Sections: Literature
Subject: The magical power of art.
Epigraphs:
I accept high notes of celebration,
High feelings of love and inspiration,
Holy faith of timelessness
And light art mastery.P. Tikhonov.
The sounds of the violin are still alive,
The sleeping part of you will be awakened...
Everything is in this music,
Just catch it.A. Romanov (gr. “Sunday”)
Lesson objectives:
Equipment:
- Illustrations of the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, St. Basil's Cathedral, the statue of Venus de Milo...
- Reproductions of paintings by Russian artists: “Portrait of A.P. Struyskaya" by artist F.S. Rokotova
"La Gioconda" by Leonardo da Vinci - Multimedia
During the classes
I.Organizing time.
II. Introduction to the lesson.
Literature is an art form, so I decided to expand the topic of the epigraph lesson for the entire 10th grade literature course and today I want to offer you a conversation about the “magical power of art.”
- What does the word “art” mean? Let's make synonymous and associative series.
(Synonymous, associative series and word meanings proposed by students according to S.I. Ozhegov’s dictionary are displayed on the screen
art, creativity, craftsmanship, creation, artistic activity; inspiration, music, theater, sculpture, literature, beauty, delight, admiration, imagery, harmony; Art: 1. Creative reflection, reproduction of reality in artistic images. 2. Skill, skill, knowledge of the matter. 3. The very thing that requires such skill, mastery.)
Based on what was written down, tell me, what impact should art have on a person?
(Art pleases us with the harmony of beauty, evokes enthusiastic feelings, shakes the soul, awakens inspiration.)
This year we will get acquainted with the works of I.S. Turgenev, I.A. Goncharov, N.A. Nekrasov, M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, F.M. Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy and A.P. Chekhov, whose work is still of interest throughout the world. There are cases when foreigners learn Russian in order to read in the original the creations of our masters that amazed them. And a student at the University of Bern in Switzerland learned the language when she saw fiery Russian folk dances on stage. This is probably why it is worth talking about the magical power of art. Let's try to test this statement today.
III. Work on the topic of the lesson.
Let's listen to the song “Musician” by A. Romanov, the leader of the “Resurrection” group, performed by Konstantin Nikolsky. ( Lyrics of the song on each desk)
Please note the words and expressions that affect you.
(“...the sounds of the violin will wake up everything living and sleeping in you...", "...if you are not too drunk yet..." "...about the unhappy and the happy, about good and evil, about fierce hatred and holy love..." "...what is happening, what was happening on your land, everything in this music - just catch it..." "the violin is tired" "the mute case" "the melody remains.")
What images, associations, thoughts do these lines evoke?
(Talented music, the soulful voice of a violin, comparable to a human one, can awaken dormant feelings, make you think not only about your own destiny, but about everything “that is happening on your land”, make you a “co-worker.”
It’s scary if the violin gets tired and becomes silent, and stops “burning people’s hearts.” A “dumb case” will reproachfully resemble a “vessel in which there is emptiness.” But according to the law of physics, the energy of a violin’s voice cannot disappear; it is only inaudible due to human noise; vanity prevents a person from feeling its wonderful touch to the strings of the soul.)
Why are these images disturbing, embedded in the memory, remembered?
(Man, the most callous, unemotional, is created harmonious, which means that the flame of Love must live and glimmer in his soul, which, even smoldering, you can try to fan in order to return to those who are losing the face, image and likeness of the Creator.)
Which lines of the song say the most important thing? What important questions does the author pose in a person’s life?
(“Why were you born…”
Is everyone capable of understanding works of art?
What is the purpose of art and what is the power of its impact on people?
Man is responsible for what happens around him. “Just catch it,” the author urges. Catch means try to hear the main thing, do not fence yourself off from life. There are always those nearby who will remind you “...of the unhappy and the happy, of good and evil, of fierce hatred and holy love...”. Their name is Masters.)
What is the strength of a violinist’s talent and how does it manifest itself?
- What is your attitude towards music?
- What can you say about the author of the song?
2. Let us turn to the literary essay by G.I. Uspensky “Straightened”, written in 1885.
(The work was read by students for the lesson)
Who is the hero of the work?
