J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1): 31-35.

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Literature Education and National Cohesion

Literature education should be carried out equally in a two-way interaction. But presently literature communication and
literature education is a one-way flow from powerful culture to weak culture, that is, from mainstream Han literature to minority
literature. The effective solution is to continue to open classic Han literature courses so that minority students get familiar with Han
literature and to offer minority literature courses as well in universities so that more Han students know more about minority literature.
In this way, people could absorb the wisdom and spirit carried in the literary work of both sides, and the identification of national
identity will sublimate to the identification of national culture and core values.   

  1. College of Chinese Language and Literature, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China
  • Received:2012-10-25 Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-15

Abstract:

Literature education should be carried out equally in a two-way interaction. But presently literature communication and
literature education is a one-way flow from powerful culture to weak culture, that is, from mainstream Han literature to minority
literature. The effective solution is to continue to open classic Han literature courses so that minority students get familiar with Han
literature and to offer minority literature courses as well in universities so that more Han students know more about minority literature.
In this way, people could absorb the wisdom and spirit carried in the literary work of both sides, and the identification of national
identity will sublimate to the identification of national culture and core values.

Key words: literature education, national cohesion, courses offering, project study

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