Literature fighting prejudice: teaching social behaviours against bullyism in an intercultural perspective

Literature has often been dealing with social issues, even in unexpected and undetected ways. The analysis of texts written in a non-native language and dealing with sensitive issues like prejudice and bullyism, proves helpful in showing university students how to use coping strategies to deal with deviant behaviours in an intercultural perspective. Goals: Teaching University students how to deal with social issues like prejudice and bullyism in different contexts through an intercultural perspective. Methodology: text analysis; storytelling Conclusions: Reading a text on the topic proves helpful in raising awareness on the issue, as well as on some of the alert signs, which characterize it (language, attitudes, etc.)