The main feature of the literary and artistic process is the constant interaction of different directions of world culture and their influence on each other. How are The Lord of the Rings and War and Peace similar? How did the chivalric romance and ancient literature influence Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin? What do Dostoevsky, Schiller and Kant have in common? These and other questions are answered by the legendary teacher - Professor Evgeny Zharinov. Evgeny Viktorovich Zharinov - Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Department of Literature of the Moscow State Linguistic University, Professor of the Humanitarian Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting. M. A. Litovchina, host of the “Labyrinths” program on the Orpheus radio station, winner of two Golden Microphone awards.