Cultural and historical differentiation of the Slavs and general European factors in the development of Slavic literatures

The entry of the Slavs into the Christian-civilizational universe predetermined the peculiarities of their internal differentiation, and hence the history of Slavic literatures as components of European literary communities. This approach opens up the perspective of understanding literary epochs, literary trends, genres and styles with all their national identity, due to the specifics of local history.