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A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes

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A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes

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This article proposes a comparative reading of Hemingway’s two short stories to delve deeper into his look at human relationships through typical lives that married or unmarried couple leads. While the first story Cat in the Rain depicts a sort of life a married couple leads, the second story Hills like White Elephants foregrounds a typical life of an unmarried couple. The vantage point the narrator holds is the same, as the writer approaches life from the same point of view and sees no difference between the life styles of these couples. He sheds lights on our human weaknesses and strengths because we are always ready to make use of our superior position to subjugate the other and exploit his or her status every which way. Unfortunately, in both of the stories, women are chosen to be exploited no matter whether they are married, or whether they are well-educated. With a keenly critical eye, the reader can easily understand that the lives presented through the stories are typical and led by stereotype people. The common ground shared by the stories is depicted in such a way that it can be said that people will display the same attitude in any speech community. Comparative reading of literary works in foreign classes helps ease L2 acquisition to a great extent providing constant exposure to the language concerned. This constant exposure also helps boost vocabulary learning and retention in meaningful chunks in a regular fashion.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer), Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Eylül 2022

Kabul Tarihi

16 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kumral, N. (2022). A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes. World Language Studies, 2(2), 132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC
AMA
1.Kumral N. A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes. WLS. 2022;2(2):132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC
Chicago
Kumral, Necat. 2022. “A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes”. World Language Studies 2 (2): 132-51. https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC.
EndNote
Kumral N (01 Aralık 2022) A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes. World Language Studies 2 2 132–151.
IEEE
[1]N. Kumral, “A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes”, WLS, c. 2, sy 2, ss. 132–151, Ara. 2022, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC
ISNAD
Kumral, Necat. “A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes”. World Language Studies 2/2 (01 Aralık 2022): 132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC.
JAMA
1.Kumral N. A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes. WLS. 2022;2:132–151.
MLA
Kumral, Necat. “A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes”. World Language Studies, c. 2, sy 2, Aralık 2022, ss. 132-51, https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC.
Vancouver
1.Necat Kumral. A Comparative Reading of Cat in The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants in Foreign Language Classes. WLS [Internet]. 01 Aralık 2022;2(2):132-51. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA83AT92AC

World Language Studies