Kaip literatūra atlieka gimtojo konteksto funkciją

With electronic communication having altered the new generations' concepts of culture, reading and learning, it becomes exigent to redefine the basic concepts of classical education, such as the potential of imaginative literature. The problem which focuses the article is the deteriorated culture of reading. The idea of the potential of literature to fulfil the function of the native environment is grounded while analysing how literature realises all contexts (the context of situation, the co-text and the context of culture) active in communication and contributing to understanding. The concrete uses of literature in foreign language learning are only reviewed, while the content of literary works and the cognitive content of the language of literature receive some emphasis. The article appreciates the tradition of the Department of English Philology, Vilnius University, in teaching English as a foreign language through literature