The purpose of this essay is to do a narratological analysis of Utvandrarna by Vilhelm Moberg to see how the form affects the theme of freedom and liberation. I used narratology as the method of analysis and my questions for the text regards the significance of the narrator, the use of focalization, the powers, helpers and opponents, the locations and spaces, and how these aspects affect the theme. In my analysis of the novel I found that the narration took place in three levels. This gave the story different perspectives of the theme; an outer perspective, a semi-distant perspective and a more personal perspective. The focalization of the main characters creates sympathies, and the focalization of non-main characters gives the reader an outer perspective on the characters.

The purpose of this essay is to do an ecocritical reading of Vilhelm Moberg?s The Emi-grants from 1949. By asking and answering the three following questions; How does a system present itself, What are the different reasons for emigration; Why does differentsystem fit some well and some not.By using two articles from Green Planets - Ecology and Science Fiction to illus-trate two different views; Different parts value in an ekosystem and The Ship as an ecosystem. I have also created, based on the literary text four different terms concern-ing the dynamic system; Stable, Static, Unstable and Collapsing systems. I have found that all system goes through changes, some drastic, that changes the way the parts of the systems fit with in it.

Since 1995 the musical Kristina från Duvemåla has been performed on many national theatre stages in Sweden and is still obtaining success and fame. It is based on novels by the famous Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg, Utvandrarna (1949), Invandrarna (1952), Nybyggarna (1956) and Sista brevet till Sverige (1959) that revolve around a Swedish family emigrating to the United Stated during the 19th century. This thesis investigates both the novels and the musical adaptation in a comparative way. Theory of adaptation and intermediality is used to analyse differences and similiarities of the stories used in the novels and the musical. It can be assumed that major changes were implemented in the adaptation of the main characters, specifically Kristina.

Hur rapporterades det om utvandringen från Sverige till Nordamerika i svensk press under år 1887? Den här uppsatsen handlar om en undersökning som avser att besvara denna fråga genom att analysera artiklar ur den konservativa dagstidningen Smålandsposten och den liberala dagstidningen Blekinge Läns Tidning från 1887, ett av de år då flest svenskar utvandrade till Nordamerika. Studiens syfte är att genom en kvantitativ innehållsanalys och en kvalitativ textanalys svara på hur objektiviteten i utvandrarartiklarna såg ut, i vilka sammanhang och med vilken frekvens som tidningarna rapporterade om emigrationen, hur Utvandrarna skildrades i artiklarna, vilka källor som journalisterna använde till sina utvandrarartiklar samt hur skribenterna använde namnsignering i artiklarna. Den kvantitativa studien består av totalt 306 analyserade tidningsnummer, i vilka 122 artiklar berör Amerikaemigrationen. Dessa 122 utvandrarartiklar har analyserats kvalitativt utifrån undersökningens frågeställningar.