Before you is volume'Literature and Language', which includes more than 1,500 articles devoted to various phenomena of the world literary process. The purpose of the publication is to give the reader systematized information about outstanding prose writers, poets, playwrights, critics, researchers and historians of literature, the most important literary schools and directions, about the basic concepts of modern literary criticism. A significant part of the book consists of articles on linguistics: they give a description of the history of the language, its current state and multi-level device, represent a systematic presentation of Russian grammar. The world literary process is a complex and multidimensional concept associated with the peculiarities of individual national literatures, and with the general laws of literary development. The publication traces the relationship and mutual influence of the creativity of individual writers, schools, trends and trends, which makes it possible to better understand each work of art, its typological features, historical patterns of occurrence, the specifics of the narrative and language. Particular attention in the publication is paid to Russian literature from the time of its emergence to the present day (characteristics of writers, a detailed review of the Russian periodical press, etc.) d. ). Information about specific literary works is contained in both individual articles and articles devoted to the work of writers, as well as articles on various types of characters, ways of character characteristics, etc. d. Many articles in the volume are provided with illustrations (reproductions of portraits created by various artists, facsimile of manuscripts, illustrations for works) . The publication is intended for a wide range of readers: students of schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, applicants and their parents, students and teachers, as well as anyone interested in literature and linguistics.