Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-29T12:09:00Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese de José Jacinto dos Santos Filho.pdf: 2464102 bytes, checksum: 1d191097bb27c1a7edd86f40759f90ef (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-29T12:09:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese de José Jacinto dos Santos Filho.pdf: 2464102 bytes, checksum: 1d191097bb27c1a7edd86f40759f90ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-01-20 / Esta tese tem como ponto central de discussão a formação do professor de língua portuguesa enquanto formador de leitor dos textos literário, pictórico, fotográfico e fílmico, tendo em vista as relações intersemióticas entre eles. Sabemos que cada vez mais são exigidos do professor conhecimentos específicos que o façam ler e também ensinar a leitura do texto literário, relacionando-o com os demais textos que fazem parte dos contextos diversos socioculturais. Esta tese trata do tema em pauta, porque há uma gama muito grande de produções textuais que são resultantes das traduções ou adaptações intersemióticas e entendemos que muitos docentes não estejam preparados para uma leitura que considere esses aspectos intersemióticos implicados nos textos. Assim, este trabalho foi construído a partir de um curso de formação específica para professores de língua portuguesa do ensino médio da rede estadual de Pernambuco. Para realizar este estudo, traçamos o seguinte objetivo: investigar as contribuições que um curso de formação específica pode trazer para professores de língua portuguesa para estabelecer relações intersemióticas entre os textos em questão na nossa tese e quais seriam os possíveis impactos dessa formação em suas concepções de leitura e práticas docentes. E para que nosso intento fosse alcançado, recorremos a autores como Larrosa (2003), Josso (2004), Cosson (2011), Nóvoa (1992), Tardif (2010), Zeichner (1993) e muitos outros que nos ajudaram em nossas reflexões. Quanto à metodologia adotada, esta é qualitativa, considerando o caráter interpretativo dos dados e envolvimento do pesquisador com o trabalho. E, como perspectiva de análise dos dados, recorremos à análise da narrativa, porque contamos, para a coleta de dados, com as narrativas das histórias de vida e experiências dos professores envolvidos na pesquisa. A aproximação com os professores, ouvindo-lhes as histórias e as suas experiências, levou-nos a perceber alguns desdobramentos do trabalho realizado de leitura do texto literário na relação intersemiótica com textos não verbais. Vimos também que o curso de formação para professores, em que discutimos textos verbais e não verbais, deu-nos a chance de perceber o quanto uma formação continuada significa enquanto canal de diálogo entre professor e texto. No desenvolvimento do curso, os professores perceberam que os textos literário, pictórico, fotográfico e fílmico não são meramente decodificados; no processo de leitura, o leitor se inter-relaciona com o texto, tendo como referência a própria relação dele com o mundo ao seu redor, porque nisso estão implicadas as experiências socioculturais de cada um. Outro aspecto a ressaltar é que não basta só instrumentalizar os professores para que eles realizem na sua sala de aula a leitura intersemiótica do texto literário na relação com o pictórico, o fotográfico e o fílmico, como se o trabalho com esses textos contasse apenas com o aparelhamento teórico dos professores sobre o assunto; há, junto a isso, a necessidade de uma discussão sobre as práticas de leitura considerando as inter-relações textuais em cursos de formação para formadores de leitores. Portanto, é de extrema pertinência realizar, nos espaços de formação para professores, um trabalho de reflexão que conte com a experiência do professor. / This thesis has as its central point of discussion the formation of a Portuguese teacher as an educator of readers of literary, pictorial, photographic and filmic texts, considering the intersemiotic relationships among these languages. It is known that an expertise have been increasingly required from teachers in order that they can read as well as can teach the reading of literary texts, relating them to other texts that are part of the various socio-cultural contexts. That issue is discussed in this thesis, because there is a very wide range of textual productions that are resulting from intersemiotic translations or adaptations and we understand that many teachers are not prepared for a reading that considers these intersemiotic aspects involved in the texts. This thesis was built from a specific training course for Portuguese teachers of public high school of the state of Pernambuco. To conduct this study, the following objective was drawn: to investigate the contributions that a specific training course can bring to Portuguese teachers to establish intersemiotic relations between the texts in question in our thesis and what would be the possible impacts of such training in their conceptions of reading and teaching practices. To reach such a goal, we turned to authors like Larrosa (2003), Josso (2004) Cosson (2011), Nóvoa (1992), Tardif (2010), Zeichner (1993) and many others whose works helped us in our reflections. As for the methodology, this is qualitative, considering the interpretative nature of the data and the involvement of the researcher with the work. And as data analysis perspective, we turned to the narrative analysis, because, for data collection, the narratives of stories of life and experiences of teachers involved in the research were taken into account. The approaching to the teachers by listening to their stories and their experiences led us to realize some developments of the work of literary text reading in intersemiotic