TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ana Goncalves Matos
PY  - 2012
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1663-5809
SN  - 9783035302493
TI  - Literary Texts and Intercultural Learning
T2  - Exploring New Directions
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0249-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052431
N2  - 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.
KW  - inherent connection between reading and being intercultural, reality and literary experience, Pedagogical value of literary texts, construction of textual understanding can facilitate intercultural learning
LA  - English
ER  -