English Culture

The paper discusses the literary osmosis between Arab culture and English
literature, more precisely it subtracts the issue of influencing and being
influenced between the writers in the two cultures. As it shows the influencing
on the Iraqi poet Badr Shaker Alsayab by the British poet T. S. Eliot, it also
shows the influencing on Lord Alfred Tennyson by the Arabian poet Imru al-
Qays. Many of Arab influences in the English literature are raised in this paper,
in poetry also it discusses the influencing on the father of English poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer by the Arabian Nights tales. In the novel, it discusses the
influencing on Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe by the novel of Ibn
Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan. In drama it discusses the influencing of the famous
story in the Arab culture of the hero and beau Antar Bin Shadad on the great
poet and playwright William Shakespeare especially in his play Othello, more
comparisons are discussed in this paper. At the end of the study, we conclude
that the modern Arabic literature influenced by English literature, the English
literature is also influenced by the Arab literature in the middle ages. The
Arabian Nights was influential on many writers in the English literature. The
mainspring of the influence on English writers caused a renewal and
development of English literature. The translation movement helped to make the
Arab culture influential on the civilizations around, including the influencing on
the English literature. The Orientalists contributed to transfer the Arab Culture
to Europe via translation of the Arab literature to their languages, and more
.other results are mentioned in the conclusion of the paper based on the literature

The focal aim of the current paper is to take an in-depth look at the effect of the English culture on foreign language learners. In this regard, the researchers inquire about how intercultural communication affects English as a foreign language (EFL) students during the process of learning English literary texts carrying aspects of the target culture. This study, thus, endeavours at shedding light on students' attitudes towards some aspects of the English culture when studying literary texts. It also intends at scrutinizing teachers' strategies in teaching culture through literature; referring to their active roles in fostering intercultural awareness and Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) among their learners. To do so, the researchers collected data through a questionnaire addressed to forty first-year Master students of Literature and Civilization in the department of English at Tlemcen University supported by an interview with teachers of literature. The findings revealed that most students exhibit negative attitudes towards some aspects of the English culture when studying literature. Their responses demonstrate that they are unaware and ignore the differences between cultures i.e., they are not culturally competent enough to avoid intercultural clash within various lectures of literature. The results also showed that teachers peacefully attempt to provide the appropriate teaching techniques and strategies to integrate teaching culture through literary texts to foster tolerance and empathy with speakers' target language, identity, and culture.

The essays presented in Not just Porridge address both the scholar and the bold, adventurous cook. They offer the crumbs of what might be found in great and famous works of literature. Concocted in Italy by scholars of English and sifted through the judgement of the English editor, this volume traces a curious history of English literature, from the tasty and spicy recipes of the Middle Ages down to very recent times, threatened as they are by junk food and microwaved dinners. The authors of the essays have lingered on the threshold of the kitchen rather than in the library. Each chapter provides the recipes that best describe the writers involved, and their culinary times.