The Problem of Educating the Younger Generation in The Works of V. Rasputin

Abstract

This article studies the pedagogical content of Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin’s fiction through the problem of educating the younger generation. Rasputin’s prose is interpreted as a morally concentrated artistic system in which childhood, school, family, native land, memory, conscience and compassion form a single educational field. The article focuses on the stories and novellas where a child or young person enters difficult ethical situations and learns not through abstract instruction, but through pain, shame, gratitude, responsibility and living example. The research argues that Rasputin’s educational idea is inseparable from the crisis of intergenerational continuity, the weakening of traditional rural culture and the conflict between formal norms and genuine humanity. The study also reveals the methodological potential of Rasputin’s works for value-oriented reading, ethical dialogue and the development of students’ reflective thinking.