an interesting debate about the suitability of Foreign Literature for Children for Russian children

[Olia Prokopenko]

I wonder what is going to happen with  such Russian books as Volshebnik
Izumrudnogo Goroda and Buratino. Is Russian Pinocchio patriotic enough or
is his pernicious influence to blame for  Russia's brain drain?
Olia


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Alexandra Smith
<Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Just in case if you haven't seen an interesting debate about the
> suitability of western literature for Russian children, here is the link to
> it: http://www.tv100.ru/video/view/karlson-vne-zakona-
> 105178/?fb_action_ids=571430586289611&fb_action_types=og.likes
>
> The TV debate in St Petersburg was organised in relation to the latest
> recommendation of the group of scholars advising Russian Ministry of
> Education on textbooks to ban western literature for children in Russian
> schools.
>
> Gone are the days when one could produce school plays based on Winnie the
> Pooh or Le Petit Prince...
>
> All best,
> Alexandra
>
>
>
>
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