Re-thinking Teaching English for Another South Africa Jean-Philippe Wade

Abstract

The article suggests new directions for the progressive teaching of English based upon Gramsci's notion of counter-hegemonic struggle and Eagleton's recent study of the European aesthetic lineage in order to facilitate a process of cultural transformation conducive to a radical democratic society. Marxist literary theory needs to move beyond its mimetic and Althusserian models in order to confront fully these new demands. If English is to be the lingua franca of a post-apartheid South Africa, English departments in universities and schools have a central role to play in this process.

Opsomming
In hierdie artikel word nuwe rigtings voorgestel vir die progressiewe onderrig van Engels. Dit word gebaseer op Gramsci se idee van die stryd teen die hegemoniese en Eagleton se onlangse studie van Europese estetiese afkoms. Dit word gedoen om 'n proses van kulturele transformasie te vergemaklik wat bevorderlik is vir 'n radikale demokratiese samelewing. Marxistiese literere teorie moet verder gaan as sy mimetiese en Althusseri­aanse modelle om hierdie nuwe vereistes voldoende te konfronteer. As Engels die lingua tranca van 'n post-apartheid Suid-Afrika gaan word, sal Engelse departemente in universiteite en skole 'n sentrale rol speel in hierdie proses.