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Literary Facts and the Elementary Language Student
Author(s) -
Herman Abraham
Publication year - 1943
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.1540-4781.1943.tb00170.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , meaning (existential) , value (mathematics) , linguistics , inclusion (mineral) , literature , task (project management) , literary criticism , philosophy , sociology , psychology , epistemology , computer science , art , social science , chemistry , biochemistry , management , machine learning , economics
Author's summary.— The literary facts contained in introductions affixed to editions of short stories, novels or plays intended for elementary classes have no real value for students who necessarily lack the background to understand them. The argument against the inclusion of such literary facts is all the more cogent in that the student is chiefly preoccupied with the task of making out the meaning of the text itself.