The purpose of this study is to analyze how homosexuality is portrayed in young- adult novels. I use books published in Sweden from 1977- 2003. Three of the books have female main characters and the other three have male main characters. My purpose is therefore to compare the different results between the sexes. I will examine and discuss the homosexuality in the novels with focus on the homosexual identity of the young characters and how it is formed. I relate the results to a queer discussion about identity. My results show that there has been a development in how the homosexuality of the main characters is portrayed; the majority of the late works describe homosexuality as socially constructed and not biological.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-97 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Corneliusson, Mimmi |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, historia, litteratur och religion, Huddinge : Institutionen för genus, historia, litteratur och religion |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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