Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • apa.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Strindbergsbilden idag: En analys av åtta litteraturhistorier för gymnasiet
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education.
2010 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study has been to analyze the image of Strindberg in today's upper secondary school. How is the author portrayed in the textbooks and teaching aids, and which parts of the authorship does the textbook and teaching aids authors choose to focus on?  

This work has been implemented in the form of a textbook and teaching aids survey where eight textbooks for the upper secondary school from 1989 to 2008 has been analyzed with focus on the sections that consider Strindberg and his authorships.

What emerges when studying these textbooks and teaching aids is that they give a rather synonymous picture of the man and the author Strindberg. Big focus is aimed on private life and the scandals that the author more or less voluntary became a part of. The majority of the textbooks treats matters as ”the misogynist” and ” the critic of society” and the so called Inferno crisis, and also when one discusses the literary works it is done in the light of the author's own life and accomplishments.

When it comes to the author's literary production it is a very limited selection that is presented to the students. It is mainly two works that are mentioned, Röda Rummet and Hemsöborna, and these two novels gets to symbolize the author's revolts in the first case and his greatness as an author in the last mentioned case.

Main focus in these eight textbooks lies on the prose, but also Strindberg’s drama gets a lot of attention with titles such as Fröken Julie and Ett drömspel most frequently mentioned. Strindberg’s greatness as a playwright is also mentioned, often together with longer extracts, but the geniality of his work is never explained or justified in a pedagogic way.

Strindberg is already seen as an icon in Swedish literature, an image that is only strengthen by the telling of his versatile artistry such as painting, photographing and guitar playing. Moreover, it is mentioned in connection with that one recurs to the author's permanent outcomes and attacks on the establishment. It is in other word the image of the great artist that is presented. The artist who’s ability admittedly passes the common people, but at the same time permanent is misinterpreted and is being forced to fight for his right.

This myth around the author is however a relatively late invention. In the textbooks that were used during the early 1900´s for example a lot of criticism was aimed at Strindberg both for lack of correctness in his historical works and in connection with his society critical attitudes.

 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. , p. 46
Keywords [sv]
strindbergsbilden, läromedelsanalys, gymnasiet, litteraturhistorier
National Category
General Literature Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-5235OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-5235DiVA, id: diva2:292773
Presentation
(English)
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2010-03-04 Created: 2010-02-09 Last updated: 2010-03-04Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(794 kB)1874 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 794 kBChecksum SHA-512
95e9fa5ae4c82b0c330335830214b6470c9bd56489abbe1dcfccb82b0ad9885ee65695d5273b56a6de8bc5177f06ea126af10cbfa007f7246568b609341783de
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Ringdahl, Erik
By organisation
Faculty of Arts and Education
General Literature Studies

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 2223 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 2575 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • apa.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf