Published 2023-12-01
“…The authors are concerned with the question of whether it is possible to teach the history of literature to foreign students according to the standards set for Polish (and Czech) students, i.e. through a historical and literary perspective, division into epochs and, above all, with regard to the
canon. In view of the fact that undergraduate curricula in Germany provide only a few
hours of instruction in literary history, and that German students are not taught the literary
canon at school but rather learn to question the normative value of every author or text, the teaching of ‘traditional’ literary history in Germany is problematic. …”
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