Under General. Red. L. M. Krupchanova . - M. : Onyx Publishing, 2005. — 416 s. The proposed textbook reveals the meaning and gives an interpretation of literary categories and concepts, while relying mainly on materials of domestic literary criticism. Consistency in the development of concepts and categories of literary criticism, adopted in the textbook, is a movement from simple to more complex, gradually expanding the horizons of literary thinking of the student. The methodical sections provide a list of questions and tasks that allow you to independently deepen information and ideas about the issues being studied . The textbook is intended for students of philological and humanities faculties of universities, it can be useful for teachers-vocabularies, as well as when writing term papers and diploma papers .