Globalization and the Cultural Heritage in Russia: the Classical Literature and its Interpretations

Abstract

The ongoing globalization makes increasingly evident the division of the world into “donor” and “recipient” nations. To which of the two categories Russia may eventually find itself belonging, and what type of self-consciousness, respectively, may profess its people, will largely depend on the extent to which the Russians have mastered their culture, and above all their classical literature. It is equally important to make the Russian classical literature an integral part of Russia’s international cultural contacts, in particular since, in author’s opinion, it has much to offer exactly where many modern national cultures remain deficient.