Link between language teaching and the study of literary texts

MEG - 10 ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA

ASSIGNMENT 2016 - 2017

(Based on Blocks 1 – 8)

Q3:-Bring out the link between language teaching and the study of literary texts.

The teaching of literature has recently been resurrected as a vital component of English language teaching. Over the past few decades, there has been much discussion on the value of attempting to teach any kind of literature, whether it be the classics or any imaginative work written in English, as part of an English language syllabus. For instance, in the sixties and seventies, there was a distinct reaction against the use of any literary English before the pendulum swung again in support of literature teaching. The opposition towards literature may well have been due to the impact of the approaches that were practised in the decades prior to the sixties and seventies and prevailing ideas in language teaching and methodology

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