This contribution draws attention to the question of interdisciplinarity in literature classes. Many authorities in the field of education have spoken about this issue and all agree that interdisciplinarity increases motivation and rather than focusing on the memorising of facts represents the foundation for functional knowledge. School practice shows that interdisciplinarity is urgently required in literature classes to aid interpretation of literary texts. Some opportunities for interdisciplinarity are presented in relation to one of the central texts of modern literature - Beckett's drama Waiting for Godot. Thus at the forefront is a specific literary text, the process of interpretation, the students' reaction and comprehension, and their own initiatives for connecting literary texts with other branches of knowledge, especially philosophy. Attention is drawn to the problem of literary-historic periodisation, which through the interdisciplinary process loses its credibility as a canon and becomes merely a temporal orientation.
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