Astrid Lindgren och hennes flickor : En kvalitativ analys av flickkaraktärer i Astrid Lindgrens fiktiva värld

Sammanfattning: If we look at the world around us with a critical glance from a gender perspective we often notice that there are expectations of children because of norms, not least for the girls. This is widely used also in fiction and this shaped my wish that with this study examining girls in fictional roles. The author Astrid Lindgren has in her literature often one or more girls in prominent roles why my choice fell on to take a closer look at and analyze a few of these. The aim with this study has been to analyze selected girls' characters and stories by Astrid Lindgren. As a method for my study I have used a broad qualitative analysis from a gender perspective which created the conditions needed to provide answers to the work's questions about the characters and its similarities-and differences. What I found was that, even though they were written on different occasions over a forty-year-long period, the characters had a lot in common. Some of the common qualities between the characters were strength, skills and a willingness to do good. Which can therefore be assumed to have been important qualities to Astrid Lindgren.