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Dess utrymme och roll som litterärt kulturarv i svenska gymnasieskolan


With this essay we would like to examine to what extent the ancient Icelandic literature could count as a part of Sweden?s literal cultural heritage in schools today, if it through seeking information is possible to say whether this literature have any connections to Sweden. Our questions of issue are:1. What kind of connection is there between ancient Icelandic literature and Swedish literary cultural heritage and what are the ancient Icelandic literature premises? in the Swedish upper secondary school?2. In what extent is the ancient Icelandic literature used within the Swedish subject?s in the upper secondary schools social science program and how do the teachers motivate their use? To answer question of issue 1 will the ancient Icelandic literature role as Swedish literary cultural heritage be examined based on what texts researchers and experts regards to be representative, also the connection between the ancient Icelandic literature and Sweden the experts claim. To answer question of issue 2 we have used questionnaires with quantitative and qualitative elements. The questionnaires have been sent out to 21 upper secondary schools in Sweden and the respondents are teachers working within the social science program. The result of the questionnaires show that the teachers who have answered believe that it is important to consider the ancient Icelandic literature in school, that it belongs to the Swedish literary cultural heritage, although many of the teachers claim to work only short periods with the subject and do not look into it deeper. The results also show that the literature has an obvious but still small place in textbooks and that this literature, to a great deal, portray even Swedish mythology and culture: the ancient Icelandic literature is the oldest preserved source we have to our own culture.

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Tove Buskas Sarah Larsson

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Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

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