Fiction As A Means Of Developing Sociocultural Competence

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Elizabeth Von Arnim’s Early Novels In The Light Of Eco-Criticism

“…As many researchers have already stated, "the central and principal task of literature is the formation of readers' value-based attitude to life" (Kolobova et al, 2018(Kolobova et al, , p. 1277. Thus the analysis of Elizabeth von Arnim's early novels clearly demonstrates the recognition that any literary work of the previous epoch can be regarded as a source of information on the natural world, the environment and types of interaction between the man and the nature in the given historical period.…”

Developing Students’ Cultural Identity Through Studying Fictiion In Linguistic Educational Programs

“…It is seen significant to realize that universities can play a serious role in developing a person's cultural identity, and fiction can contribute a lot in this respect as literature is dialogical by nature and, as the researchers claim, it generates "a culture dialogue (historical, artistic, aesthetic, civil, national and international)" (Kolobova et al, 2018(Kolobova et al, , p. 1276). Scott and Huntington emphasize the idea that the text is a vehicle via which the student acquires the second culture (Scott & Huntington, 2002).…”