Exploring English and American Literature in Linguistic Academic Courses

In the conditions of the global cultural and educational space development, the humanity enjoys such ongoing processes as integration of knowledge, mutual influence and interaction of cultural traditions. Here the role of a translator/ interpreter as an ambassador of culture is growing; he/she is seen as a mediator between communicants belonging to different cultures with incompatible linguistic and conceptual pictures of the world. In this context, the translator's background knowledge in various spheres plays a special role. The search for effective ways of enhancing background knowledge in Culture and Art is an urgent problem of the professional education of a translator/ interpreter. The article deals with the formation of background knowledge of the future translators/ interpreters in Culture and Art in the context of integration of Culture Study and Linguistics courses. The authors show the role of the integrative approach in the process, introduce an original and already tested strategic approach to the formation of the background knowledge of future linguists, allowing to fruitfully integrate linguistic and cultural knowledge as well integrative competences in the university training of future translators/ interpreters. The original definition of the concept, the structure of background knowledge in Culture and Art is revealed, the dominants of background linguocultural knowledge are identified, contributing to comprehension of mentality, system of values and characteristics of the cultural world of the target country and language, ensuring the enculturation and socialization of the translator/ interpreter's personality.

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“…the students again admitted a desperate need for improving their background knowledge in the above mentioned spheres (Karasik et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 98%

Integrative Approach to Enhancing Linguists’ Background Knowledge in Culture and Art

Mukhametshina¹,

Solovyova²,

Pomortseva³

2017

TAKSAD

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“…They all have doctoral degrees and have certain attainments in their respective research fields. The current study of American literature is in a period of both exciting and perplexing, and the momentum of the past twenty years is more centrifugal than centripetal [5]. In recent years, the literary critics at home and abroad have expanded some important theoretical and aesthetic research projects in 1980s, forming some exciting new directions [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

The New Trend of American Literature Research

Tang¹

2018

2018 4th International Conference on Economics, Management and Humanities Science (ECOMHS 2018)

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Since the establishment of the earliest modern American Literature Research Institute in 1979, the American Institute of modern literature has been established. The study of Chinese American literature has gone through more than 30 years and has made considerable progress. The study of American literature is becoming more and more internationalized, and the influence of foreign born and American based researchers abroad is also growing. This paper attempts to explain this phenomenon and its evolution, and selectively analyzes the new comparative methods in the study of American literature. The dictionary of American literature, edited by Yu Jianhua, is the first Chinese original dictionary of American literature. It is not only an excellent information query tool, but also a faithful embodiment of the author's academic ideas. It has expanded the research scope of American literature. It highlights the cultural perspective of literary research, pays attention to the retrospective inheritance of literary research, and emphasizes the subject consciousness of literary research. While it is convenient for readers to read, it will exert its academic influence and normative function in a subtle way.

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Exploring English and American Literature in Linguistic Academic Courses

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Integrative Approach to Enhancing Linguists’ Background Knowledge in Culture and Art

Integrative Approach to Enhancing Linguists’ Background Knowledge in Culture and Art

The New Trend of American Literature Research

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