Gatunek short stories w nauczaniu literatury światowej. Zarys idei dydaktycznej dla studiów filologicznych
The short story genre in teaching world literature. Outline of a teaching idea for language and literature studies

Summary/Abstract: The reason for writing this article was the belief that the practice of teaching world literature as part of Polish studies needs to be reformed. According to the author’s postulates and proposals, this practice should be based on the one hand on a modern teaching methodology, and on the other hand on specific principles concerning course reading selection. The methodological change should involve placing emphasis on the application of teaching practices enabling students to effectively acquire a set of skills defined as reading competence, i.e. above all proficiency in the analysis and interpretation of literary texts and in the sphere of the broadly perceived understanding of literature. In turn, the rules concerning the change in the course reading selection are related to the postulate of geographical and historical expansion of the spectrum of works discussed during the world literature course. In addition, these courses can be used to give students some additional universal skills, useful in today’s labour market, also outside the field of Polish studies. The assumptions are in part exemplified by the teaching concept model included in the article, based on the use of short stories. The choice is related to the belief that this particular genre is highly useful in class at university, and at the same time to the desire to draw attention to it as material that can potentially be used in the teaching of this subject.

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