Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University
This article describes and discusses experiences of teaching popular romance in Sweden, a country where the genre has been more or less invisible until recent years. Starting with an overview of the status and visibility of popular romance in Sweden, our experiences of designing and revising a cours...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)
2020-12-01
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| description | This article describes and discusses experiences of teaching popular romance in Sweden, a country where the genre has been more or less invisible until recent years. Starting with an overview of the status and visibility of popular romance in Sweden, our experiences of designing and revising a course on romance is presented. Our projects providing textbooks for students are presented and we share both pitfalls and rewards we have experienced giving this course. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-18a41ed1e5634d378c730848eb92c2ea2023-08-07T18:17:44ZengInternational Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)Journal of Popular Romance Studies2159-44732020-12-0191116Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish UniversityMaria NilsonHelene EhrianderThis article describes and discusses experiences of teaching popular romance in Sweden, a country where the genre has been more or less invisible until recent years. Starting with an overview of the status and visibility of popular romance in Sweden, our experiences of designing and revising a course on romance is presented. Our projects providing textbooks for students are presented and we share both pitfalls and rewards we have experienced giving this course.https://www.jprstudies.org/2020/12/love-in-a-cold-climate-teaching-popular-romance-at-a-swedish-university/chick litcritical analysisscandinavian chick litsimona ahrnstedtswedish romanceteaching romance |
| spellingShingle | Maria Nilson Helene Ehriander Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University Journal of Popular Romance Studies chick lit critical analysis scandinavian chick lit simona ahrnstedt swedish romance teaching romance |
| title | Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University |
| title_full | Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University |
| title_fullStr | Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University |
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| title_short | Love in a Cold Climate? Teaching Popular Romance at a Swedish University |
| title_sort | love in a cold climate teaching popular romance at a swedish university |
| topic | chick lit critical analysis scandinavian chick lit simona ahrnstedt swedish romance teaching romance |
| url | https://www.jprstudies.org/2020/12/love-in-a-cold-climate-teaching-popular-romance-at-a-swedish-university/ |
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