Annales de l’université d’Alger
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 127-134
1996-06-15
The Missing Link : A Foundation Course In Literature
Authors : Arab Abderrahmane .
Abstract
what I propose to do in this paper is to present the theoretical groundwork, the guiding principles and the format of a book currently being published, entitled Bridging The Cap. This book has been designed by the Literary Didactics Research Group of the Department of English of the University of Algiers for First year students embarking on a degree in English Studies. This is to say at the outset that bridge-building business-the theme of the present conference, I believe has been with us for quite some time now ; as a matter-of-fact since 1988 ... when we took stock of our preliminary investigations regarding the teaching of Literature in Tertiary Education. Those preliminary investigations included : 1) an assessment of the teaching practice as obtained (and still obtains, alas !) in our universities ; 2) an analysis of the Secondary textbooks in use then, i.e., New Lines, Midlines and Think it Over ; 3) an assessment of the papers of the 1987-88 English Department entrance examination ; 4) a survey-questionnaire put to the licence students of the University of Algiers. Our findings were summed up in a paper presented at the Twenty-Fourth Higher Education Teachers of English Conference 1. Let me quote from the paper to make my point clear : A First year syllabus in literary studies is not only desirable but also feasible along the following lines : (i) integration of the various dimensions of literature (linguistic, cultural, stylistic) and four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing); (ii) extensive use of the students' communicative competence ; (iii) text selection based on linguistic and cultural accessibility ; (iv) emphasis on genre study and literary-critical terminology; (v) extending of the scope of Eng. Lit. so as to include samples from the various literatures of the English-speaking world2.
Keywords
Bridging The Cap;Department of English;English Studies
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