A Secondary School Student Reads Reduta Ordona [Ordon’s Redoubt]. On Literary Text with a Historical Context in Polonistic Education Cover Image

Gimnazjalista czyta Redutę Ordona. O utworach z kontekstem historycznym w kształceniu polonistycznym
A Secondary School Student Reads Reduta Ordona [Ordon’s Redoubt]. On Literary Text with a Historical Context in Polonistic Education

Author(s): Ewa Horwath
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literature of the nineteenth century; comprehension; methods of work at school

Summary/Abstract: The article raises an issue of students’ cognition of literary texts from the nineteenth century included in the core curriculum. The author draws attention to the difficulties associated with understanding the literal and metaphorical language that varies from the everyday language of the students. The author also introduces methods to mitigate these problems and proposes a form of classroom exercises which facilitate the analysis and interpretations of literary works.

  • Issue Year: 10/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 231-240
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish