Literary regional studies: teaching creativity A.N. Tolstoy at school

The article is devoted to the study of literary local lore for the work of future teachers of literature in extracurricular activities among students of secondary classes of educational institutions. The paper examines the stages of development of school literary local lore and proposes the concept of including local lore in literary education using a spatial approach to artistic works. The analysis of literature textbooks for the inclusion of local history texts was carried out, the content of the work on the study of works of art in the regional aspect was determined. Using the example of the story "Nikita's Childhood", the methods of studying the material are considered. Methodological recommendations for the study of literary local lore at school and methods of work in the classroom are presented. The study found supporting literature that helps to study the material in depth and consider it from different points of view. Excerpts of classes are presented to help traitors navigate the forms of classes aimed at studying materials with the writer's estate texts. In general, the study shows that further methodological improvement of the process of studying the personality and creativity of A.N.Tolstoy at school is possible with the use of traditions and new forms of organizing students' reading activities, as well as with increasing the philological competence of a teacher of literature.