(The hero of the essay is “the rural teacher Tyapushkin, crushed by “tedious school work”, “a mass of insignificant ... daily worries and torments,” but not devoid of manifestations of the human soul thirsting for perfection.”)
What is Tyapushkin’s state of mind? What is his lifestyle like?
(“All this continued...”, “shocked me...”, “deliberate conspiracy,” “a feeling of some kind of boundless misfortune...” “I’m sitting in the cold...”, “I’m going to eat...”, “Having returned to my corner...”, “Depressed...” “In the provincial city... I was exhausted in my soul...” “I was deeply twisted...”, “Absolutely nothing affectionate...” “A torn sheepskin coat, a homemade bed, straw pillows...”, “Misfortune drills into the brain...”, “Den.” "(not a room), "The grief of my life...")
What gives him strength, “encourages”, “revives”?
(A dream, “something good” Tyapushkin recalls “how 12 years ago in Paris in the Louvre he saw the Venus de Milo.”)
What impression did the statue of the goddess make on him and why?
(“What happened to me?”, “What is the secret?” Who came here “without the slightest moral need”,
“like a crumpled glove,” he suddenly felt: “...straightened me up.”)
How did he see the Venus de Milo? Does his idea of female beauty correspond to the beauty of the female goddess?
(...No, it doesn’t match.)
Why did the hero’s impression not depend on the external inconsistency with his ideal?
(A work of art attracts with something different.)
But what happened was that he “allowed himself to be crumpled up again.” Does this mean that Tyapushkin “gave up”, that the influence of the work of art turned out to be short-lived? How would you answer this question and how does the author answer?
(Life is complex, forcing Tyapushkin to solve daily pressing problems, it erased a strong emotional impression from the hero’s memory. But even the memory of a work of art can change a person. This is how the teacher’s perception of the world changes, he realizes his importance, his need for people: “... a great work of art strengthens me in my then desire to go to the dark mass of the people... I, according to my strength, can and should go there... I will go there and will strive to ensure that the people starting to live do not allow themselves to be humiliated.")
Why is the essay called “Straightened Up”?
(This is exactly the effect the statue had on the hero. For Tyapushkin it is scary “... to lose the happiness of feeling like a human being,” and he is sure that a great work of art has a life-giving force that has a cleansing effect on the soul and gives energy to a humiliated being, helping him to improve spiritually and physically .)
3. Let’s get acquainted with V. Veresaev’s short work “Competition”.
(The teacher reads a story about a competition between two artists (a teacher and his student) until the epilogue, when the people make their decision and determine the winner).
Which of the two paintings would you prefer, the painting of the famous artist Twice Crowned or the painting of the Unicorn? Why?
(Work in groups. Finish reading the story and exchange opinions between groups.)
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- Why do you think you preferred the painting of the Unicorn? Why did the student defeat the teacher in a dispute about beauty?
(The teacher was tormented, looking for the ideal of female beauty, found it and, using his unsurpassed skill, created an amazing picture. It evoked admiration for an unearthly, extraordinary woman. Next to this beauty, everything around faded, it seemed imperfect, low, insignificant. The unicorn, it seemed, could not surpass the teacher in the skill of execution, but his completely earthly “Dawn” was inspired by love. The student surpassed the teacher in the strength of feelings invested in the work. His painting allowed him to see and remember the beauty around him.)
(The author showed that external beauty captivates and enchants, but inner beauty is higher. The eyes of a person in love see beauty and splendor in everything that surrounds him. The beloved is always the most beautiful, the best. And no matter how many years pass, she always remains her, although it changes in appearance.
I remember the words of W. Shakespeare:
Her eyes don't look like stars
You can’t call your mouth coral...
I don't know how the goddesses walk,
But the darling steps on the ground.
The Unicorn painting is illuminated with love. It is this kind of light, similar to the light of a bright star in a dark sky, that truly warms people’s hearts (remember the old woman and the old man in the story)
Apparently, among works of art, the writer himself gives preference to those that bring joy, spiritual liberation, love and light, and “open their eyes” to the beauty of the world.)
What can you say about the interaction between the Creator, the artist and the individual, having become acquainted with the story of V. Veresaev?
(The viewer is the object of the artist’s influence; it is towards him that the energy of the work of art is directed, positive or negative, elevating the soul or enslaving it.)
