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Courses in Foreign Literature in Translation
Author(s) -
Irvin Leon P.
Publication year - 1942
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1942.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , linguistics , mathematics education , translation (biology) , psychology , sociology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , messenger rna , gene
Author's summary.— The cultural aims of modern language courses should include the development of the mental attitudes which characterize a cultivated person. Since the study of literature provides the best means for promoting this development, modern language teachers should make an effort to reach a larger group of students by offering courses in the foreign literature in English translation.