Dear guys! In literature lessons you get acquainted with works of oral folk art. One of the most complex genres of folklore is epics. You often have difficulty studying these works - especially writing essays. It is not easy for today's schoolchild to understand the world of ancient epics and the feelings that the ancient Russian storyteller put into them. In the text of epics there are always many words and images that evoked vivid impressions and warm responses in the minds and hearts of our distant ancestors, and modern people need to explain them. This book will help you easily complete a variety of teacher tasks: find constant epithets in the text of epics, give a comparative description of the characters, answer questions about the content of the work, select proverbs on a given topic and explain their origin and, of course, write an excellent essay. The book contains ready-made essays on topics offered by the school curriculum. But you, friends, still have to work with the proposed texts on your own: select the necessary information and express your personal impressions. In the texts you will find all the necessary educational materials, as well as interesting educational information. You will find out when epics appeared, who created them, what they talked about. We hope that the heroes of the epics will become clearer and closer to you - the Russian heroes Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich, Mikula Selyaninovich, Sadko, Volga. Did you know, for example, that many of them had real prototypes - our distant ancestors? Try not only to successfully and competently use all the materials proposed in the book in completing your homework, but also to replenish your general educational reserve. We wish you success in your studies!< /p>