Core literary terms, major authors and classic works of Swedish literature, from Strindberg and Lagerlöf to Astrid Lindgren and Nordic noir. C2 level.
skönlitteratur
fiction, imaginative literature
facklitteratur
non-fiction
en berättare
narrator
ett berättarperspektiv
narrative point of view
en jagberättare
first-person narrator
en allvetande berättare
omniscient narrator
en huvudperson
protagonist, main character
en intrig
plot
ett tema
theme
ett motiv
motif
en liknelse
simile
en metafor
metaphor
en besjälning
personification
en allitteration
alliteration
en strof
stanza, verse
en versrad
line of verse
ett rim
rhyme
fri vers
free verse
en lyriker
lyric poet
lyrik
poetry
prosa
prose
dramatik
drama, plays
en roman
novel
en novell
short story
en saga
fairy tale; saga
en deckare
crime novel, detective story
nordisk noir
Nordic noir
en utvecklingsroman
coming-of-age novel
en arbetarroman
working-class novel
August Strindberg
Swedish playwright and novelist (1849 to 1912)
Selma Lagerlöf
the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1909)
Astrid Lindgren
Swedish children's author
Vilhelm Moberg
author of the Emigrants novels
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature 2011
Carl Michael Bellman
18th-century Stockholm poet and songwriter
Svenska Akademien
the Swedish Academy
Augustpriset
the August Prize
en upplaga
edition
ett förlag
publishing house
en recension
review
Boken skildrar livet på landsbygden i 1800-talets Sverige.
The book depicts life in the countryside in 19th-century Sweden.
Texten präglas av en melankolisk ton.
The text is marked by a melancholy tone.