Svetlana Ilina

In article topical issues of studying of the Russian prepositional and case system at the elementary level in foreign audience are considered. The most typical difficulties which the teachers of Russian as foreign and foreigners learning Russian at various approaches and the principles of the presentation of a training material in modern textbooks and manuals on Russian for foreigners meet are analyzed.

Authors argue on importance of introduction of a country study component to training materials on Russian as foreign. Practical recommendations about the mechanism of selection of the training material directed not only on development of the major lexical and grammatical skills, but also on formation of a historical and cultural background which is an obligatory component of successful cross-cultural communication are made.

The article dwells on the role of the concept of LAZINESS in Russian linguistic world-image. The research is based on the material of dictionaries as well as Russian paremies that represent the aforementioned concept. The conclusion the authors come to may be helpful for foreign students who are studying the socio-cultural context of the Russian language usage.

In article the image motive of a swing in Zakhar Prilepin's novel "Monastery" is analyzed. The author points to diversity of this image in the novel, designates his communication with heritage of the Russian literature. The motive of a swing in the novel directs "Monastery" at reflections that the person is in searches of the truth, and he constantly has to make the choice between the good and evil, at the same time situation him in the world can't remain invariable.

The article touches upon the novel «My Genius, My Angel, My Friend» (2013) by A. P. Rogov. An attmept of analysing the novel from the point of view of spiritual realism is taken for the first time ever. The author concludes that the idealization of the poet-instructor's character is brought to the forefront in the novel. His unique poetic talent is harmonically combined with the keen morality that meets the Christian ideals. The author assumes that a new genre of «ode in spiritual realism prose» appeared within the main genre of artistic biography.