CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES IN TOURISM: THE METHODOLOGY FOR CREATING UNIVERSAL LITERARY MAPS

Abstract

This article examines the topical but little-studied issue of creation of a literary map. In particular, the
history of current literary mapping is analyzed, which includes the study of foreign and domestic methodological base, foreign and domestic methodology and practice. As a result, two key definitions have been clarified and justified: ‘literary
heritage’ and ‘literary heritage of the territory’. Literary heritage is parts of material and spiritual culture related to literature that were created by previous generations, have withstood the test of time, and are passed on to subsequent generations as something valuable and revered; at the same time, this phenomenon must necessarily take into account the degree
of importance of literature in the development of the territory, which should be reflected in certain parameters proposed
by the authors in this article. The parameters of literary heritage, as established in this study, are as follows: objects of a
specific locus mentioned in literary works within its administrative-territorial boundaries; places of birth, life, creative
work or travel of writers, toponymy associated with literature, cultural objects associated with literature according to the
list provided in the Federal Law ‘On Cultural Heritage Objects (Historical and Cultural Monuments) of the Peoples of
the Russian Federation’; the setting of literary works in a specific region. The paper presents a step-by-step methodology
for creating a universal literary map. Following the recommendations given in this study with regard to the creation of
literary maps, specialists will gain new tools for the development of literary tourism in the regions. The results of future
research may be of practical significance for the development and tourist exploration of space, on the one hand, and the
preservation of cultural identity, on the other. Prospects for further development of the topic depend on solving a number
of problems. Thus, the applied aspect of research – creating a literary map according to the presented list of steps – plays
a decisive role.