictional Literature? Which Literature does get marketed? How do the librarians view fictional Literature? How do the librarians view marketing? and Does Herbert Gans? literary scale work to examine the marketing of fictional Literature in two Swedish public libraries? The theoretical starting-points are Niels Ole Pors? thoughts on stock development, Philip Kotler?s thoughts on the responsible non-profit organisation and Herbert Gans? thoughts on taste-publics and taste-cultures. The empirical material was gathered through qualitative interviews with library staff in two public libraries in the south of Sweden, and by reading a sample of the fictional Literature exposed in these libraries.

The aim of this Master's thesis is to study whether bibliometrics can serve as a method to analyse the humanities.To investigate this a Literature study was conducted that examined previous studies concerning bibliometrics and the humanities. Furthermore a bibliometric analysis of comparative Literature was carried out. These research findings were then further examined through the perspective of theories on intellectual and social organization of the scienceThe bibliometrical study includes 38 Literature journals (11 855 articles in total) which were downloaded from ISI's Web of Science. The material was analysed by using co-citation analysis and co-word analysis. The results of the study are presented in five co-citation maps.

The purpose of this study was to examine the usage and occurrence of media literacy in relation to Literature studies in the senior level of the nine-year compulsory school. The questions at issue were;How do teachers and students look upon media literacy and how is this attitude reflected in their education?How do teachers incorporate media literacy with Literature studies?What attitudes do students have towards their teachers? education of media literacy and Literature studies?The study took place in two cities in Sweden. It consists of eighteen qualitative interviews with six teachers and twelve students. The study shows that teachers have different attitudes towards media education in relation to Literature studies.

The purpose of this master-thesis in library and information studies is to investigate how different views on children´s Literature show up in pedagogical work in preschool. The aim is also to study methods used in the pedagogical work with Literature. Are there any connections between views and methods? Is any view predominant or are they used in combination? The question at issue is: "Are there any connections between different views on childrens Literature and pedagogical methods in preschool, and if so, how do they show?" The framework of theory is based on epistemological concepts viewing children´s Literature by John Hultberg. In "Om humaniora, litteratur och tradition" he sorts out three strategies: the pragmatic, the traditional, and the emancipating.

Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Brodsky is a key figure in Soviet Russian Literature. Expelled from the USSR in 1972, he became a US citizen in 1977 and Poet Laureate of the United States in 1991. In this essay, I have sought to examine the state of exile perceived in Brodsky?s poems. Using Russian literary critic Viktor Shklovsky?s concept of defamiliarization, I have strived to illuminate the formal composition of this state ? its technique.

How do we perceive Literature? In our times computer games and Internet have made us grow more comfortable to the usage of non linear storylines. But how does this apply to printed Literature?In this essay, called ?From a to b through d h and o. Non linear storytelling in our time? I have focused on nonlinear Literature from different time periods and I have studied novels such as James Joyce?s Ulysses as well as works by William S.

With the increasing number of adoptees in Sweden, so has the amount of Literature regarding different aspects of adoption. The aim of this study is to explore the construction of adoptees in children's Literature. It takes on a social constructionism view, by regarding language as a narrative tool in which human beings construct versions of different phenomenon. By exploring the different discourses in the data within the context adoption, we can identify different versions of "the adopted child" and their needs as it is constructed in the Literature. Also, by putting them in a bigger context, we are allowed to see the social structures and the discursive conditions that allow a certain child perspective of "the adopted child" to take place.

The aim with this essay is to look into what Literature has been published in 2006 and 2007 for boys between the ages of twelve and sixteen in order to analyse six of the titles. Our two main questions are as follows:?How is the teenage boy depicted in six of these books? - To what extent is the teenage boy depicted in a gender stereotypical way?.We chose the titles for analysis based on our mapping of the published Literature and took into account the authors? gender and age as well as the main themes of the books. As theoretical base for our analysis we used Marias Nikolajeva?s table of gender stereotypes in Literature.

The aim with this essay is to compare strong girls in classic and modern Literature and see how the differences in expectations on these girls are reflected in Literature. This study is done with the aid of historical, feminist and new criticism..

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to investigate issues concerning librarians? view on three genres, (a) popular Literature for women, (b) popular Literature for men and (c) erotic Literature, when choosing what to buy for their libraries. A qualitative method has been used and the empery consists of seven qualitative interviews with altogether eight librarians involved in choosing and buying Literature. The theoretical framework is built on theories regarding concepts of hegemony and cultural hegemony; the male sex as norm; taste culture and quality. The results show that three of the libraries in the study have a written purchase policy and that the policies that exist are very general.