The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is twofold. The first part is to create an understanding of the relevance of Swedish Nobel Prize laureates in literature for students at Swedish universities during the last 20 years. This is done with bibliometric calculations of published students’ theses from the years 2000–2023 found in the databases Diva and Uppsök. The second part is to use the empirical results to discuss a broadening of the literary canon concept. Here, Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital is used. Two research questions are asked. When, where, how, and in what contexts are Swedish Nobel Prize laureates in literature present in students’ theses at Swedish universities during the years 2000–2023? How can the result from the empirical study be used in a canon discussion and in relation to a broadened canon concept? The results show that 164 relevant theses were written during this time, at 23 different universities and in 18 different subjects. The laureates and their works are both studied in their own right and used as tools in other investigations. For half of the laureates, a local connection is found between their home regions and the geographical location of the universities where the theses were written. The wide range of subjects shows that the laureates and their works are significant well outside the traditional area of literature. This supports a possible broadening of the canon concept from being only national and literary to also including regional aspects and uses in other subject areas as well.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-32086 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lindberg,, Linnéa, Nikanorsson Fors, Ulrika |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT |
| 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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