4. Now I bring to your attention the poem by Nikolai Zabolotsky “Love painting, poets...” and the portrait of A.P. Jet brush by Russian artist F.S. Rokotov.
(Texts are copied onto each desk, on the screen is a portrait of A.P. Struyskaya)
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What is unusual about the female image in the portrait?
- Let's see if your impression coincides with the opinion of the poet N. Zabolotsky.
(Teacher reading a poem)
Why is the perception so different or what does the similarity of perception between yours and the poet’s indicate?
(Work on questions in groups followed by class discussion)
a) What features of the language of painting does N. Zabolotsky talk about?
b) How highly did the poet and his lyrical hero appreciate the artist’s creation?
c) Is it only possible to talk about the influence of painting on the human soul when reading N. Zabolotsky? What can you say about the poet?
d) What means of expressive language, what techniques of creating an image does the poet use to convey his admiration?
e) Is it possible, based on these works, to confirm or refute the statement made in the title of the lesson?
(N.A. Zabolotsky believes that only painting is given the opportunity to capture beautiful moments on canvas, capture spiritual changes, find a response in the heart of the viewer, therefore, the artist’s skill is magic, with the help of which it is possible to influence a person. But we also saw skill a poet who is able to convey his feelings: surprise, admiration, charm - from contemplating a painting. The influence of any masterpiece on the human soul is undeniable.)
5. In conclusion, I will tell you a tale about the Hunter.
Once upon a time, when people still dressed in animal skins and lived in caves, the Hunter returned to his native hearth. He was very unlucky that day. Not a single bird allowed him to get close to him so that he could reach it with an arrow from his bow, not a single deer allowed him to hit himself with a spear. The hunter knew that prey was waiting in the cave. He imagined what kind of abuse the hungry women would rain down on him, remembered the Leader’s contemptuous look, and he felt bitter.
He entered the cave empty-handed, stood near the dying fire and spoke. The hunter began to talk about how in a dense forest he met an unprecedented snow-white animal with a single horn and chased after it, how he wounded this animal. Before his eyes, the beast turned into a beautiful man and began to reproach the Hunter for attacking the God of the Forest himself. The hunter told how he begged for mercy and asked to kill him, but not to be angry with the tribe that sent him to hunt. God forgave the Hunter, but forbade him to kill any of the animals that day.
When the Hunter finished his story and looked with fear at the people of his tribe, he saw neither reproach nor anger in their eyes. The people looked at him with admiration, and the Leader stood up from his seat, cut off a large piece of honeycomb and handed it to the hunter.
Why do you think the Hunter received the award?
(The hunter deserved his reward for a vivid story. He did not lie to people. He told them one of the first fairy tales. And he was fed precisely for the tale. A great magic happened in the cave: people heard the words, and before their eyes whole pictures of amazing incidents appeared that caused fear for the Hunter. The Hunter’s story was not a request for forgiveness or a complaint, but poetry.)
IV. Summarizing.
What is the magical power of art?
Ivan Bunin, in an essay to the poet I.S. Nikitin, answered: “I don’t know who is called a good person. It’s true that the one who has a soul, has a warm feeling, and a heart that unaccountably bursts from the depths is good. I don’t know what is called art, beauty in art, its rules. That’s right, the point is that a person, no matter what words, in what form he speaks to me, would make me see living people in front of me, feel the breath of living nature, making the best strings of my heart tremble.”
How would you answer?
V. Homework.
Creative work of students' choice:
A) Written work:
1. What do I see as the magical power of art?
2. A story (essay) about feelings you once experienced (while watching a play, a film), impressions (from a painting, sculpture, architectural structure, or piece of music you heard).
B) Create your own work of art (story, poems, paintings, crafts, embroidery, wood carving...)
List of used literature
- V.G. Marantsman. Literature Textbook for 9th grade of secondary school (p. 6)
Moscow "Enlightenment" 1992. - Literature. 5th grade. A textbook for schools and classes with in-depth study of literature, gymnasiums and lyceums. Compiled by M.B. Ladygin and T.G. Trenina. Moscow Publishing house "Drofa" 1995.