relation to non-verbal texts. We also realized that the training course for teachers, in which we discussed verbal and nonverbal texts, gave us the chance to perceive how much a continuing education means as a channel of communication between teacher and text. In the progress of the course, the teachers realized that literary, pictorial, photographic and filmic texts are not merely decoded; in the process of reading, the reader interrelates with the text, by having as reference his own relation to the world around, for socio-cultural experiences of each one are implicated in it. Another aspect to point out is that it is not enough to equip teachers for them to perform in their classes an intersemiotic reading of literary texts in relation to the pictorial, photographic and filmic text, as if working with these texts would deal only with teachers' theoretical framework on the subject; there is, along with it, the need for a discussion of the reading practices considering the textual interrelations in teachers training courses to the formation of readers. It is therefore of utmost relevance, within teachers training courses, a development of reflections that relies on the teacher's experience.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Wanderley Alves dos Santos - 2015.pdf: 10152347 bytes, checksum: 4955e1f030c1b8164a9e451898bdd250 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-08 / Outro / The reading training in basic education has been a challenge in contemporary society, characterized by digital practices and by the abundance of visual elements, which requires expanding the possibilities of discursive genres approach, among which the literary genre is included. The literature - as well as many other art expressions - is understood as a right of the human being, as it is vital and transformative (CANDIDO, 2010), and because of that, it needs to become, effectively an object of practices mediated by school where, according to, many children and young people, it is a place of unique access to literary reading. The present research is about the possibility of ensuring that young students can experience aesthetic experiences, by investigating and proposing the interdisciplinary dialog between literature, especially the classic ones and the arts, in the form of comics. The access to many artistic languages, interacting with the visual culture must be a school concern (BARBOSA, 2010). Immersed in a broad universe of visual culture to which the contemporary people are exposed, the comics as a subject can be addressed in the school as a possibility of approximating the visual arts, in dialog with the literature. Based on assumptions that guide the pedagogical action in teaching visual arts and literature, the concept of literary literacy (PAULINO; COSSON, 2009), and by the notion of semiosis (SANTAELLA, 2012), this research presents a reading project involving the novel Dom Casmurro written by Machado de Assis, and two versions of the same literary work in a comic version, developed with students from high school. The project implementation, developed in the form of didactic sequence, indicates the confirmation of the hypothesis that the association between the subjects; literature and visual arts can draw young students attention to the literary readings, and it also leads students to artistic appreciation, adding to the effective aesthetic experience in the educational field and to the reading training. This mentioned production in comic of formatted, presented as an appendix in this paper, and represents the didactics sequence research product. / A formação leitora na educação básica é um desafio na sociedade contemporânea, marcada pelas práticas digitais e pela abundância de visualidades, o que exige ampliar as possibilidades de abordagem dos gêneros discursivos, entre os quais o literário. A literatura – assim como outras expressões de arte – é compreendida como um direito do ser humano, porque vital e transformadora (CANDIDO, 2010), e por isso mesmo precisa se constituir, efetivamente, como objeto de práticas mediadas pela escola que, para grande parte de crianças e jovens, é lugar exclusivo de acesso à leitura literária. É dessa possibilidade de garantir que jovens escolares possam vivenciar experiências estéticas que a presente pesquisa trata, ao investigar e propor o diálogo interdisciplinar entre literatura, especialmente a considerada clássica, e artes, na forma de história em quadrinhos (HQ). O acesso às diversas linguagens artísticas em diálogo com a cultura visual deve ser uma preocupação da escola (BARBOSA, 2010). Imersa num amplo universo da cultura visual a que estão expostos os sujeitos contemporâneos, a HQ pode ser abordada na escola como possibilidade de aproximação das artes visuais, em diálogo com a literatura. Com base em pressupostos que norteiam a ação pedagógica no ensino de artes visuais e literatura, no conceito de letramento literário (PAULINO; COSSON, 2009), e na concepção de semiose (SANTAELLA, 2012), esta pesquisa traz um projeto de leitura envolvendo o romance Dom Casmurro, de Machado de Assis, e duas versões da mesma obra na linguagem da HQ, desenvolvido com estudantes de ensino médio. A aplicação do projeto, concretizado na forma de sequência didática, indica a confirmação da hipótese de que a associação entre as disciplinas literatura e artes visuais pode provocar nos jovens alunos maior interesse pela leitura literária, além de promover a vivência da apreciação artística, contribuindo, consequentemente, para a efetiva experiência estética no meio escolar e para a formação leitora. A referida produção, em formato de revista HQ, incluída como apêndice neste trabalho, configura-se como produto sequência didática da pesquisa.

