The article is devoted to one of the effective methods of language learning – working with a work of art. When teaching foreign languages, fiction has always occupied a special place. Russian teaching methodology recognizes the need for the use of fiction in teaching Russian as a foreign language of all forms and profiles of learning. It is known that the main unit of the formation of the professional competence of the future philologist is the text, which is the basis for the formation of skills and abilities of reading, writing, speaking and listening.