Syllabus
Wolgang Iser’s reader-oriented theory and its impact on L2 literature teaching.
The phenomenological basis of Iser’s theory, an active role of students and employment of their knowledge and experience for an interpretation of a literary work which is viewed as a multiplicity of meanings. The indeterminacy in the text is always open to new interpretations
Postcolonial theory and its impact on the expansion of literary canon. Postcolonial literature in L2.
An integrated model for teaching literature - combining the cultural and language models with the personal development model..
Annotation
Theories of literary interpretation and the didactics of Anglophone Literatures, especially the didactic impact of reader-oriented theories.
Postcolonial theories and their contribution to the literary canon in L2.