Denna studie syftar till att se vilka skillnader som går att urskilja mellan tre olika svenska översättningar av Arthur Conan Doyles A study in scarlet. Vidare syftar studien också till att se hur dessa skillnader förhåller sig till den så kallade nyöversättningshypotesen, som menar att varje ny översättning blir allt mer lik källtexten, samt de olika översättningsideal som varit norm under respektive tillkomsttid. Genom dels en kvantitativ analys och dels kvalitativ närläsning studeras språkliga, kulturella och övriga faktorer. Studien visar att nyöversättningshypotesen främst går att verifiera gällande språkliga faktorer och att samtliga översättningar till stor del speglar sina respektive samtiders översättningsideal. Det gör att lärare i de flesta fall kan välja översättningar efter hur bra deras respektive samtidsideal passar läsningens didaktiska syfte. Studien visar också på olika aspekter i A study in scarlet som i översättning försvårar läsarens förståelse av texten, vilket också är nyttigt för lärare att vara medvetna om i val av utgåva.

This work is focused on the matter od the Czech contemporary literature in the context of the secondary school. The Czech contemporary literature and its position in the secodary education is examined in the view of academic literature, textbooks, pedagogical documents and other accessible materials. The position of the Czech contemporary literature is explored by surveys (among teachers and former secondary school students). This work is also focused on the probleme of the definicion of the term "contemporary" literature and characterizes this term taking into consideration all examined materials. This work's aim is to describe the current situation of the contemporary literature at the secondary schools, to define specific problems connected to this theme and to suggest strategies which could help making more advantage of the Czech contemporary literature. This work explains and describes these advanteges. The end of the work offers concrete materials which could be used in the Czech lessons.

“Låt romanen komma in – Transformativt lärande i gymnasieskolans litteraturundervisning“ är en litteraturdidaktisk studie i forskningsämnet pedagogik som tar syftestexten för litteraturundervisningen i det gymnasiala svenskämnet som utgångspunkt. Genom en förstudie där elva svensklärare och en skolbibliotekarie samtalar i fokusgrupper riktas projektet mot sitt huvudfokus som är en läsloggsintervention där 31 elever i gymnasiekursen Svenska 3 läser John Ajvide Lindqvists “Låt den rätte komma in” (Ordfront, 2004/2015). Med hjälp av begrepp från läsforskning (Rita Felski, “Uses of Literature”, Blackwell Publishing, 2008) och erfarenheter från förstudien för eleverna logg över sin läsning. Resultatet av läsloggsinterventionen visar att elevernas metareflektion hjälps framåt av begreppsanvändningen och att eleverna därmed tar steget in i en transformativ lärandeprocess. Licentiatavhandlingen innehåller en analys av den didaktiska potentialen för transformativt lärande med fokus på fokalisation och främmandegöring i Ajvide Lindqvists roman samt en praktisk modell för hur begreppsorienterad litteraturundervisning med läslogg på gymnasiet kan utformas. / The function of reading fictional texts in Swedish secondary school education has been questioned in public debate (e.g. Melin, 2016-07-17), even though the reading of fictional texts has been shown to be important to young people’s academic achievement (Jerrim &amp; Moss, 2019). Swedish policy documents clearly state that upper secondary teaching of literature in the subject of Swedish is aimed at increasing the pupils’ self-awareness and their comprehension of experiences and perceptions of others (The Swedish National Agency of Education, 2011). However, results from a large-scale reading project show that Swedish teenagers find it difficult to reflect upon their own roles as readers of fictional texts (Nordberg, 2018). Therefore, this licentiate thesis targets upper secondary reading of fictional texts, and the possibility of using literary terminology pedagogically to visualize and develop pupils’ transformative learning processes. The overall research question posed is: - How can applied literary terminology be used in upper secondary literary studies todevelop pupils’ transformative learning processes? A pilot study was conducted based on three focus group-sessions with teachers