The collection was prepared based on the materials of the international scientific and practical conference "Creative history of the work as a historical, literary and theoretical problem: folklore, biographical, sociocultural, textual aspects", held on May 19-20, 2016 . the Institute of Philology . Moscow State Pedagogical University . The collection includes scientific articles on the most topical issues of modernization of the domestic system of humanitarian education, teaching the history of culture, folklore, literature in the context of the implementation of federal state educational standards of higher education. At the center of the scientific problems of the conference is the creative history of the work of art, based on the understanding of traditions, spiritual and moral searches for literature of different stages of development. The book is intended for teachers and students of humanitarian specialties, as well as for all those interested in the issues of history of culture, literary studies and folklore.