This essay analyses J.M Barries classic novel Peter Pan (1911). It was a story first produced as a play but later turned into a novel. The purpose of this essay is to analyse how six different characters are portrayed in relation to the different gender roles in the book. With help from these portrayals I have been able to analyse the social production of gender in Peter Pan. I also discuss how Peter Pan can be used for educational purposes, this is done with a background to the fundamental values from the curriculum and the Swedish Course’ssyllabus. The essay is based on Lena Kårelands (2015) and Maria Nikolajevas (2013) description of different gender roles in children’s literature. The result in this analysis is that the gender roles in Peter Pan are not that different from what could be expected at the time it was written, but it can be used for educational purposes as a point of departure when discussing different gender roles. It can also be used in subject integration in for example English as reading aloud to the pupils.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-60755 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Persson, Isabella |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| 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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