and the librarian at an upper secondary school. The main study was based on reading journals written by pupils reading John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel Låt den rätte komma in (2004) [Let the Right One In, 2008] as part of the Swedish 3 course. The methodological framework is inspired by participatory research. Consequently, this research-project uses an inclusive approach to the participants – 11 Swedish teachers, 1 librarian and 31 pupils – which means that they are considered as subjects rather than objects of knowledge. My own role in this project is tripartite: as a colleague, a teacher, and researcher. The pilot study was conducted in order to find out which possibilities and obstacles arose when the staff participants worked on teaching literature. The main study, within which the pupils are included as participants, focuses on advancing meta-perspectives of their own reading and made use of results from the pilot study and concepts derived from Felski’s (2008) ‘modes of textual engagement’. The pilot study revealed tensions which obstruct the teaching of literature, including the teacher-experienced importance of pupils ‘stepping into’ stories, as opposed to a great many pupils’ reluctance both towards the text and the act of reading. Moreover, the tension between engaged reading and the heavy emphasis placed on assessable outcomes of teaching and learning was addressed by the teachers. The main study revealed that reluctance is an inherent part of reading fictional texts. Further, that the pedagogical application of concepts used in literary studies can support the reading process, make it move forward, encourage the adoption of meta-perspectives on reading and on the pupils themselves as readers, as well as supporting a cohesive view of the finalized text. In summary, the findings suggest that applying literary concepts in literary studies supports pupils towards advancing their transformative learning and potentially points to a new way of making the goals section of the policy documents tangible for teaching and learning practices. According to this study, transformative learning-goals can be achieved if critical perspectives are preceded by individual engagement with the reading of the text. The suggested concept of transformative potential is beneficial to an analysis of the pedagogical function of a certain fictional text used in a certain learning situation geared towards transformative learning. This finding stands in contrast to trends of using reading as a means of writing practice or imaging historical epochs. / <p>Licentiate Thesis in Education with Specialisation in Didactics.</p>

Denna studies syfte är att analysera tre bokförlags lärarhandledningar till skönlitterära verk, med anpassning till årskurs 1–3, utifrån ett läs- och litteraturundervisningsperspektiv. Studiens material består av tre utvalda lärarhandledningar som samlats in från tre olika bokförlag. Ett analysverktyg baserat på studiens teori har använts för att granska materialet i syfte att undersöka på vilket sätt lärarhandledningarna förespråkar att skönlitteraturen ska användas, och vilken reflekterande nivå eleverna kan nå i arbetet med skönlitteraturennär lärare använder lärarhandledningar. Vidare undersöks hur förhållandet ser ut mellan läs- och litteraturundervisning i lärarhandledningarna och hur de förhåller sig till läroplanen och särskilt till svenskämnets syftesbeskrivning. Studiens teori grundar sig i Langers litterära föreställningsvärldar som beskriver läsarens sätt att uppleva och förstå ett verk som en process vari läsaren går igenom fem olika faser. Studien grundar sig även i Rosenblatts teori om litteraturläsning och framförallt utifrån begreppen efferent och estetisk läsning. Resultatet som framkommer visar att läsundervisning förespråkas i lärarhandledningarna och att det beror på att materialet består av en betydande del läsförståelsefrågor. Studiens resultat visar även en problematik med användningen av lärarhandledningar om läraren likställer läs- och litteraturundervisning eller är omedveten om dess olika innebörder. En av slutsatserna i denna studie är att lärare bör läsa skönlitteraturen till lärarhandledningarna, för att kunna förhålla sig kritisk till materialets innehåll och således även låta lärarhandledningarna förbli ett stöd och inte vara något som läraren är bunden till i brist på kunskap om det skönlitterära verket.

