| 英文摘要 |
The brevity of The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, together with their appeal to the imagination and their popularity among young readers, provide taut, well-written narratives which even in simplified form well serve the needs of language and literary instruction. Adaptations of Poe classics offer the particular advantage of helping students master language skills as they concurrently gain exposure to the masterpieces of a culture. I want to argue, in the following article, against this belief, not simply because doing two things at once leads to bad results, but more importantly because students learn bad habits by reading simplified versions of literary texts, habits which later retard or even hinder their development of critical skills and active, independent reading. A rough pedagogical analogy would recommend training in the school playground for scaling mountains. |
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