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Simon Wessbo serves as a Lecturer at Linköping University with dual appointments in the Department of Communication, Literature and Swedish (KLS) and the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS). His work bridges literary studies, media education, and pedagogical practice within Swedish language instruction.
His research focuses on literature didactics and multimodal analysis, particularly examining how students interpret fiction across different media. Key areas include:
- Film adaptation studies in educational contexts
- Ecolinguistic approaches to digital media
- Subject didactics for Swedish language teaching
- Media landscape integration in literature education
Wessbo's recent publications analyze Swedish family films, multimodal fiction analysis, and ecolinguistic perspectives on games like Valheim. His doctoral thesis (2021) investigated how high school students create meaning from Hjalmar Söderberg's "Pälsen" in both literary and film formats, revealing significant differences in students' analytical approaches based on media format.
Teaching assignments include:
- Literature Didactics (7.5 credits)
- Swedish Language 1 (Prerequisites for speaking)
- Multimodality courses
- Culture and Society 1850-1914
He actively contributes to the Pedagogical Work with a focus on language and literature didactics research environment and the SPLIT network. Media appearances include Svenskpodden #17 discussing film integration in classroom teaching.
