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An Integrated Intercultural Course for Iranian English Language Learners: When East Meets West
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Rezaei, Saeed (Supervisor) ; Jahangard, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
Intercultural Communicative Competence has been the focus of much academic inquiries in the field of second/foreign language learning in the last decades since learners’ ability to communicate authentically in the target language has been recognized among the scholars. This study aimed to address this issue in the Iranian academic environment where there was almost a gap in not touching the cultural issues of target language in a focused and organized manner in language classes at universities. For that purpose, an intercultural syllabus was designed for a 14-week course of English short story in the Minor Program at Sharif University of Technology. The syllabus was an integration of various...
Philosophy of Literature: Post-Structuralists and Aristotelians on Literature and its Moral Implications in the Contemporary Times
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Azadegan, Ebrahim
(Supervisor)
Abstract
The relationship between art and philosophy has been disputed for a long time and its history goes back to the ancient Greece. The dominant literary form at that time was poetry or tragedy, which are the first side of this relationship. On the other side was philosophical ethics. Plato and Aristotle are the main protagonists in this quarrel, which is known as the "Ancient Quarrel". I will first examine this quarrel and follow its different forms in the modern era, in which Hegel plays a prominent role by proposing the "end of art" thesis. By examining the criticisms made to this thesis, I will make clear the context in which the contemporary defenses that I explained in the following...