Family as a basic concept of Russian literature in the 20th century

The family theme is one of the leading themes in world and Russian literature, revealing the relationship between "fathers" and "children". In Russian literature, the family acts as the moral foundation of human existence. The most famous Russian writers – Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Leo Tolstoy, Dmitry Fonvizin, etc., emphasized the importance of the family, because it is the family that asserts moral principles, instills general cultural values that are passed down from generation to generation, and also has a direct impact on character, beliefs, life and the fate of the country. Currently, the concept of concept is actively used in various humanities. Linguists (Arutyunova, Stepanov, Boldyrev, etc.) and literary critics (Askold, Lotman, Zusman, Likhachev, etc.) have been engaged in the study of the concept. Concepts in literature (artistic concepts) reflect not only the peculiarities of mentality of a nation or ethnic group, they combine the peculiarities of the writer's worldview, as well as the individual associations of each reader. The purpose of this work is to study the concept of family as a basic concept of Russian literature in the 20th century. Research objectives: 1) consideration of the concept of "concept" in the humanities; 2) the study of the implementation of the concept of family in Russian literature in the 20th century; 2) the definition of the components of the basic concept of family. Procedure and methods. The paper uses problem-thematic, historical-literary, and conceptual-cultural methods. The analysis showed that the family is the basis of human life, it is in the family that the system of values and life attitudes is determined. Considering the relationship in the family, many authors focus our attention on the problem of the loss of kindred spiritual ties between relatives and close people. Gradually, boundaries are being erased, stereotypes are being destroyed – the destruction of the traditional concept of the family. However, writers still single out the family as a necessary condition for the development of a person's personality, since it is in the family that the moral foundations are laid. The work of writers in the 20th century provides rich material for studying the history, culture and way of life of the Russian people. The themes and problems that the authors solve in their works remain relevant and interesting, since literature is a reflection of life.