The image of China in Russian literature of the 1920s

Children's literature is a special way of artistic representation of the world, which is characterized by the contamination of various genre and style forms, and reality is organically combined with fiction. This is a special artistic world in which a local space of the life of children is created, determined by a specific historical era. “Simple” plots of novellas and short stories set up the minds of the readers to actively participate in the destinies of the heroes; on their example, moral and ideals are affirmed that educate the younger generation. ... A similar approach was implemented in Soviet literature to promote official ideological guidelines, the most important of which were assistance in the implementation of the "socialist revolution" in other countries, "internationalism" and "international workers' solidarity." As an example of literature of this type, we can mention works about the life of children (including in other countries), created by Soviet writers. A special place in the literature of the 1920s. occupied by works that described China or portrayed Chinese heroes (including Chinese children), addressed to Soviet teenagers. China was viewed by Soviet ideologists not only as the closest neighbor, but also as the country that came closest to revolutionary processes. The ideological values of young Soviet Russia were illustrated by examples from the life of the Chinese people, which were supposed to help raise children in the spirit of patriotism, help them “fight for justice,” foster respect for elders, high moral ideals and hard work. Such were the works of S. P. Razumova, P. A. Blyakhina, N. Ya. Agnivtseva, N. N. Panov [who wrote adventure stories under the pseudonym Dir Tumanny], NS. Tikhonov and others. In their works, they described the peculiarities of the life of the Chinese people, their "revolutionary struggle" against their own and foreign oppressors. Such prose and poetry was supposed to form a friendly, "international" attitude in the younger generation of the Soviet Union towards its closest neighbour - China, to create its generalized poetic image.