The purpose of this essay is to try and bring clarity to the question, what is Chick lit and which factors make it so popular. My thesis  endeavors to explain that it is not only the promise of light entertainment that draws the reader, but also the possibility that in an easy way they can read about existential questions such as self-development  and life -choices.As well as mapping out Chick lit´s specific characteristics, followed by previous research on the subject and the litterateur?s history, I have found it interesting to discuss the female characters, their personalities and life choice?s against a backdrop of existentialistic philosophy.In my research of this form of literateur I have discovered that Chick lit often deals with existential universal problems, and that in order to be entertaining these books must contain a serious element..

Syftena med denna uppsats har varit flera. Dels att genomföra en undersökande genrediskussion av svensk chick-lit i stort där det som uppfattats som den huvudsakliga kritiken av genren omformulerats till frågeställningar. Huvudfrågan har därmed varit att ta reda på om svensk chick-lit är intressant, men också om den har några litterära kvaliteter och om den är en feministisk backlash. I uppsatsen arbetas även en definition av svensk chick-lit fram, samt empiriskt grundad teori ur materialet. Avsikten är att detta arbete ska kunna verka som förebild för andra utredningar av nya och marginaliserade genrer.

I have with this thesis sought to understand how Chick lit could be useful in the classroom in the teaching of Swedish B-course in high school. Based on the model of critical literacy I am arguing that this genre would help to meet the objectives of the policy documents which, among other things, are to critically examine and analyze various types of texts.I have found that some of these texts could be used for analyzing and critically examine the ideological dimensions of texts and cultural heritage by the model of critical literacy, and also as a counterweight to the more traditional teaching of the canonical literature as a literary historical stuff that students should learn. I have also wanted to create a basis for discussions about literature in the classroom based on the Chick lit genre. To do this I have, based on three themes and questions from the model of critical literacy, tried to focus on issues that might emerge from the ideological analysis and critical review. The model aims to deconstruct norms of society, and in the work of Chick lit, I wanted to show how you could deconstruct norms around gender..

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to examine how the gender system is described in Chick lit. The analysis is based upon seven Chick lit novels. The primary theoretical point of departure is Yvonne Hirdman?s theory about the gender system, the hierarchical order and the separation of the sexes.

Abstract Uppsatsen syftar dels till att undersöka om den feministiska kritik som riktats mot genren Chick lit i fråga om genusstereotypa karaktärer har sin motsvarighet i romanerna, och dels till att undersöka med vilken rimlighet någon kan påstå att Chick lit-romaner också är utvecklingsromaner. Studier av övergripande och vetenskapliga texter rörande populärkultur samt feminism, ligger till grund för de resonemang som förs och aktualiseras då de ställs i relation till nedslag i primärmaterialet vilket närlästs. Genom närläsning och analys konstateras Chick lit med hjälp av Kristin Järvstads avhandling Att utvecklas till kvinna (1996) i vissa fall och avseenden fungera som en populärlitterär variant av utvecklingsromanen. Hjältinnorna i Chick lit-romanerna genomgår en kort, inre utveckling, vilken till viss del följer den manliga utvecklingsromanens struktur, trots att den substantiellt anses kvinnlig. Vidare konstateras hjältinnan i Chick lit till stor del vara fast i genusstereotypa konstruktioner vilka ur ett feministiskt perspektiv är oacceptabla, samtidigt som feministiska tendenser i form av självförverkligande och kritik av genussystemet står att finna.

The purpose of this paper has been to study and to compare three novels, written by Katarina von Bredow, Syskonkärlek (1991), Som om ingenting (1999) and Som jag vill vara (2007), with focus on the protagonists. The aim was also to map how the novels relate to the contemporary youth novel, the girl book, Chick lit and Chick lit junior. The protagonists were compared on the basis of themes, sow as relationships within the family, boyfriend and friends, as well as identity. The protagonists have in common that the relation with their family members is important. The three protagonists consider that friendship is important.

My thesis deals with the novel Ladies, written in 2007 by the Swedish author Mara Lee. When published, it was received as a book belonging to the Chick lit genre but still got good reviews. This combination is really unusual and awoke my interest in the novel. My thesis is therefore an analysis whether Ladies can be considered a Chick lit novel or not, and in what way it is similar to or differs from the genre. I start my thesis with an overview of former research of Chick lit and what earlier was called trivial literature.

Denna uppsats syfte är en tematisk jämförelse mellan Johanna Nilssons Rebell med frusna fötter och Helen Fieldings Bridget Jones?s Diary beträffande huvudkaraktärerna för att komma fram till hur felplacerad Stella Björk skulle vara i en Chick lit-berättelse. Jag använder Bridget som representativ för en typisk huvudkaraktär i Chick lit då det är vid publiceringen av Bridget Jones?s Diary forskarna anser att Chick lit föddes. Vid en tematisk jämförelse mellan Stella och Bridget där miljö- och karaktärsbeskrivning och även karaktärsutveckling avhandlas blir resultatet att dessa två fiktiva kvinnor är lika på många sätt men det finns skillnader.

