The proposed textbook is made non-traditionally, according to the type of compendium, that is, a concise summary of the problems and poetics of Russian literature of the specified period. Such a principle seems very relevant in connection with the new standards proposed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, which imply, in particular, a reduction in classroom hours and a significant expansion in the educational process of the share of independent work of students. For students and bachelors of philological faculties, graduate students, teachers of secondary and higher educational institutions .