Andrei Bely’s creative research in China: methods, approaches and significance

INTRODUCTION. Andrei Bely (real name and surname – Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev), who made himself known in Russian literature in the early 1900s, is of interest to China primarily as a symbolist and poet who viewed the image of this country in the context of China-East as an important cultural and philosophical space for the synthesis of East and West. The purpose of the study is to systematize the research of Chinese scientists in the field of studying the work of Andrei Bely by time, categories and topics.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The material of this study is translations, scientific publications (papers, monographs) and other sources in the history of Andrei Bely’s reception in China. The research used a historical and literary approach, comparative analysis, and a descriptive method focused on the temporal systematization of the reception of Andrei Bely’s works in China.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. Chinese researchers of Andrei Bely’s work, on the one hand, include the symbolist movement reflected in his works in a broad literary and historical context, revealing its origin and connection with subsequent movements. On the other hand, scientists study in detail the origin of Andrei Bely’s texts and the main themes, revealing the processes of continuity and transformation of traditions, which makes it possible to determine the role of Andrei Bely’s entire legacy in the history of world literature.

CONCLUSION. The chronological information about the three stages of Andrei Bely’s work has been clarified, during which interest was formed in understanding the essence of Andrei Bely’s symbolism, Russian modernism and cultural ties between Russia and China.