V posobii opredelyayutsya upravlencheskie strategii protsedury analiza khudozhestvennogo teksta v sisteme professional'noy podgotovki budushchikh uchiteley-slovesnikov. Nauchno-metodicheskoe posobie napisano s uchetom trebovaniy uchebnykh programm kursa "Istoriya zarubezhnoy literatury" v vuzakh i shkolakh. Takzhe predlagayutsya lektsionnyy material i metodicheskie sovety k prakticheskim zanyatiyam. Izdanie adresuetsya uchitelyam-slovesnikam, prepodavatelyam, aspirantam i studentam filologicheskikh fakul'tetov.