Literary works for the final essay 2021-2022

The best list of literary works to prepare for the final December essay of the 2021-2022 academic year in literature for admission to the Unified State Exam 2022.

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Arguments for directions:

Arguments for the direction “Who can live well in Rus'?
Arguments for the direction “The Traveling Man: The Road in Human Life”
Arguments for the direction of civilization and technology - salvation, challenge or tragedy?

Literature for the direction of the final essay: a man traveling: the road in a person’s life

A.N. Radishchev “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow”
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
A.S. Pushkin “The Station Agent”, “The Captain’s Daughter”, “Blizzard”
M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”, “Mtsyri”
N.V. Gogol “Dead Souls”, “The Inspector General”
ON THE. Nekrasov “Who Lives Well in Rus'”, “Railway”
A.P. Chekhov "Sakhalin Island"
L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina"
B.L. Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago"
F.M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"
M. Gorky “Foma Gordeev”, “At the Depths”, trilogy “Childhood. In people. My Universities", "Old Woman Izergil"
I.A. Goncharov “Oblomov”, “Pallada”
I.S. Turgenev "Notes of a Hunter"
N.S. Leskov “Lefty”, “Enchanted Wanderer”
I.A. Bunin "Mr. from San Francisco", "Sunstroke"
N.M. Karamzin “Letters of a Russian Traveler”
M.A. Sholokhov “Quiet Don”, “The Fate of Man”
M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin"
V.G. Korolenko “The Blind Musician”
C.T. Ay, “And the day lasts longer than a century”
V.A. Obruchev “Sannikov’s Land”
VC. Arsenyev "Dersu Uzala"
I. Ilf and E. Petrov “Twelve Chairs”, “One-Storey America”
D.S. Likhachev “Paths of Good”, “Letters about the Good and Beautiful”: “Travel” (letter 29)
MM. Prishvin "Journey"
A.P. Platonov "The Driver's Wife"
V.A. Kaverin "Two Captains"
K. Bulychev cycle “Alice’s Adventures”
A. Green “Scarlet Sails”
N.N. Miklouho-Maclay “Travel”
Homer "Odyssey", "Iliad"
A. Dante “The Divine Comedy”
F. Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel"
D. Defoe "Robinson Crusoe"
J. Kerouac "On the Road"
O. Henry "The Roads We Take"
J. Tolkien trilogy "The Lord of the Rings"
A. de Saint-Exupéry “The Little Prince”
C. Lewis book series “The Chronicles of Narnia”
L. Carroll "Alice in Wonderland"
J. Verne “Around the World in 80 Days”, “Children of Captain Grant”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”
F. Cooper "Pathfinder", "On Land and Sea"
J. Durrell (any work, for example, "My Family and Other Animals")
J. London “Martin Eden”, “The Sea Wolf”, “The Road”, “Hearts of Three” and many others.
J. Barry series "Peter Pan"
J. Swift "Gulliver's Travels"
M. Cervantes "Don Quixote"
W. Thackeray "Vanity Fair"
Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, “Great Expectations”
W. Groom "Forrest Gump"
D. Mitchell "Cloud Atlas"
R. Bach “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”

Literature for the direction of the final essay: civilization and technology - salvation, challenge or tragedy?

