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Download full textXu, Wenying – 1996
The act of reading is always interpretation through the lens of an individual's own culture and value system. In a World Literature class the encounter between American readers and a text from a different culture can produce 3 results: reading into it the individual's own world; translating the alien into the familiar; and appreciating its…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Empathy, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
