Diagnostics of the level of students’ understanding andinterpretation of a literary text

A special place among the approaches is occupied by the anthropocentric approach, which is based on the interpretation of the text, taking into account two sides: generation (author’s intention) and interpretation in the process of understanding by the reader. The interpretative activity of students from the initial reading of the text to the formation of theconcept is considered for the fi rst time. In this regard, studies of the differences in the interpretive activity of students of different ages in the lessons of the Russian language and literature in the course of education are relevant.