From "admiration of the poetic trope" to "pedagogy of fine literature"
The article written to celebrate the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of Leo V. Todorov analyzes the path of becoming a scientist, the development of his scientific-pedagogical concept. The latter is based on the emotional and imaginative approach to educating and upbringing of the younger generation, the support and integration of culture and education, the preservation and extension of the traditions of Russian and foreign pedagogy, methodology of teaching literature. The author highlighted the key idea of L.V. Todorov's concept of "pedagogy of fine literature", of which the scientist thinks as the humanization of education. The article notes that the creation of the scientific and pedagogical concept was started by the scientist in the late 60s of the twentieth century. The key stages on the path from the "admiration of the poetic trope" to the "pedagogy of fine literature" was the defense of his doctoral and habilitation theses. The author consistently shows the diverse activities of L.V. Todorov's as a teacher, methodologist, propagandist of the idea of integration of the Russian and national culture and education, educator. Based on the analysis of a number of scientific and methodological publications, the author proves that a significant update of the school literary and continuing education of a teacher of literature, which began in the late 90s of the twentieth century, took place with the direct participation of L.V. Todorov. The article focuses on the fact that the update was directly related to the improvement of the system of professional development of the teacher of the Russian language and literature, the literature syllabus, the development of the Olympiad movement, moral and aesthetic education of schoolchildren. The author shows that the solution of a number of related issues, through a series of experimental educational books, allowed to test and correct the scientific and pedagogical concept of the scientist's and on its basis to develop teaching aids, which in the first decade of the XXI century were published under L.V. Todorov's editorship in the "Drofa", "Prosvrshchenye", "Academia" publishing houses.