The study of issues of plotting develops in various, organically interrelated directions: specifically analytical, historical, theoretical. Observations and Conclusions , obtained as a result of the study of the plots of individual works and the process of historical evolution of plots , It is possible to arrive at theoretical generalizations ,. which deepens the understanding of the meaning of the concept of “story” and , In turn, , enrich the arsenal of means of concrete analysis and historical consideration of the plot. The first edition of the collection was published in 1969, the second in 1972, the third in 1974, the fourth in 1976. Articles may be of interest to literary scholars, teachers, students-philologists . Produced by Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute.