Often Cultural Studies programs focus on foreign cultures as information to be acquired, much like the foreign languages themselves. But like the languages being studied in the programs, culture is an evolving, changing thing, inextricably linked to language. This paper looks at the use of foreign language literature to better understand the culture from which it comes, and also to use so students can understand themselves and their own culture better.
literature
culture
intercultural communication
intercultural competence
foreign language