Reception of A.P. Gaidar’s work in China

this article addresses the issue of the perception of literature in a cross-cultural context, using the example of the study of the life and work of A. Gaidar in China. For the first time, materials of scholarly and literary-critical responses of Chinese researchers to the works of the Soviet writer are introduced into Russian literary studies. It is noted that, unlike Russian literary scholarship, in which the study of A. Gaidar’s work can be divided into two stages, the tradition of its reception in China is more holistic. In the Chinese reception of Soviet children’s literature, the principles of Chinese literary scholarship prove significant, with their particular attention to the figurative and plot levels of works, as well as to their axiological component. It is concluded that there is a phenomenon of aesthetic interference, a desire not only to learn from the example of Soviet literature, but also to discover in the works a new meaning that is close to the recipient culture.

reception, aesthetic interference, A. Gaidar, Soviet literature, children’s literature, Chinese literary studies