Abstract
Russian literature of Kazakhstan is included in the multinational culture of our republic as it’s organicelement. Comprehension of the new world by Russian writers of the republic is looking for adequateforms of literary expression; many of them go through a difficult stage of genre selection, moving from astory to a novel. A new type of hero appears – the so-called «foreign character». The image of interclassenmity, ethnic misunderstanding, the difficult search for common ground between peoples is shown inthe works of I. Shukhov, which we dwell on in more detail in this article.Also we will examine various methods and techniques for analyzing the novel by I. Shukhov «theBitter line» and the autobiographical trilogy «Presnovsky pages». At the stage of context verticalization,students study historical facts displayed in the novel «the Bitter line» by I. Shukhov.The next important strategy for analyzing Shukhov’s novels is to create a cultural portrait of ethnicgroups.The study of certain cultural concepts – such as horse or wormwood-allows students to decipher theplot elements of the work. Drawing up an axiological map of the ethnic group by students is necessaryfor a deep understanding of the writer’s idea.In the process of analyzing the novels of I. Shukhov, other methodological strategies can be applied,including various types of commentary. The analysis of stylistic units will also prepare students to understand Shukhov’ s poetics.The methodical plot of the analysis of Shukhov’s novel «the Bitter line» and the autobiographical trilogy «Presnovsky pages» in the classroom at the University is based on a detailed analysis of archetypes.