Methodologists of the Silver age about the position and role of studying newer Russian poetry as part of the literature course at secondary school

The article raises one of the immediate problems of modern methods of literature teaching - studying newer Russian poetry as part of the Literature course at secondary school. The author considers the historical aspect of the problem as presented in the works of Silver Age methodologists. The author analyzes the works of P.Sakulin, N.Savvin, I.Solovyev, A.Alferov, T.Baltalon, M.Gershenzon, S.Vengerov, V.Gabo, M.Rybnicova, etc.