جسور المعرفة
Volume 7, Numéro 3, Pages 556-569
2021-09-27
Teaching Literature To Algerian Undergraduate Efl Students: The Issue Of Culture
Authors : Kheladi Mohammed .
Abstract
Teaching literature to Algerian undergraduate EFL students, despite its merits and benefits, is a challenging task. In fact, literature appears strange to many students because it is culturally charged. Therefore, it would be difficult for them to grasp the conceptual notions embedded in many canonical texts. Yet, in dealing with this intricate issue and in an attempt to bring the students closer to the social, moral and cultural values portrayed in the text, some teachers, as evidenced through classroom observation, dare to go to the extreme in emphasizing the foreign cultural aspects of the text, sometimes at the expense of their students’ own culture .In order to bridge this gap and in an endeavour to reinforce an intercultural stance to teaching literature, this research argues first for incorporating English literature by Muslim /Arab writers alongside Western literature. Secondly, it recommends encouraging students’ personal responses to enhance their independency in interpreting and appreciating literature.
Keywords
Arab/Muslim writers, ; Culture, ; Literature, ; Literary appreciation ; Personal response, ; Western literature.
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