Literature at school, 2018, № 12

Abstracts and keywords

OUR SPIRITUAL VALUES

On the 200th anniversary of I.S.Turgenev

V.A.MORAR —
“He was a man!”
The novel “Fathers and Sons” as a mirror of the I.S.Turgenev’s soul
Abstract. The author supports the idea that in any artistic work we see the writer’s soul. The paper shows how I.S.Turgenev’s soul was reflected in his novel “Fathers and Sons” demonstrating writer’s unique personality in all complexity and contradiction.
Keywords: soul, kindness, nihilism, beauty, love, nature, will, activity, person.

N.L.VINOGRADSKAYA —
Early Letters of N.V.Gogol: problems of textology and commenting.
Based on the materials of the Institute of World Literature
Abstract. The author belongs to the Gogol group in the Institute of World Literature under the guidance of Y.V.Mann, which is working on the preparation of the Complete Academic Collection of Works and Letters by N.V.Gogol in 23 volumes. Author also is an editor of the XIII Volume, which will include Gogol’s correspondence in 1820-1832s. This article is devoted to this Volume.
Keywords: scientific edition of N.V.Gogol’s letters, Gogol group in the Institute of World Literature, preservation of the author’s intention, encyclopedic commentary.

Y.A.DVORYASHIN —
Scientific publication of the “Quiet Flows the Don”: updating the text and comprehension of the meaning
Abstract. Scientific edition of the M.A.Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Flows the Don” was prepared on the basis of a critical comparison of the currently known autographs of the work published when the writer was alive. This allowed us to establish the true meaning of many dubious textual situations and eliminate a number of mistakes that were included in the novel starting with the first edition.
Keywords: Sholokhov, “Quiet Flows the Don”, main source of text, innovative textual solutions, genesis of different interpretations and variants, principles of restoring an authentic text.

N.A.DVORYASHINA —
Two girls — teenagers — women: Dunyashka Melekhova and Natasha Rostova
Abstract. The article presents the comparative analysis of female characters created by M.A.Sholokhov and L.N.Tolstoy. The methods of revealing their images, the general and individual characteristics, the features of the creative dialogue between the author of the “Quiet Flows the Don” with his great predecessor (Tolstoy), the nature of comprehension of his artistic experience and origins in the creation of the characters of Grigory Melekhov’s sisters are revealed.
Keywords: Sholokhov, Tolstoy, Dunyashka Melekhova, Natasha Rostova, facets of characters, features of style, Tolstoy’s “impulse”, physiological movements and gestures, “bodily plasticity”, emotions, image of eyes, mimic gestures (laughter, smile), complexity of inner life, traditions, identity.

SEARCH. EXPERIENCE. SKILLS

Lessons

N.P.DUTKO —
The world of symbols and meanings in the poem “Dead Souls” by N.V.Gogol.
IXth Grade
Abstract. The article proposes a lesson aimed to generalization and systematization of artistic features in the N.V.Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls”.
Keywords: poem “Dead Souls”, main themes of lessons, reading strategies, poem’s text analysis, artistic originality of the poem, systematization of knowledge, subject and meta-subject skills, Gogol’s drawing on the cover of the first edition of the book “Chichikov’s Adventures, or Dead Souls”.

M.E.BOYKOVA —
Courage to be funny, or an attempt to understand F.M.Dostoevsky.
A lesson based on the story “Dream of a funny man” by F.M.Dostoevsky.
Xth Grade
Abstract. The teacher shows how students work is directed for comprehending the psychology of Dostoevsky’s story and understanding the deep moral problems raised by the writer.
Keywords: inner world of a man, pride, indifference, disharmonious peace, sympathy, compassion, love, transformation of the character.

T.G.SOLOVEY —
“You are forever in charge of those whom you have tamed”.
An analysis of the story “What the horses are crying about” by F.Abramov.
VIIth Grade
Abstract. The author shows the ways of analyzing the story of Fyodor Abramov, actualizing the knowledge of previous studies of Russian traditions and folk culture. Problematic questions, creative tasks, the skills of analyzing the work are used. Special attention is paid to the moral problems of the story.
Keywords: man, nature, homeland, mercy, responsibility, gratitude, progress, civilization.

N.V.SOKOLOVA —
The child’s world and the world of adults in the story “Father’s Anger” by A.S.Grin.
Vth Grade
Abstract. The article reveals the stages of the lesson-analysis of the story “Father’s Anger” (1929) by A.S.Grin. The lesson deepens the reader’s experience of modern students and helps make this meeting personally significant.
Keywords: child’s emotional experiences, world of indifferent and loving adults, anger, “points” of rapprochement, understanding, love, beauty of human relations.

L.A.GOLTSOVA —
Testaments of M.M.Prishvin.
Based on a fairy tale “The Larder of the Sun”.
Vth Grade
Abstract. The author shows how a variety of forms of children’s work is used in the generalizing lesson to consolidate the knowledge and to reveal the moral lessons of the author of the “The Larder of the Sun”.
Keywords: M.M.Prishvin, “The Larder of the Sun”, nature and man, writer’s covenants

Alphabetical index of articles published in the “Literature in School” in 2018

Thematic Index of articles published in the “Literature in the School” in 2018