Educational-methodical guide to the study of the works of American writers F. C. Fitzgerald and E. Hemingway in analytical reading classes "In Search of the Lost Generation" aimed at mastering foreign-language culture as the content of foreign-language education The manual includes montage developments to the works of writers, biographical information, the development of lessons on the discussion of feature films based on works . The purpose of the classes is to teach the analysis of fiction and the development of the ability to formulate their attitude to what they read, as well as the development of students' communicative, linguistic, socio-cultural and discursive competencies. At the discretion of the teacher, the development can be used for both classroom and home independent work . The manual is addressed to teachers and students studying English in language specialties in universities, in specialized humanitarian classes of secondary schools with in-depth study of English, as well as to anyone who is interested in the creativity of representatives of the literature of the “lost generation” ..