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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466886703321

Autore

Di Martino Emilia

Titolo

Studying language through literature : an old perspective revisited and something more / / Emilia Di Martino and Bruna Di Sabato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-7110-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Disciplina

428.0071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Activities

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

Language arts - Correlation with content subjects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

Studying Language through Literature invites readers to reconsider the opportunity represented by literary texts for language-related purposes. Despite the close relationship between literature and language in educational contexts, literature is frequently associated with teaching practices which have been judged to be unsuccessful. Subsequently, texts of the non-literary type are preferred, on the basis that they are 'authentic' and closer to 'real' language. The everlasting relationship between language and literature is here reassessed starting from two assumptions: literature is the expres