The book of the famous Soviet scientist Doctor of Philology I.N. Golenishchev-Kutuzov consists of articles devoted to Slavic literature (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbo-Croatian, Polish, Bulgarian, etc. These articles cover a wide range of problems and issues - issues of epic creativity, interaction and interconnection of literature, poetry, issues, problems of modern realism. The book analyzes both the phenomena of literature of the distant past (Middle Ages, Renaissance) and modern literature.