Theory of artistic style, history of literary styles, national style, Russian literature of the 11th-21st centuries, works by G.R. Derzhavin, A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, V. Khlebnikov, M.A. Sholokhov, Z. Prilepin and others.

Achievements, awards

• Moscow Grant
• Diplomas for the best scientific book among university professors of the Russian Federation
• Jubilee medal "10 years of Moscow State Pedagogical Institute".
• Jubilee medal "75 years of the Literary Institute named A.M. Gorky.

• Member of the jury of the Olympiad of the Union State in the Russian language "Russia and Belarus: historical and spiritual community".
• Initiator of the interuniversity scientific and practical conference "National Style of Russian Literary Classics", executive editor of collections of materials published as a result of it.
• Organizer and jury member of the International School Essay Competition based on the works of M.A. Sholokhov.