文学的功能是以形象来反映社会生活，是用具体的、生动感人的细节来反映客观世界的。优秀的文学作品是能使人产生如临其境、如见其人、如闻其声的感觉，并从思想感情上受到感染、教育和陶冶。本书对在俄苏现代文学史上做出杰出贡献的文学家们的生平和重要作品进行了系统而全面的介绍。是我们学习和了解苏俄现代文学概貌的良好读物。（The function of literature is to reflect social life in image, and to reflect the objective world with specific, lively and touching details. Excellent literary works can make people feel staying on the scene, seeing the person, and hearing the voice, and get the infection, education and cultivation from thoughts and feelings. This book gives a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the lifetime and important works of the litterateurs who have made outstanding contributions to modern history of literature of Russia and Soviet. It is a good reading material for us to learn and understand modern literature overview of Soviet and Russia.）...