Teaching Belarusian Literature in China

Abstract

The article discusses the problems associated with teaching Belarusian literature to Chinese students in the higher education system of China. It describes the Chinese traditions in teaching literature at school and students’ perception of literary works. A method of selection of Belarusian literary works, as well as the peculiarities of working with prose and poetry are proposed. The main emphasis is placed on the objectives of the course - to help understand the extralinguistic factors of the Belarusian mentality through the students’ acquaintance with Belarusian literature.