M.A. Bulgakov “Fatal Eggs”, “Heart of a Dog”
N. Nosov “Dunno in the Sunny City”
V.P. Astafiev "Tsar Fish"
E.I. Zamyatin "We"
I.A. Efremov "Andromeda Nebula", "The Razor's Edge"
T.N. Fat "Kys"
C.T. Ay
IN. Pelevin “Generation “P””
A. and B. Strugatsky “It’s hard to be a god”, “Roadside Picnic”, “Noon, XXII century”
A. Azimov “Positronic Man”, cycle “Foundation”
Liu Cixin trilogy “In memory of the past of the Earth”
G. Kasparov “Man and Computer”
A.R. Belyaev “Amphibian Man”, “The Head of Professor Dowell”
O. Huxley “Brave New World”
R. Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451”, “The Martian Chronicles”, “Farewell Summer”, “A Sound of Thunder”, “All Summer in One Day”, etc.
K. Vonnegut "Cat's Cradle"
S. Lem "Solaris"
J. Orwell "1984"
K. Ishiguro “Don’t Let Me Go”
E. Weyer "The Martian"
D. Keyes "Flowers for Algernon"
V. Roth "Divergent"
F. Dick “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”, “Ubik”
Y. Harari “21 lessons for the 21st century”
T. Chan "The Story of Your Life"
J. Dashner "The Maze Runner"
O.S. Card "Ender's Game"
S. Collins "The Hunger Games"
D. Mitchell "Cloud Atlas"
J. Verne “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
G. Wells "The Time Machine"
M. Shelley "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus"
R. Stevenson "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Literature for the direction of the final essay Crime and Punishment - an eternal topic

1. A. Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo”
2. A. Camus “The Stranger”
3. A. Christie “Murder on the Orient Express”
4. A. Ostrovsky “Thunderstorm”
5. A.A. Akhmatova "Requiem"
6. A.A. Block "Twelve"
7. A.V. Ivanov "Tobol"
8. A.I. Kuprin “Garnet Bracelet”
9. A.I. Solzhenitsyn "GULAG Archipelago"
10. A.I. Solzhenitsyn "In the First Circle"
11. A.M. Adamovich, D.A. Granin "Siege Book"
12. A.N. Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm"
13. A.N. Ostrovsky "Our people - let's be numbered"
14. A.N. Tolstoy "Peter I"
15. A.P. Platonov "Chevengur"
16. A.P. Chekhov "The Intruder"
17. A.S. Pushkin “Two feelings are wonderfully close to us”
18. A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter"
19. A.S. Pushkin "The Bronze Horseman"
20. A.S. Pushkin "Monument"
21. A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin"
22. A.T. Tvardovsky “By right of memory”
26. B.L. Vasiliev “Tomorrow there was a war”
27. B.L. Vasiliev “Don’t shoot white swans”
28. B.N. Field "The Tale of a Real Man"
29. V. Bykov “Obelisk”.
30. V. Hugo “Les Miserables”
31. V. Hugo “Notre Dame Cathedral”
32. V.A. Zhukovsky "Singer in the camp of Russian warriors"
33. V.A. Kaverin "Two Captains"
34. V.A. Kaverin “Open Book”
35. V.A. Chivilikhin “Memory”
36. V.V. Bykov "Obelisk"
37. V.G. Rasputin "Farewell to Matera"
38. V.G. Yang "Genghis Khan. Batu. To the last sea"
39. V.D. Dudintsev “White clothes”
40. V.I. Aksenov “Mysterious Passion”
41. V.K. Arsenyev "Dersu Uzala"
42. V.P. Astafiev "Tsar Fish"
43. V.P. Kataev “The Grass of Oblivion”
44. V.P. Nekrasov “In the trenches of Stalingrad”
45. V.S. Grossman “Life and Fate” “Mother”
46. V.T. Shalamov “Kolyma Tales”
47. Guy de Maupassant “Donut”
48. D. Mitchell “Cloud Atlas”
52. J. London “Martin Eden”
53. J. Orwell "1984"
54. I. Stone “Thirst for Life”
55. I. Turgenev “Mumu”
56. I.A. Brodsky “Dedicated to the Chair”
57. I.S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons"
58. I.S. Shmelev “How I met Chekhov. For crucian carp"
59. K. Bulychev “City without memory”
60. L. Andreev “Judas Iscariot”
61. L. Andreeva “Theft was coming”
62. L. Lowry “The Giver”
63. L. Panteleev, G. Belykh “Republic of SHKID”
64. L.N. Andreev “The Tale of the Seven Hanged Men”
65. L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace"
66. M.A. Bulgakov "The White Guard"
67. M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
68. M.A. Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned”
69. M.A. Sholokhov "Mole"
70. M.A. Sholokhov "Quiet Don"
71. M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “Lord Golovlevs”
72. M.Yu. Lermontov "Borodino"
73. M.Yu. Lermontov "Death of a Poet"
74. N. Leskov “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District”

