World Classics and Youth Culture: on the Experience of Classical and Modern Text Interpretation by MarSU Masters of Philology
In 2020, it has been 5 years since the Master's degree program on Philology (45.04.01) was launched in MarSU. 19 graduates have already received full-time Master's degrees (11 of which are honours degrees), and 6 graduates have received correspondence degrees (3 of which are honours degrees). The graduates of this program work effectively in the system of higher professional education, as well as in other educational and cultural institutions, mass media and various companies and organizations working in the spheres of social and educational, humanitarian and organizational, publishing and communicative activities. It should be noted that the contents of the program have changed over the time: in particular, the scientific aspect has been strengthened and new courses have been integrated into the basic educational program. Accordingly, the students are focused on the solution of the problems that require the application of fundamental knowledge in the field of philology in the process of preparation of the graduate qualification works. At that, a large number of the works explore the possibility of using the works of classical literature in the modern age, and such topics as literary folklorism and the intertextual connections between contemporary post-modern literature and world and domestic literature. The concepts and ideas of the 2020-2021 graduates' qualification works are presented in this article.