This textbook analyzes the works of Russian literature of the 20th century. The works of M. Bulgakov, B. Pasternak, A. Akhmatova, A. Solzhenitsyn, A. Tvardovsky, V. Shukshin and others are considered from a modern perspective. The manual reveals the ideological content, plot features and a system of images of works, and also includes questions and tasks for self-testing, test tasks, questions for credit and a list of used literature.