Literature for the direction of the final essay book (music, play, film) - about me

A.S. Pushkin “On Art”, “Mozart and Salieri”
M.I. Tsvetaeva “About Art”
M.Yu. Lermontov: Creative heritage and modern theater culture
V.G. Korolenko “The Blind Musician”
B.L. Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago"
M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
A.I. Kuprin "Gambrinus"
K.G. Paustovsky “Golden Rose”
N.V. Gogol "Portrait"
A.P. Chekhov "Rothschild's Violin"
L.N. Tolstoy "Albert"
M.A. Osorgin "Notes of an old book-eater"
YES. Granin "Painting"
V.V. Nabokov "The Gift"
M. Gorky trilogy “Childhood”, “In People”, “My Universities”
D. Bykov “Soviet literature”
Z. Prilepin “Book reader”, “Name day of the heart. Conversations with Russian Literature"
E.I. Zamyatin "We"
D. Merezhkovsky “Eternal Companions”
U. Eco “On Literature”
S. Maugham “The Art of Words: About Oneself and Others”
G. Yuzefovich “Mysterious map. An incomplete and incomplete guide to the world of books"
P. Weil, A. Genis “Native Speech: Lessons in Fine Literature”
S. Lem “My view of literature”
P. Suskind “Literary amnesia”
F. Beigbeder “The End of the World: First Results”
R. Bradbury “Zen in the Art of Writing,” “Fahrenheit 451”
M. Zusak “The Book Thief”
O. Wilde “The Portrait of Dorian Gray”, “On the art of “Safety Letter” and notes on artistic creativity”
G. Miller “Books in my life”
G. Hesse “The Magic of the Book”

Literature for the direction of the final essay: Who lives well in Rus'? – citizen’s question

M.Yu. Lermontov "Song about the merchant Kalashnikov..."
N.S. Leskov "Lefty"
N.G. Chernyshevsky “What to do?”
A.N. Radishchev “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow”
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
A.S. Pushkin cycle "Belkin's Tales", "Eugene Onegin", "The Captain's Daughter"
L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace", "After the Ball"
N.V. Gogol “The Inspector General”, “Dead Souls”, “The Overcoat”
M.Yu. Lermontov "Hero of Our Time"
ON THE. Nekrasov “Poet and Citizen”, “Railway”, “Who Lives Well in Rus'”
M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “The History of a City”, “The Tale of How One Man Fed Two Generals”, “The Wild Landowner”, “The Golovlev Lords”
A.N. Ostrovsky “The Forest”, “We Will Be Numbered Our Own People”, “Poverty is not a Vice”
I.S. Turgenev “Notes of a Hunter”, “Fathers and Sons”
F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”, “Demons”, “Poor People”, “Humiliated and Insulted”, “The Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree”, “The Brothers Karamazov”, etc.
V.G. Korolenko "In Bad Society"
M. Gorky “At the Depths”, “Childhood”, “Former People”
N. Nosov series of books about Dunno
I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov"
A.P. Chekhov “Mask”, “Duel”, “Chameleon”, “Thick and Thin”, “Intruder”, “Death of an Official”, “Melancholy”, “Man in a Case”
I.A. Bunin "Mr. from San Francisco"
M.A. Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog"
A.N. Tolstoy "Peter the Great"
E.I. Zamyatin "We"
Poems by Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Blok, Yesenin, Mayakovsky, Pushkin, Nekrasov, Tyutchev, Fet and others.
C.T. Ay
A.P. Platonov "Pit"
T. More "Utopia"
Plato "The Republic"
J. Orwell "1984", "Animal Farm"

