Svordomar och lärdomar: Vikten av svordomar i Ulf Starks Rymlingarna och Oskar Kroons Överallt och ingenstans Swearing and Learning: The Importance of Swear Words in Ulf Stark’s Rymlingarna and Oskar Kroon’s Överallt och ingenstans

• Published in: Barnboken Vol. 46
• Main Author: Pulls, Sofia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Swedish
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: aesthetics and pedagogy; children’s literature; humor; Oskar Kroon; profanity; theme; Ulf Stark

This study investigates the uses and functions of swear words in children’s literature, analyzing Ulf Stark’s Rymlingarna (The Runaways, 2018) and Oskar Kroon’s Överallt och ingenstans (Everywhere and Nowhere, 2020). In both novels there are characters swearing recurringly, even though swear words a...