Essays about: "Swedish Cultural Canon of Literature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Swedish Cultural Canon of Literature.

1. 1. What to teach or how to teach? : A survey on the consequences a less detail-controlled curriculum has on English teachers´ choice of English-language literature

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Valentin Andrijevic; [2023]
   Keywords : Swedish National Curriculum; less detail-controlled; English-language literature; critical literacy; critical pedagogy; intersectionality; Half of a Yellow Sun; Swedish Cultural Canon of Literature;

   Abstract : This essay aims to examine which consequences a less-detail controlled curriculum has on English teachers’ choice of English-language literature. With support from the literature review, this essay argues that an unofficial, tacit school canon of English-language literature mainly composed of ten literary works seems to have been established in Swedish upper-secondary schools, despite the Swedish National Curriculum not naming specific literary works educators in Sweden are required to use in their teaching. READ MORE

3. 2. Why read classic literature? : A mixed method study of English teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward classic literature in upper secondary school in Sweden

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Helin Levin; [2023]
   Keywords : English; classic literature; canon; teaching; attitude; upper secondary school; Sweden; questionnaire; interviews;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate both teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward classic literature in English language classrooms. The importance of the canon in education is also examined in the study. READ MORE

4. 3. An International Language? -Cultural Representation in English textbooks for Swedish Schools

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Henric Frenning; [2020]
   Keywords : culture; cultural representation; textbooks; inner circle; outer circle; expanding circle;

   Abstract : Culture and language are intrinsically linked, and the question of how to approach teaching culture whilst teaching a language is always going to be one teachers have to ask themselves. A textbook is a tool which is meant to aid teachers and remove some of the burden of decision-making from their shoulders. READ MORE

5. 4. Canon VS No Canon - Which English Literature is Used in Swedish Upper Secondary Schools?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Makrina Pesa; Emy Arnekull; [2018]
   Keywords : canon; cultural development; language development; literature; upper secondary education;

   Abstract : Throughout our teacher education, we have seen and felt the need for suitable literature in the English courses for upper secondary education in Sweden. Our purpose was to investigate which literature teachers in the field are using in their different courses, and with that constitute a list that can be used by teachers. READ MORE

6. 5. An argument for a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden : Course book analysis and didactic questions regarding the teaching of literature in the English subject

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Andreas Signell; [2016]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; canon; didactics; multiculturalism; syllabus;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the possibility of a postcolonial canon of literature for upper-secondary schools in multicultural Sweden. It uses an in depth course book analysis as a basis for looking at didactic questions regarding the teaching of postcolonial literature. READ MORE