This study aims to show how themes of sexuality, consent and relationships is treated in a classic romance novel from the 19th century and in modern romantasy from the 21st century. In order to find the romance genre’s potential to be used as a teaching resource, in the Swedish subject as well as in sex education, towards the Swedish upper secondary school. Through hermeneutic reading and thematic comparative analysis of the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and the first two books in the series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas, examples of the themes are found and compared. The results are then interpreted through queer theory. The findings show that there is potential for the romance genre to be used as a teaching resource in the Swedish subject, particularly in discussion of themes such as sexuality, consent, and relationships.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-224615 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lindgren, Lina |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper |
| 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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