I have with this thesis sought to understand how Chick lit could be useful in the classroom in the teaching of Swedish B-course in high school. Based on the model of critical literacy I am arguing that this genre would help to meet the objectives of the policy documents which, among other things, are to critically examine and analyze various types of texts.I have found that some of these texts could be used for analyzing and critically examine the ideological dimensions of texts and cultural heritage by the model of critical literacy, and also as a counterweight to the more traditional teaching of the canonical literature as a literary historical stuff that students should learn. I have also wanted to create a basis for discussions about literature in the classroom based on the Chick lit genre. To do this I have, based on three themes and questions from the model of critical literacy, tried to focus on issues that might emerge from the ideological analysis and critical review. The model aims to deconstruct norms of society, and in the work of Chick lit, I wanted to show how you could deconstruct norms around gender..

I have with this thesis sought to understand how Chick lit could be useful in the classroom in the teaching of Swedish B-course in high school. Based on the model of critical literacy I am arguing that this genre would help to meet the objectives of the policy documents which, among other things, are to critically examine and analyze various types of texts.I have found that some of these texts could be used for analyzing and critically examine the ideological dimensions of texts and cultural heritage by the model of critical literacy, and also as a counterweight to the more traditional teaching of the canonical literature as a literary historical stuff that students should learn. I have also wanted to create a basis for discussions about literature in the classroom based on the Chick lit genre. To do this I have, based on three themes and questions from the model of critical literacy, tried to focus on issues that might emerge from the ideological analysis and critical review. The model aims to deconstruct norms of society, and in the work of Chick lit, I wanted to show how you could deconstruct norms around gender..

I have with this thesis sought to understand how Chick lit could be useful in the classroom in the teaching of Swedish B-course in high school. Based on the model of critical literacy I am arguing that this genre would help to meet the objectives of the policy documents which, among other things, are to critically examine and analyze various types of texts.I have found that some of these texts could be used for analyzing and critically examine the ideological dimensions of texts and cultural heritage by the model of critical literacy, and also as a counterweight to the more traditional teaching of the canonical literature as a literary historical stuff that students should learn. I have also wanted to create a basis for discussions about literature in the classroom based on the Chick lit genre. To do this I have, based on three themes and questions from the model of critical literacy, tried to focus on issues that might emerge from the ideological analysis and critical review. The model aims to deconstruct norms of society, and in the work of Chick lit, I wanted to show how you could deconstruct norms around gender..

Libraries are often associated with positive values such as democracy and equal rights. The contents of the literature on offer should therefore be of great interest to the librarian, the supplier of said literature. The topic of this Master?s thesis is the popular literary genre known as Chick lit. The purpose is to investigate the love theme in Swedish Chick lit, and how it relates to Anthony Giddens? theory on love in late modernity.

The thought behind this bachelor essay regarding gender and rhetorical feminist criticism developed years ago out of the fact that I read just a little too many dirty Chick lit-pockets as a teen. Those Chick lit-pockets were my first introduction to sex, to gender roles, to how men and women react and are supposed to react to each other and, in some sense, even to feminism. Those Chick lit-pockets, later turning into hardcore Harlequin-books, became my benchmark when I started to contemplate the fact that this is a man?s world, produced and reproduced by a male gaze which influences everything from sex, porn, advertising, gender roles, jobs and payment to dirty pockets for teenage girls.The essays aims to show how the male gaze-phenomenon could be to use for the rhetoric discipline: first combined with other rhetorical theories as a way to analyze and understand gender and objectification. The main question asked; How to put the male gaze on a rhetorical leash? This bachelor essay consists of a qualitative literature study focusing on four articles and one book in which five different male gaze-perspective appears.

Women magazines are like guides to women and girls, due to the fact that they consistently upgrade their women audience about different trends. Advertising ads that are directed toward women are enjoying being in the atmosphere of women magazines, based on their frequent presence in women magazine?s content. Postfeminism is regarded as being an escape from feminism or as the opposite of feminism because they don?t share feminism?s ideology about equality, gender, and feminism?s questions about power struggle.

Uppsatsen Ett ämne i tiden? - En studie över hur ämnet biblisk historia och katekes utvecklades tillatt bli ämnet religionskunskap, har syftet att undersöka hur sekulariseringsprocessen samt depedagogiska tanketraditionerna har påverkat religionsämnets kursplaner och mål.För att uppnå syftet har följande fråga besvarats:Hur har ämnet biblisk historia och katekes förändrats och utvecklats från 1842 till 1994?Metoden som använts är en deskriptiv litteraturstudie. Litteratur som använts är bland annatAlgotsson Från katekes till religionsfrihet - Debatten om religionsundervisning i skolan under 1900-talet, Almén, Furenhed, Hartman och Skogar Livstolkning och värdegrund- Att undervisa omreligion, livsfrågor och etik, Forsell, Svedberg och Zaar Boken om pedagogerna samt GustafssonTro, samfund och samhälle. Sociologiska perspektiv.Resultatet av min undersökning visar att religionsämnet har anpassats och formats i takt med tiden.Från att på 1800-talet endast innehålla den evangelisk-lutherska läran har religionsämnet kommit attomfatta en stor del som berör religion och livsåskådning. Den röda tråden i undervisnings ochläroplaner har varit etik.