Kvinnor som objekt, män som subjekt : En genusanalys av hur manliga respektive kvinnliga författare beskrivs i läroböcker avsedda för litteraturundervisning i ämnet svenska.

Sammanfattning: ABSTRACT In this study I have analyzed, throughout a gender perspective, two textbooks Den levande litteraturen and Upplev litteraturen which are purposed to be used as teaching materials in Swedish schools in the subject of Swedish when teaching the history of literature. The intent of this study was to provide a gender analysis of two textbooks and the focus was on the presentations of female and male writers, because they have not been studied earlier. In this study, 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. Hirdman claims that there are differences between men and women at different levels in the society while Connell believes that this is a myth because, according to her, men and women are psychologically alike. The results corresponded, mostly, with the theories cited in this essay’s literature review on how men and women in teaching books are narrated and how equal they are presented. For instance, all characters go against the norm of what is considered typically male of female and no one possesses only masculine or feminine characteristics, this means that Connell’s theory can be applied on this result. However, one may also find that women are presented as passive and males are presented as active, in other words female writers are objects while male writers are subjects. Previous research states that men are the ones that dominate in teaching books which also this study has found. Keywords: gender, Connell, Hirdman, hierarchy