Philology in the system of modern humanitarian knowledge
Mari State University continues to train specialists in the direction of 45.04.01 Philology (profile “Philology in the system of modern humanitarian knowledge”). In 2021-2022, eight people are completing their education in this field of training. Among them are graduates of the direction 44.03.05 Pedagogical education (profile “Russian language and literature”) and 42.03.02 Journalism (profile “Journalism and advertising”). Within two years, students are to master the skills to independently analyze the systems of language, folklore and literature; to evaluate, refer, design and promote the results of their own scientific activities; to edit scientific publications; to jointly develop projects in the field of philology, etc. In accordance with the stated direction of training, the problems of modern philology are in the focus of the undergraduates: the world classical heritage and the modern world,interaction in the space of modern culture of its various types, the peculiarities of the functioning of various layers ofthe Russian language and their significance, and more. Students master modern approaches to the study of texts of various types, the methodology of analyzing the most complex phenomena of modern culture, such as postmodern texts, network literature, narratives of computer games and the like. Students also get the opportunity to test their knowledge in the process of internship on the basis of the MarSU laboratory of analytical philology: they get acquainted with the main directions of research activities of the key university of the Republic of Mari El and with the experience of its leading specialists; together with scientific supervisors they develop projects related to the problems of final qualifying works. At the same time, students set really ambitious tasks for themselves: to show what functions computer games perform in modern society and in what aspect they can be studied by philologists; what a visual game is and whether it can be considered an independent genre of online literature or not; how to update the texts of the works of “forgotten” authors and pay attention to new names; if the deconstruction of the text contributes to the success of communication. They try to answer the question whether provincial theaters are able to respond to the requests of modern viewers; whether postmodern author's strategies will gain a foothold in the arsenal of world and domestic literature, etc. Once again, the “Vestnik of the Mari State University” introduces readers to the concepts of final qualifying works by undergraduate philologists.