LITERARY EDUCATION IN RUSSIAN SCHOOLS: A FOREIGN PERSPECTIVE. ÖRJAN TORELL: "MY LIFE FLOWED TOWARDS RUSSIA..."
The article is the first in Russia to present the experience of the Swedish scholar, translator and writer Örjan Torell in studying the system of Soviet and Russian literary education in secondary schools. The author addresses the issues of diagnosing the quality of reading and the spiritual and aesthetic potential of literature as an art form. An attempt was made to examine the values and meaning of literary education through the lens of a scientific dialogue between Russian and Swedish researchers. The article refers to the autobiographical materials and the correspondence between the author and Örjan Tоrell.