good and evil

M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita", "Heart of a Dog"
A. I. Kuprin, story “The Wonderful Doctor”
M. Sholokhov, story “The Fate of a Man”
F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”, “The Idiot”, “The Brothers Karamazov”, “Demons”
A.I. Solzhenitsyn "The Gulag Archipelago"
K.G. Paustovsky, “Telegram”
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
A.S. Pushkin “The Captain’s Daughter”, “The Bronze Horseman”, “Eugene Onegin”
M.Yu. Lermontov "Hero of Our Time", "Demon"
N.V. Gogol "The Inspector General", "Dead Souls"
A.N. Ostrovsky “The Thunderstorm”, “Guilty Without Guilt”
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Topics for 2020-2021

Of course, you will receive a list of the topics for the essay only during the exam, but we have already prepared for you a list of those formulations that are most likely to be relevant at hour X. We compiled them by analogy with the topics of last year, because then many of our predictions were justified, and the children were able to find the necessary information, barely recognizing the thesis. So, we do not recommend breaking the rules for holding such an important event, but in preparing for it our resource can serve you well.

Approximate

Here we will list the most popular topics in all areas, but this is not all we have. Follow the updates on the site, and you will probably find something that may appear on the exam.

Not subject to oblivion

How do historical events influence a person's destiny?
Why is it important to preserve cultural monuments created by our ancestors?
Do you agree with the statement of the ancient Roman philosopher Cicero: “The life of the dead continues in the memory of the living”?
Why can’t we forget the history of our people?
How do works of art become immortal?
How do you understand the words “titans of thought and spirit”?
Do modern readers need classical literature of the 19th century?
“No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten” - how do you understand these words?
How can we understand the expression “timeless classic”?
What is hidden behind the phrase “Love dies from fatigue, but oblivion buries it”?
Do you agree that forgetting the past threatens to repeat it?
What can the loss of memory of the Great Patriotic War lead to?
Which personalities remain in history?
How do you understand the expression “art without a statute of limitations”?
Is a “mindless” person ungrateful or ignorant?
Do you agree with the words that “there is a memory that will not be forgotten”?
What wisdom is hidden in the saying “Ivan, who does not remember his kinship”?
How do you understand the words of Maxim Gorky “Without knowing the past, it is impossible to understand the true meaning of the present and the goals of the future”?
What is hidden behind the phrase of the philosopher Vasily Rozanov “Oblivion is the highest power of history”?
What, in your opinion, shows disrespect for ancestors?

Me and others

Why does society not accept some people?
How do you understand the expression “be yourself”?
Do you agree with the statement “Alone in the field is no warrior”?
What is leadership?
What is a “comfort zone” and should you leave it?
What is hidden behind Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s statement “All roads lead to people?”
Why is it necessary to develop tolerance in yourself?
What does it mean to be an altruist?
Should conflicts always be avoided?
Can a person survive without communication?
Why don't people understand each other?
Do you agree with the statement of Alexander Radishchev: “Only then will you become a person when you learn to see a person in another”?
What is important to change in yourself in order to better understand others? Why do many people depend on the opinions of others?
Is it always necessary to strive for complete mutual understanding with loved ones?
What does it take to live in harmony with other people?
How do you understand the words of Oscar Wilde “Living the way you want is not selfishness. Selfishness is when others should think and live the way you want”?
Can one person influence and change society?
How do arrogant people behave towards others?
How to learn to appreciate loved ones and loved ones?
Why is it important to admit your mistakes and ask for forgiveness?

