Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University507610.18287/2542-0445-2017-23-1.2-81-85WHY DOESN’T THE ART EDUCATE TODAY (OR ON THE LAWS OF PERCEPTION, WHICH HAVEN’T BEEN CANCELLED)KoganI. I.morenov.sv@ssau.ruSamara National Research University02012017231.281851007201710072017Copyright © 2017, Kogan I.I.2017<p>The article deals with the question about how the art can bring up. On the material of studies in which senior pupils analyze unfamiliar poetic texts by A. Blok, S. Yesenin and Vl. Mayakovsky, the article raises the problem of the adequacy of the works of school program of literature to the age-related psychology of perception of a literary text.</p>art, education, aesthetic perception, classical Russian literature at school, age-related psychology of perception of literary text.искусство, воспитание, эстетическое восприятие, классическая русская литература в школе, возрастная психология восприятия художественного текста.