The textbook deals with the key works of the historical and literary process of the 20th century. It presents both works created in Russia and masterpieces of literary creativity published in emigration. Some of them belong to the so-called “returned” literature, the analysis of which has entered the literary field of comparison recently. Much attention is paid to poetry in the manual . In this regard, the era of the Silver Age is particularly noteworthy. The book provides detailed analyses of poems by A. A. Block, C. A. Yesenina, V. In. Mayakovsky, M. and . Tsvetaeva, L. A. by B. L. Pasternak. Poetry Upstairs of the Half-Twentieth Century is Narrated by the Names of B. C. High, A. A. Voznesensky, P. M. Rubtsova, B. A. Ahmadulina, and . A. Brodsky . In the section "Dramaturgy" the works of M. are considered It's bad, .. In. Mayakowski, A. In. Vampilova . The publication is designed for students of 11 classes, it will undoubtedly help in preparing lessons, writing an essay, passing the Unified State Exam .