Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 3 Number: 2 Page: 101–107
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Transcultured Selves Under Scrutiny: W(h)ither Languages?
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Margaret Parry
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The paper responds to the invitation in the Conference Guidelines to consider whether 'the transcultured self is a utopian ideal'. Taking a humanist and Bergsonian view, it presents three transcultured
selves from modern European culture to explore a model of cultural identity based on the idea of being in becoming. Foreign language acquisition is viewed as integral to the ideal of an enlarging
consciousness which comes to embrace the 'other' through accommodating new ways of seeing and responding to the world. A pedagogical model is proposed for exploring this conception, centred on the emerging
genre of border-writing and the establishment of a new literary canon.
Keywords: UTOPIA, INTER-THINKING, CO-CONSCIOUSNESS, LANGUACULTURE, ACCULTURATION, EMPATHY
© Multilingual Matters 2003
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