”Tacklingar eller tjuvnyp?” : En kvalitativ analys om maskulinitet inom skola och skönlitteratur

Sammanfattning: The aim with this study is to analyse stereotypical behaviour and attributes of characters in three fictional books. A question following the analysis is how this fictional literature can be used in education to create understanding of gender, gender categorization and stereotypical features of boys and girls. The three books I have chosen to analyse are Rekryten written by Robert Muchamore, Habib – meningen med livet written by Douglas Foley and Bröder emellan written by Tomas Dömstedt. The three books will be analysed separately and is based on the method critic discourse analysis where focus will be mainly on the protagonists of the books. My analysis of the three books indicates that all of them include gender stereotypes and typical gender behaviour. Reading these books without the opportunity to reflect on and discuss these types of questions, could probably contribute to and maintain gender stereotypes, typical gender behaviour and attributes, masculinities and femininity. The protagonists that this analysis focuses on are however, compared to other characters and discourses in the books, able to prevent traditional gender patterns. To analyse characters in books gives us a picture of our society´s social system and how we can contribute to a positive change and necessary improvements through conversations and discussions about these discourses.