CHINESE ANALYZE "ANUSH"
Panorama.am
20:02 20/08/2007
For already one year the Sanskrit department of the faculty of Eastern
languages in Peking State University has been giving beginning classes
in Armenian. This was informed to a panorama.am journalist in China by
Vahagn Vardanyan, expert in foreign studies and lecturer in Armenian
at the university. Currently, he says, three Chinese students are
enrolled, and are studying the Armenian language and literature.
Vardanyan adds that books, as well as information from the Internet,
are used for the classes. "They can already read and write in
Armenian. They are learning to speak, yet need the right environment
to advance," the expert stated.
During the most recent examination, students were asked to analyze
Tumanyan’s "Anush" poem.
"Most of them didn’t know anything about Armenia," Vardanyan
said. "This is the reason so few enrolled in the classes."
According to Vardanyan, government assistance is needed for the
course to advance. "There is an Armenian embassy in China. It is
almost impossible to do this alone," he stressed.