Sociological approach and modern interpretation of literature in teaching practice (original) (raw)

2014

Abstract

The paper deals with the role and significance of the sociological approach in modern interpretation of literature in teaching practice. The approach is externally oriented since it interprets the complex structure of a literary text by the facts that come from the outside of its sign structure and can be applied when investigating the ideological orientation of the author and the influence of literature on the society, social content of a literary text and the language used. Analyzing the approach in a diachronic perspective we show that the cited characteristics have offered the possibilities of misuse, which resulted in the negligence of the aesthetic value of a literary work. In the teaching practice, many valuable authors were neglected, and those whose creations were ideologically acceptable were favoured. The evaluation criteria were ideological acceptability and subordination to practical needs of life. The cited drawbacks are not the failures of the approach, they only indi...

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