English and Enlightenment  

Oleh:

Medway, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education (Full Text) vol. 17 no. 1 (2010), page 3-12.
Topik: philosophy of English teaching; English and knowledge; fiction; poetry
Fulltext: Vol. 17, No. 1, March 2010, 3–12.pdf (95.17KB)

Isi artikel

English is best advanced by being relocated within the central aims of education, which in turn need to be drawn from Enlightenment values. Central among the latter is knowledge. The article argues that the least obviously ‘factual’ side of English – novels and poetry – contributes to knowledge in direct and indirect ways. These include conveying sorts of knowledge that can’t be expressed propositionally, giving a sense of other subjectivities, ‘reporting’ on unfamiliar social worlds and developing the conceptual apparatus through which we gain knowledge. Enlightenment attitudes are promoted through literature’s encouragement of philosophical reflection and resistance to current forms of instrumentalism strengthened.

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