Kvinnor som objekt, män som subjekt
En genusanalys av hur manliga respektive kvinnliga författare beskrivs i läroböcker avsedda för litteraturundervisning i ämnet svenska.
ABSTRACTIn this study I have analyzed, throughout a gender perspective, two textbooks Den levandelitteraturen and Upplev litteraturen which are purposed to be used as teaching materials inSwedish schools in the subject of Swedish when teaching the history of literature. The intentof this study was to provide a gender analysis of two textbooks and the focus was on thepresentations of female and male writers, because they have not been studied earlier. In thisstudy, a qualitative text analytic method was used to achieve the best results as possible.Theories used in this study were Yvonne Hirdman?s and Raewyn Connell?s theories. Hirdmanclaims that there are differences between men and women at different levels in the societywhile Connell believes that this is a myth because, according to her, men and women arepsychologically alike. The results corresponded, mostly, with the theories cited in this essay?sliterature review on how men and women in teaching books are narrated and how equal theyare presented. For instance, all characters go against the norm of what is considered typicallymale of female and no one possesses only masculine or feminine characteristics, this meansthat Connell?s theory can be applied on this result. However, one may also find that womenare presented as passive and males are presented as active, in other words female writers areobjects while male writers are subjects. Previous research states that men are the ones thatdominate in teaching books which also this study has found.Keywords: gender, Connell, Hirdman, hierarchy