Le texte littéraire: un médium culturel

The literary text: a cultural medium Tifour, Thameur Maître-assistant, Université Amar Téledgi-Laghanat, Algérie tifourthameur@yahoo.fr Received: ۱۴.۱۱.۲۰۱۲ Accepted: ۲۲.۰۱.۲۰۱۳ The literary text is an artistic creation based on the dramatization of linguistic elements. This article is a reflection on the issues relating to the place of the literary text (the tale) in the FLE teaching in the secondary school and the operation of its cultural potential. This discussion will be centered on learning a better taking into account the specificities of literary communication (including that of the tale) and its institutional among the vast field of literary production. Keywords: literary texts, cultural, storytelling, exploitation.