Abstract
The issue of the article refers to the research on literary and cultural-literary education, which emphasizes the values of dialogue and interaction in the process of educating reading skills. According to theoretical assumptions, the category of the “Other” plays a significant role in such a recognized reading model. Its application in reference to literature as a medium open to communication and motivating to show various forms of activity, is confirmed in many currents of contemporary humanities. The problematic issue is a source of inspiration for the examples and educational reflections on the topic of student support discussed in the text – with the participation of literary texts (and other cultural texts) – in acquiring cognitive, ethical, narrative, communication and information competences important to their development, etc.