Beyond monodisciplinarity and towards an integrative framework for the teaching of “literature” and “civilisation”

Abstract EN

The proposed paper probes into the practical ways in which the two subjects of study, hitherto taught as wholly independent modules each contained within rigid boundaries, could be rendered interdependent under the LMD system.

It establishes that “Literature” and “Civilization” are more rewarding for both student and teacher when taught within a fully integrated framework, involving scrutiny of matters from different perspectives, by gauging distinction, comparison, and contrast in order to attain clarification, reconciliation, and synthesis.

The proposed integrative approach renders the text the object around which convergence between the two options is formed.