Abstract:

The article analyzes youth as a subject of social action in the context of literary works published in the thematic issue of the journal "Foreign literature". Attention is drawn to the fact that each new generation of young people enters a changing world with its own worldview, tastes and external attributes. The principle of youth behavior We don´t need no education is recalled! (We don´t need to be taught anything!). It shows the need to find compromises in the communication of the older generation with the youth. The works of writers from different countries can help solve this problem.

Keywords: youth, modern world, youth problems, relations between parents and children, love, protest, conflict, friendship, self-expression, school, book, family, music