Art enriches our lives. And one of its types—literature—meets us at the very beginning of our life’s journey and remains forever. The book, like caring parents, educates and teaches us. By reading fairy tales as children, we learn to distinguish good from evil, truth from lies, virtue from meanness.
Literature teaches you to feel, understand, and empathize. After all, every book makes us think about what the author wanted to convey with his work. What thought did he put into his creation? By getting to know new characters, understanding their feelings and thoughts, we begin
It is better to understand the people around us, and most importantly, ourselves. It is not for nothing that many great cultural and scientific figures, in moments of emotional excitement, picked up fiction. They found peace and satisfaction in it. Books can help us find the right path in life, while looking for it we often get confused.
But these are not all the advantages of literature. Thanks to her, we learned a lot of necessary and useful information. For example, very few sources were preserved about the campaign of Prince Igor, and the literary work “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” shed light on many unknown facts.
By describing the life and customs of his century, the writer helps us form a picture of the time.
The book can even influence the course of the reader’s real life. For example, after reading Sholokhov’s story “The Fate of a Man,” many people whose lives were similar to the fate of the hero of this work perked up and found the strength to live on.
I think this is the great power of the art of literature.
What is the magical power of art? What role does it play in a person’s life? Is it true that art reflects the soul of a people? The author of the text proposed for analysis, writer V. Konetsky, tries to answer these and other questions. For example, reflecting on the uniqueness of Russian painting, he draws attention to the work of such artists as Savrasov, Levitan, Serov, Korovin, Kustodiev. “These names hide not only the eternal joy of life in art. It is Russian joy that is hidden, with all its tenderness, modesty and depth. And just as a Russian song is simple, painting is so simple,” notes the author. He emphasizes that the work of these artists reflects the worldview of our people, their ability to enjoy the beauty of their native nature, the ability to appreciate its simplicity and unpretentiousness, to find harmony where others do not feel it.
Art for a person is also a kind of lifeline, because it is not only a means of self-expression, but also the force that connects us with the history and culture of our native country, does not allow us to forget its vastness, and time after time reminds everyone how beautiful Russia is. V. Konetsky considers this property of genuine art to be very important, because it helps people realize their involvement in their history, their people, their Fatherland: “In our century, artists should not forget about one simple function of art - to awaken and illuminate in a fellow tribesman a sense of homeland ."
Works of painting, literature, music also have a very important role that cannot be ignored. To summarize, the writer expresses confidence: “Art is art when it evokes in a person a feeling of happiness, albeit fleeting.”
I agree with the author’s point of view: true art will always find a way to touch the strings of our soul, to reach even the hardest heart. It can lift a person who has lost hope from his knees and even save his life.
Thus, art revived the desire to live in the hero of L. Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace.” Nikolai Rostov, having lost a large amount of money to Dolokhov at cards, simply did not see a way out of this situation. The gambling debt must be paid, but the young officer did not have such huge money. In this situation, he had, perhaps, the only option for the development of events - suicide. The hero of the novel was distracted from his dark thoughts by his sister’s voice. Natasha was learning a new aria. At that moment, Nikolai, enchanted by the music, enchanted by the beauty of Natasha’s voice, forgot about the problems that just a minute ago seemed insoluble to him. He listened to the singing and was only worried about whether the girl would hit the top note. Her gentle voice and the charm of the magical melody brought Nikolai back to life: the hero realized that, in addition to adversity and sadness, there is beauty and happiness in the world, and for them it is worth living. This is what real art does!
It also saved Jonesy, the heroine of O’Henry’s story “The Last Leaf.” The girl, who fell ill with pneumonia, completely lost hope of recovery. Watching the ivy fall outside the window, she decides that she will die when the last leaf falls from its branch. An old neighbor, the artist Berman, having learned about her intentions from the heroine’s friend, decides to deceive fate. At night, during the cold autumn rain and strong wind, he creates his main painting, a real masterpiece: he paints a small ivy leaf on the brick wall of the house opposite. In the morning, Jonesy sees how the brave last leaf bravely fought the storm all night. The girl also decides to pull herself together and believe in life. She recovers thanks to the power of love that the old artist put into his work, and therefore thanks to art. It is this that gives her the opportunity to live on, believe in herself and be happy.
Thus, art plays a vital role in our lives. It gives you the opportunity to express your feelings and thoughts, unites a variety of people, and helps you live.
