Which role do literature and literary texts have in the second language education inthe upper secondary school in Sweden? The aim of this study is to find out, howoften literary texts and literature appear in German textbooks and how they areprocessed in the language teaching. Which pedagogical and didactical cultures aredominating in the textbooks? What does the second language learner come toknow and how does the learner acquire this knowledge? The thesis of the study isbased on an adoption that we have to work hard with production in the secondlanguage education. Can we promote the empowerment, the spoken productionand the written production with literary text in the second language acquisition ordo we just promote the extensive reading?