Literary Pedagogy: Formation and Prospects

Abstract

The questions of literary pedagogy as an integral part of the educational process are considered. It is determined that literary pedagogy is connected with the system of continuous education, which is implemented within the framework of formal, non-formal and informal education. It is argued that it is advisable to distinguish between the concepts of “literary education” and “literary pedagogy.” It is noted that literary education as a process of entering into culture by means of literature is carried out, as a rule, within the framework of formal education and is based on two leading principles - artistic-aesthetic and literary. At the same time, the authors consider literary education as one of the aspects of literary pedagogy. The article presents the foreign experience of studying reading as an integrative phenomenon, as well as a review of works on the formation and development of literary pedagogy. The authors raise the question of the need to train specialists to support child and youth reading. The authors give convincing arguments in favor of the development of literary pedagogy as a direction in pedagogy, at the same time having an interdisciplinary character. The main content of the training of literary teachers in the pedagogical University is presented.