Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 12. Number1 March 2021 Pp. 128-138
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol12no1.9
Charting New Venues for Teaching Literary Texts through Black English Vernacular in
EFL Context: Case of H.B. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Yamina ILES
Language Studies
English Department, FLPATP lab N°72,
Abou Bakr Belkaid University,Tlemcen, Algeria
Correspondent Author: amina.iles09@gmail.com
Amine BELMEKKI
Applied Linguistics & TEFL
English Department, FLPATP lab N°72,
Abou Bakr Belkaid University,Tlemcen, Algeria
Received : 12/29/2020 Accepted: 2/28/2021 Published :3/24/2021
Absract:
This research paper attempts at studying the operation of literary texts teaching through Black English Vernacular (BEV) in EFL context, selecting the American novel: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, henceforth (UTC), (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) as a parameter of research. Its main aim is to reveal and project the new venues for teaching literary texts through BEV in EFL classroom. The choice of this novel constitutes a luxuriant source of investigation. Additionally, it is abundant with various cultural elements used by its characters. The significance of the study relies on the examination and analysis of lexical items regarding the role of literature in the EFL context between the past and the present time. Also, with the difficulties of using literary texts as language tools in the EFL educational milieu. After implementing a stylistic analytical method on the selected novel, the results of the study end up by the selection of certain lexical entries from Black English that can be used as a reference in the teaching of literature in EFL contexts.
Keywords: Black English Vernacular, EFL context, H.B. Stowe, literary texts, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Cite as: ILES, Y., & BELMEKKI, A . (2021). Charting New Venues for Teaching Literary Texts through Black English Vernacular in EFL Context:
Case of H.B. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Arab World English Journal, 12 (1) 128-138.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol12no1.9
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