The manual presents educational and methodological materials necessary for a systematic in-depth mastery of the discipline “Introduction to Literary Studies”: lecture materials for the course, a program of practical classes, test tasks, a list of references. The main objective of the manual is to help students starting their professional philological education to form a reliable and lasting idea of the purpose and composition of literary science, to help the real formation of the necessary competencies related to the paths and skills of literary work. For bachelors studying in the direction 032700 “Philology”. Tutorial.