The new book by the outstanding Russian philologist and literary historian Marietta Chudakova is addressed to those who are ready to at least try to change dramatically the nature of teaching literature and the Russian language in today's Russian schools. Chudakova is not concerned about the fate of the subject called "literature" - her idea is much broader: to strive to ensure that graduates of school knew how to think, did not go on about the demagogues, did not learn to hate other people. They were not in a hurry in moral evaluations, they were critical of both universal approval and universal condemnation. "What do we have to do with it?" exclaim the literature teachers. What is it with .? At least it looks like there is no one else.".