Literary Texts and Intercultural Learning: Exploring New Directions - Couverture souple

Goncalves Matos, Ana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3034307209 ISBN 13 : 9783034307208

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2011

Synopsis

This book offers new perspectives on the pedagogical value of literary texts. The book is, in the first place, a theoretical study – speculative in nature – about the inherent connection between reading and interculturality. The author argues that reading literary texts may open up a passage to a ‘third place', a space in which a student can learn more about their own identity and ultimately arrive at a more nuanced understanding of otherness. Some of the skills implicated in the construction of textual understanding can facilitate intercultural learning, opening up opportunities for a pedagogical approach in which the reading of literary texts develops a student's intercultural perspective and fosters reflection on cultural difference. The author explores the pedagogical potential of the book's theoretical premises through a sustained classroom-based example.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ana Gonçalves Matos is Associate Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages, Cultures and Literatures, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and a researcher at CETAPS (Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies). Her research interests include intercultural education ; teaching and learning languages, cultures and literatures ; translation ; intercultural citizenship education ; and education through the Arts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3034307209
• ISBN 13: 9783034307208
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne