ANTON CHEKHOV’S VIEWS ON EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF LITERATURE IN CHILD’S UPBRINGING

Abstract

The article deals with the attitude of Chekhov to the problem of the upbringing of children and the educational role of literature. Based on the biographical data and memoirs of his relatives and friends, it is shown how Chekhov’s views on education formed, how his own childhood impressions influenced his attitude to religious education and the use of corporal punishment in education. The author traces how the writer tried to find a balance between the development of the child’s personality and the impact on the upbringing of the environment, especially the family environment. A brief analysis of Chekhov’s works for children and about children, his diaries, and letters devoted to education is given. As a result of the analysis there have been identified the main features that, according to Chekhov, the works for children should have. It is shown that Chekhov assigned a very important role in the upbringing of children to adventure literature and works about animals.