Frågor om sexuell identitet, kön och genus blir allt mer diskuterad, accepterad och öppen bland dagens unga, på sociala medier och i samhället i stort. Kan skolverksamheten sägas hänga med i denna utveckling och tar de tillvara på elevers vilja att samtala om dessa frågor i litteraturundervisningen? Den kvalitativa studie som genomförts med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer med både lärare och elever på gymnasieskolor har som syfte att synliggöra såväl lärares som elevers perspektiv på och attityder till frågor om sexuell identitet samt hur ett normkritiskt arbete kan genomföras med skönlitteratur som redskap. De forskningsfrågor som formulerats är: Hur beskriver lärare och elever den litteraturundervisning som bedrivs och i vilken utsträckning möjliggör den diskussioner kopplade till sexuell identitet? Vilka attityder synliggör elever då de talar om frågor om sexuell identitet? På vilka sätt kan lärare sägas arbeta normkritiskt inom ramen för litteraturundervisningen när det gäller frågor om sexualitet? För att analysera resultatet har teorier om litteraturdidaktik såväl som queerteori använts och visar att frågor om sexuell identitet får en obestämd roll i lärarnas litteraturundervisning. Det finns en öppenhet gällandet ämnet, men ansvaret för dess uttalade plats i klassrummet ligger hos eleverna. De attityder som eleverna synliggör är främst kopplade till generationsfrågor och belyser ett samband mellan normkritik och yngre åldrar. En normalisering gällande frågor om sexuell identitet kopplas till det faktum att generationer byts ut. Äldre, mer konservativa åsikter försvinner och ersätts med yngre, fördomsfria. Lärarnas arbete med normkritik är komplext och visar dels på en öppenhet, medvetenhet och vilja hos lärarna att inte endast belysa icke-heterosexuella sexualiteter och då framställa de som exotiska och annorlunda. De önskar att allt synliggörs på ett naturligt sätt. Trots detta ifrågasätts inte heterosexualitetens naturliga roll i undervisningen, utan förblir outtalad och osynlig. / The question about sexual identity, gender and sex is becoming increasingly discussed, accepted and open among today´s young people, on social media and in society at large. Can schools be said to keep up with this development and to they embrace students interest in discussing these said questions in literature teaching? The qualitative study conducted using semi-structures interviews with both teachers and students aims to illustrate both teachers’ and students’ views on and attitudes regarding sexual identity and how a norm critical work with fiction as a tool could take shape. The research questions asked are: How do teachers and students describe the literature teaching and to what extent does it enable discussions linked to sexual identity? What attitudes do students make visible while talking about sexual identity issues? In what ways can teachers be said to work norm-critical within the literature teaching regarding questions about sexual identity? In order to analyse the results, theories of literature didactics as well of queer theory has been used. The analyse shows that questions about sexual identity have an indefinite role in teachers’ literature teaching. There is an openness regarding the subject, but the responsibility for its place in the classroom lies with the students. Attitudes shown by the students attaches norm-critics to younger generations. The normalization of sexual identity issues is linked to the fact that generations is changing. Older generations and their conservative opinions disappears and are replaced with younger more open-minded ones. Teachers norm-critical work is complex. They show an openness, awareness and willingness to work with a variety of sexual identities in natural ways. Despite this, heterosexuality is given an natural role in literature teaching and is not questioned, but remains unspoken and invisible.

This essay aims to investigate representation and diversity in novels used in the English teaching inupper secondary school, and whether teachers take representation into account when choosing whatnovels to work with. A web survey was used to ask 71 teachers of English open questions regardingwhat novels they use in their teaching and why. The results demonstrate that the majority of the usednovels depict normative protagonists and settings, although there is some diversity and representationof different genders, races, ages, abilities and settings. It is also shown in the results that the majorityof the responding teachers do not think about representation when choosing what novels to workwith, while some respondents do indicate that they take aspects of representation into account. Theresults are discussed by drawing on ideas about representation, diversity and an intersectional genderpedagogy from Rudine Sims Bishop and Nina Lykke. / Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka representation och mångfald i romaner som används iengelskundervisning i gymnasiet, samt om lärare har representation i åtanke när de väljer vilkaromaner de skall arbeta med. En webbenkät användes för att fråga 71 engelsklärare öppna frågorangående vilka romaner de arbetar med och varför. Resultatet visar att en majoritet av användaromaner skildrar normativa protagonister och miljöer, även att det finns viss mångfald ochrepresentation av olika kön, etniska tillhörigheter, åldrar, funktionsvariationer och miljöer. Det visarsig även i resultatet att majoriteten av responderande lärare inte har representation i åtanke när deväljer vilka romaner de skall arbeta med, medan några respondenter indikerar att de tar hänsyn tillaspekter av representation. Resultaten diskuteras med hjälp av idéer om representation, diversitet ochintersektionell genuspedagogik från Rudine Sims Bishop och Nina Lykke.

