Mnogi proučavatelji književnosti složili bi se da je Antun Šoljan najsvestraniji autor novije hrvatske književnosti. Autor je to čija su djela jednako „živa“ kao i u razdoblju kada su nastala. Roman „Kratki izlet“ uključen je školskim planom i programom u nastavu Hrvatskoga jezika u srednjim školama. Rad se temelji na prikazu različitih metodičkih pristupa interpretaciji romana „Kratki izlet“ te predstavlja svojevrstan vodič kroz metodičku obradu ovoga romana. Sastoji se od teorijskoga dijela koji se temelji na podacima o autoru, njegovu opusu i stvaralaštvu, književno-povijesnom kontekstu i okolnostima nastanka romana te od praktičnoga dijela koji donosi pisane priprave primjenjive u nastavi kroz etape nastavnoga sata prema suvremenom konceptu školske interpretacije epskoga djela.

Many literary scholars would agree that Antun Šoljan is the most versatile author of recent Croatian literature. The author is the one whose works are just as "alive" as in the period when they were created. „Kratki izlet" („A Brief Excursion“) is included in the school curriculum and teaching program of the Croatian language in secondary schools. The paper is based on the presentation of different approaches to the interpretation and analysis of the novel "Kratki izlet" („A Brief Excursion“) and represents a specific guide through the methodical elaboration of the novel. It consists of a theoretical part whose content is collected from various bibliographic and internet sources, and contains information about the author, his opus and his creativity, the literary-historical context and the circumstances of the novel, and from the practical part of the written texts used in lifelong learning through stages of the classroom according to the concept of school interpretation of the epic work.