Between past and future: a portrait of my generation

Who is the “hero of our time?”
Is it possible to say that today’s youth are in some ways guided by generations of past years?
Why is conflict between fathers and children inevitable?
Do you need to read books in the 21st century?
Can Generation Z be called lost?
Do you agree with the statement of A.S. Pushkin: “Disrespect for ancestors is the first sign of immorality”?
Why is the level of speech culture declining in modern society?
Is it important to maintain connections between generations?
Can material values supplant spiritual ones?
Why is it necessary to pass on life experience from generation to generation?
Is it possible to talk about the degradation of the modern generation?
How do modern technologies affect the life of society?
Why does modern man not have enough time for anything?
What moral guidelines guide modern man?
What role does emotional intelligence play in the life of a modern person?
How can a modern person learn to live consciously?
How do you understand Richard Gere’s words about modernity: “The abundance of information does not guarantee its reliability”?
Do modern readers need large libraries with paper books?
Are those right who claim that in the modern world spirituality has given way to the material?
How do you understand the words of A. Zinoviev “The 21st century has begun, but instead of the extraordinary progress promised by futurologists in all spheres of human existence, we are seeing a global clouding of minds and a turn to dense obscurantism”?

Time for a change

Do you agree with A.P.’s statement? Chekhov: “Science is the most important, the most beautiful and necessary in a person’s life”?
How do you understand the expression “If you want to change the world, start with yourself”?
Does technological progress always benefit humanity?
How do modern technologies affect the life of society?
How can a person change for the better?
How do you understand the words “Every change brings new opportunities”?
What can scientific discoveries devoid of humanity lead to?
What is hidden behind the phrase of Confucius “Do not be afraid of change. Most often they happen exactly at the moment when they are needed”?
Is it difficult to live in an era of change?
How do you understand the words “Big changes come into our lives only in small steps”?
How has man changed thanks to technological progress?
Is it important for a person to realize exactly what changes need to happen in his life?
Why are many people afraid of change?
How do you understand the words of Tom Peters, “Change is a door that opens from within”?
What do the words “revolutionary changes” mean?
Do cultural changes in society affect a person's worldview?
How does a person understand that the time has come for him to change?
How does human thinking change in the era of innovation?
How does war change a person?
Do life changes always lead to the better?

Self talk

What influences the formation of a person’s inner world?
What does it mean to be a conscientious person?
What is motivation and determination?
Are there circumstances when a person can go against his conscience?
Why do “smart unnecessary people” (“extra people”) appear?
Do you agree with the statement of L.N. Tolstoy that “man is fluid” and people are like rivers?
Do you agree with Bertrand Russell's statement, “He who is inspired by love and guided by knowledge lives well”?
Why should a person engage in self-knowledge?
Does every person search for the meaning of life?
Comedy hero A.S. Griboyedov’s “Woe from Wit” gave himself the following description: “The mind is not in harmony with the heart.” What is the danger of internal discord with oneself?
What is hidden behind Cicero’s phrase “Every person is a reflection of his inner world. As a person thinks, so is he”?
Does the inner world always correspond to the outer appearance?
What does the expression “find yourself” mean to you?
What is a sense of life?
What happens to a person who does not want to develop?
“Positively beautiful” person – fiction or reality?
What is self-realization?
What distinguishes a harmonious personality?
What is mindfulness?
What is moral choice?

Real

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All the topics that we offer you are formulated by analogy with previous years, that is, the likelihood that they will come up during the exam is very high.

Pride and Humility

A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”, “The Captain’s Daughter”, “Dubrovsky”, “The Bronze Horseman”, “Mozart and Salieri”, “Belkin’s Tales”.
M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”, “Masquerade”, “Song about the Merchant Kalashnikov..”, “Mtsyri”
N.V. Gogol “Taras Bulba”, “The Overcoat”
A.P. Platonov "Yushka"
F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”, “The Idiot”, “Demons”, “The Brothers Karamazov”, “The Gambler”, “The Meek”
I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”, “Notes of a Hunter”
L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina"
A.P. Chekhov “Ionych”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “The Jumper”
M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
M. Gorky “Old Woman Izergil”, “At the Bottom”
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
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