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Abstract: University teachers of humanities will probably agree that there are fundamental questions which normally lie dormant in periods of social and academic stability, but in turbulent times rise from some deeper layers of consciousness and start demanding answers or at least some attention. This seems particularly true for teachers of languages to students of non-linguistic specialization, as the issues of existential character are not normally included in their syllabus. In this paper an attempt is made to show that in many cases students respond well to the approach that we call Alexandrian, in the sense that it uses elements of literature, art and philosophy in order to build behavioral models to be discussed as well as generate novel insights into the experience they have already acquired.