Translation, Literature, and Language Teaching: Do These Three Areas Complement Each Other?

Abstract

This paper aims to propose a possible methodological path in practices with literary texts in foreign language classes. Firstly, the idea of interpreting the literary text and the role of literature in an increasingly technocratic society will be debated. Secondly, the teaching of literature in foreign language classes will gain prominence in this study, and the role of pedagogical translation, among other factors, will be highlighted in this process. Therefore, recommending the use of literary texts as a genre with which grammatical content can be worked is not the intention. On the contrary, strategies that contemplate the specificity of the literary text will be outlined and a methodological path in the 21st-century school context will be proposed.