M. : Fiction, 1983. — 637 s. Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky (1893–1984) Russian Soviet writer, literary critic, film critic and screenwriter . Shklovsky's ideas contributed to the development of literary studies and art theory . The concepts of abstraction, material and form, plot and fabula, the idea of the dialectical self-movement of art, observations on the historical existence of the structures of artistic work are fruitful and are used by modern aesthetic science. The first volume of "The Chosen Ones" included: 122224444444444444444 4 [ [ Tales about prose Reflections and analyses About the novel A few empirical observations about the ways of connecting the novels About the different meanings of the concept of “character” in the application to the works of literatures of different eras About the true unity of artistic works in general and about the unity of “Decameron” New and old in “Decameron” Novels, (in Russian) [ Related to Humanist Status in Society , [CM and novelties, exploring a new attitude towards the old by rethinking existing metaphors - On the renewal of the old , About , as provisions , included in the new clutches , Acquire, as words in new sentences, another meaning the new owner brings wine to his mouth About the rhetoric a few more words About old age in general and about it, how writer Giovanni Boccaccio felt old The birth of a new novel English classic novel On the Russian novel and Russian prose.