Composition
Composition
The magical power of art
Art enriches our lives. And one of its types—literature—meets us at the very beginning of our life’s journey and remains forever. The book, like caring parents, educates and teaches us. By reading fairy tales as children, we learn to distinguish good from evil, truth from lies, virtue from meanness.
Literature teaches you to feel, understand, and empathize. After all, every book makes us think about what the author wanted to convey with his work. What thought did he put into his creation? By getting to know new characters, understanding their feelings and thoughts, we begin to better understand the people around us, and most importantly, ourselves. It is not without reason that many great cultural and scientific figures, in moments of emotional excitement, picked up fiction. They found peace and satisfaction in it. Books can help us find the right path in life, while looking for it we often get confused.
But these are not all the advantages of literature. Thanks to her, we learned a lot of necessary and useful information. For example, very few sources were preserved about the campaign of Prince Igor, and the literary work “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” shed light on many unknown facts.
By describing the life and customs of his century, the writer helps us form a picture of the time.
The book can even influence the course of the reader’s real life. For example, after reading Sholokhov’s story “The Fate of a Man,” many people whose lives were similar to the fate of the hero of this work perked up and found the strength to live on.
I think this is the great power of the art of literature.
A lot of words have been spent to denote or illustrate the notorious power of what we call art, in our case literature. They are looking for the roots of this influence, going through the technical details of the letter (which is, of course, important), building theories, inventing models, fighting with schools and opinions of authorities, calling on the spirits of ancient deities and calling on new-fangled experts to help... But how this happens remains completely incomprehensible.
More precisely, there is a science called literary criticism, there is a current theory of reading, there is a hypothesis about the different forms of psychoactivity of a person writing, as well as a person reading, but somehow they do not get to the main point. It seems to me that if we got there, the solution to this riddle, like the discovery of nuclear physics, would change our understanding of ourselves in a matter of years.
And only the most “strange” of theorists know that the power of art lies in the fact that it does not shovel a person’s experience from bottom to top, it, as it were, completes it without conflicting with it, and miraculously transforms this experience, which many considered hardly necessary, but then completely unusable rubbish, into new knowledge, if you like - into wisdom.
WINDOW TO WISDOM
When I was just planning to write this book and told a publisher I knew about it, he was very surprised: “Why do you think,” he asked, “that writing a novel is the only way out? It’s better to let them read books, it’s much easier.” In his own way, he was, of course, right.
Reading, of course, is simpler, easier and more enjoyable. Actually, that’s what people do - they read, finding in the world of these Scarlett and Holmes, Frodo and Conan, Brugnon and the Turbins all the experiences, ideas, consolation and partial solutions to problems that are significant to them.
Yes, I read the book, you experience the same thing as the author. But only ten to twenty times weaker!
And recognizing reading as a very powerful tool, let’s still try to imagine what we can achieve if we ourselves develop the score of the notorious “meditation”? And then we “arrange” everything ourselves, as is the norm in such cases? Of course, without losing sight of the fact that we are doing this in full accordance with our own, deeply PERSONAL ideas about the problem?...
Did you imagine? Yes, I also have difficulty imagining, only to a small extent guessing the effect that a properly organized and well-written book can have on the author. I am a novelist, a connoisseur of texts and people who work professionally with books, I have to admit that I do not know how, why and to what extent this happens. But I can vouch for the fact that it works with stunning power, that sometimes it radically changes the being of the author.
Of course, everything is a little more complicated than I’m portraying here. There is no difference between novel and novel, and there is also a difference between author and author. Sometimes among writers you come across such “radishes” that you are simply amazed, but they write like a nightingale - easily, loudly, convincingly, beautifully! The whole point is probably that without novels they would be even worse, they would do evil things or turn into downright unhappy people, making their family and friends unhappy.
In any case, I argue that the novel, the very writing of this seemingly completely optional monograph, serves as a means of changing the author’s personality, attracting the rarest property of psychological changeability, or rather, metamorphic creativity. Because it is a kind of window to the truth, opened into oneself. And how we will use this tool, what we will see in the window, what wisdom we will be able to obtain as a result - this, as they say, God knows. All life is built on the fact that everyone is only responsible for themselves, isn’t it?
