Literary Education: Christian Values and Confucian Concepts in Upbringing of Students
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The purpose of the study is to reveal fundamental Christian values and Confucian concepts in the texts of the writers, to investigate using of these values and concepts in literary teaching and learning process and their contribution to moral upbringing of today’s students. Methodology includes axiological approach. The authors examine literary works of Chinese American writer Amy Tan (USA) and Chinese writer Yu Hua (PRC) that are included in higher education courses in USA and Russia and present special interest for education. Literary education creates conditions for the implementation of Christian values and Confucian concepts that form moral potential of students. The study concludes that humanistic potential of a student’s personality expands by means of appropriation of basic spiritual values.
Keywords: literary education; axiological approach; Christian values; Confucian concepts
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