About the book: 2012 / Dear friends! The 11th grade program in Russian literature includes a large number of literary works: poems, dramatic and prose works. Many of them are quite voluminous and represent significant material in terms of educational level. The program introduces you to various periods in the development and formation of Russian literature, with different literary trends. You will get acquainted with the lyrics of the Silver Age, read poems by A. A. Blok, A. A. Akhmatova, S. A. Yesenin. You will find the study of stories and stories by I. A. Bunin, A. I. Kuprin, M. Gorky, V. M. Shukshin, A. I. Solzhenitsyn, novels by M. A. Sholokhov, M. A. Bulgakov, B. L . Pasternak. All the literary texts that you have to study are unusually deep and interesting. In order to enjoy reading literary works, you need to learn and comprehend a lot, immerse yourself in the time and setting of the events described. You will get acquainted with new literary genres and artistic techniques, learn to understand and feel the beauty of the author's word. After analyzing and discussing each work in class, the teacher's homework assignment is usually to write an essay. Students often have difficulty summarizing their knowledge. The ready-made essays presented in the book will help you with this. Using the plan that is given for each essay, you will be able to express your thoughts, give examples from the text, add or change the essay. Remember that each essay is an individual creative work, an expression of your personal opinions and impressions. At the same time, do not forget that any of your opinions should be based primarily on a good knowledge of the content of the work about which you are writing, and on the theoretical knowledge that you receive in literature lessons at school. Do not rush to mechanically rewrite the finished essay in your notebook. Learn to independently express thoughts and feelings, formulate your own opinions. Let the essays given in our book become teaching samples for you that will help in the development of your writing. We wish you success!