This master’s thesis investigates poetic text writing through a teaching project conducted on a secondary school class in Sweden. Inspired by ekphrastic poetry, the teaching project consisted of poetry and literature reading. The students visited a sculpture related to the literature, upon which they wrote poetic texts about the sculpture. The main purpose of the study is to describe how teaching in the Swedish subject can make use of Swedish language teaching by developing students’ poetic texts that touches on topics such as living conditions and identity. Drawing from thematic narrative analysis, most notably Bamberg’s positioning model, the analysis investigates the narratives constructed in the students’ poetic texts as well as identity aspects negotiated through the narratives. The students’ identities were further discovered through participant observation and semi-structured interviews to deepen the understanding of the meeting between art, identity and learning.The general perception drawn from the interviewees’ answers is that the Swedish subject rarely includes knowledge of nor writing of poetic texts. However, the study emphasises that poetry could have an integral part of the education in the Swedish subject in secondary education.The results show that the students’ poetic texts tend to relate to the sculpture and the physical environment, as well as the social context of the environment. Furthermore, the identities of the students were shown to have a high relevance in the writing process. The teaching project was based on principles of culturally sustaining pedagogy and aimed at contributing to the sociocultural support of the school. As the students’ language and cultural backgrounds proved to be significant in the writing process, it became evident that multilingualism was a natural part of the student’s everyday school life.

Undervisningen i svenskämnet ska stimulera elevers lust till att läsa, däremot besitter långt ifrån alla elever naturlig läsmotivation. I föreliggande studie behandlas förhållandet mellan elevers läsning av skönlitteratur och motivation. Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka kunskapen om hur lärare i svenskämnet beskriver att de arbetar för att motivera elever till läsning av skönlitteratur i årskurs 4–6. Detta besvarades med hjälp av frågeställningarna: Hur beskriver lärare sitt val av litteraturundervisningsmetod för att öka elevers läsmotivation? Vilka faktorer gör elever mer respektive mindre motiverade till att läsa skönlitteratur enligt lärare? Hur tänker lärare kring urvalet av skönlitteratur för att öka elevers läsmotivation? För att uppfylla studiens syfte och frågeställningar användes en kvalitativ metod genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra verksamma mellanstadielärare. Insamlat material analyserades tematiskt och med hjälp med self-determination theory (SDT) som bidrar med att förstå hur människor blir motiverade till att agera på ett specifikt sätt. Resultatet av studien visade att lärare upplever svårigheter kring att motivera elever till läsning av skönlitteratur. Däremot framkom det att högläsning, gruppläsning, boksamtal och böcker som lever upp till individens intressen visar sig vara motivationshöjande för eleverna. Lärarna upplevde dessutom att eleverna blir motiverade till att läsa skönlitteratur om undervisningen har ett tydligt syfte. Det finns yttre faktorer som gör eleverna mindre benägna till att läsa, ett exempel som lärarna lyfte är den digitala tekniken som har tagit allt större plats i samhället. / The teaching of the Swedish subject should stimulate students' desire to read, but far from all students are inherently motivated to read. The present study deals with the relationship between students' reading of fiction and motivation. The aim of the thesis is to increase knowledge about how teachers in the Swedish subject describe their work to motivate students to read fiction in grades 4-6. This aim was fulfilled through the following research questions: How do teachers describe their choice of method when teaching to increase students reading motivation? What factors make students more or less motivated to read fiction according to teachers? How do teachers think about the selection of fiction to increase students' reading motivation? To fulfill the aim of the study, a qualitative method was used through semi-structured interviews with four active primary school teachers. The collected material was analyzed thematically through a lens of self-determination theory (SDT) which helps to understand how people are motivated to act in a certain way. The results of the study show that teachers experience difficulties in motivating students to read fiction. On the other hand, it appears that reading aloud, group reading, book talks and books that live up to the individual's interests prove to be motivating for the students. The teachers experience that the students are motivated to read fiction if the teaching has a clear purpose. There are external factors that make students less motivated to read, an example that teachers highlight is the increasingly dominant role that the digital technology plays in society.