The Case for Teaching Culture through Neglected Authors: Carmen de Burgos and the Generation of '98

Authors

  • Sally W. Thornton Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-44.11

Keywords:

Lingüística aplicada, competencia cultural, narrativa española, Generación del '98, applied Linguistics, cultural competence, Spanish narrative, Generation of 1898

Abstract

Teóricos del campo de la lingüística aplicada sostienen que para estudiantes de segunda lengua, la adquisición de la competencia cultural mejora por el uso de obras literarias. Aquí se propone que al integrar en la clase autores olvidados o marginados se ponen de relieve las ambigüedades, diferencias y contrastes presentes en la cultura predominante. Se ilustra cómo, en dos cuentos cortos de Carmen de Burgos, se plantea el problema de la mujer con todo lo complejo del tema, asunto casi pasado por alto por los autores incluidos en la Generación del '98.

Applied linguistics theorists maintain that the acquisition of cultural competence by second-Ianguage students is enhanced through the use of literary works. The proposition of the present article is that by incorporating neglected or marginal authors i n the classroom, the ambiguities, differences and contrasts present in the predominant culture are highlighted. Through the study of two short stories by Carmen de Burgos, the woman question, a subject largely ignored by the Generation of 1898 writers, is set out in all of its complexity.

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Published

2008-07-22

How to Cite

The Case for Teaching Culture through Neglected Authors: Carmen de Burgos and the Generation of ’98. (2008). LETRAS, 44, 211-223. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-44.11

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Artículos: Enseñanza de la literatura

How to Cite

The Case for Teaching Culture through Neglected Authors: Carmen de Burgos and the Generation of ’98. (2008). LETRAS, 44, 211-223. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-44.11