Lyric songs. Folklore. Lyric songs Lesson in grade 8 oral folklore


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What do I like best about literature class?

The golden heritage of Russian antiquity. Folklore

Ritual Non-ritual Russian folk songs:

The lyrical hero is a simple man, a man of labor, a soldier. Life is perceived by his eyes, mind, heart. Compositionally lyrical song: monologue - an outpouring of feelings, reflection on fate, often begins with an appeal; dialogue is the conversation of lyric characters. Lyric song

Introduction The works of CNT (folklore) are diverse. These are fairy tales, songs, proverbs, and many, many others. We will not be able to find a specific author of these works, their author is the people. Writing-reasoning folklore is the wisdom of the people

Main part Any fairy tale teaches something: goodness, justice, courage. Cowardice and meanness are always condemned in it. In proverbs and sayings ……. And what kind of songs did the people not come up with! ....... Many of them, despite their "venerable age", can make the modern generation think and even .... Folklore is also rich in works for children (…… ..), which ……. Writing-reasoning folklore is the wisdom of the people

Conclusion Thus, the works of UNT show us how to live and act correctly, teach and develop us ... .. Writing-reasoning folklore is the wisdom of the people

Tradition is a genre of oral non-fairytale prose, a story about historical figures and events. The historical song is a kind of chronicle, the history of the people, it arose during the period of the struggle against the Tatar yoke. Historical songs and Tradition

Legends "About Pugachev", "About the conquest of Siberia by Yermak" Historical songs and legends

About Pugachev

"On the conquest of Siberia by Yermak",

Retelling the legend "About the conquest of Siberia by Yermak", answer questions Homework


On the subject: methodological developments, presentations and notes

The use of oral folk art in biology lessons.

This material provides a rationale for the feasibility of using the techniques of oral folk art in biology lessons. Examples of the use of the material in the classroom are given ...

script for a matinee in the 2nd grade of secondary school. Oral folk art "Sitting"

The scenario of a matinee in the 2nd grade of an elementary educational school. It is carried out after passing the topic "Oral folk art". The material contains an explanatory note, script, musical material, choreo ...

This test can be carried out in the knowledge control lesson after studying the topic "Oral folk art" in literature in the 6th grade. Execution time - 40 minutes ....

Epic- a work of oral folklore, glorifying ... ...

The epic consists of the following parts:

1) solo (introduces the reader to the world of folk art);

2) the beginning (the place of action, the name of the main character are indicated);

3) setting (important event);

4) culmination (central event);

5) denouement (victory of the positive hero);

6) ending (glory to the hero is given).

Artistic features of the epic:

1) repetitions of words, expressions, episodes;

2) appeals;

3) trinity (the number three or multiples of three numbers is often found).

Epic verse- a special verse based on an equal number of stresses in the lines (more often in line 3 stresses) and the same arrangement of stressed syllables at the end of each line (more often the stressed syllable is the 3rd from the end of the line).

Epics. Artistic features of epics.

Oral folk poetry arose many centuries ago, when people still could not read or write. (Slide 2 ends here)

Folk art is rich and varied. In fairy tales, songs, people talked about important historical events, about their work, about their worries and sorrows, dreamed of a happy, just life. (Slide 3 ends here)

Folk wisdom, observation, accuracy and expressiveness of folk speech are embodied in proverbs, sayings, riddles. (Slide 4 ends here)

Of exceptional interest among the works of folk art are epics - artistic and historical songs about heroes, folk heroes. (Slide 5 ends here)

The main cycles of epics: Novgorod and Kiev (Slide 6 ends here)

The action in most epics is timed to Kiev. Some epics tell about the life, events and people of another largest city of ancient Russia - Novgorod (epics about Sadko, about Vasily Buslaev). (Slide 7 ends here)

Kiev epics are heroic (or heroic) epics. Heroic epics tell about the courageous defense of the homeland, about the heroes, their struggle against the nomadic enemies who attacked the country. (Slide 8 ends here)

Epics are built according to a specific plan.

Most epics begin inception... It usually talks about location actions or about where and from where the hero went (This is where slide 9 ends)

Whether it is from the city of Murom,
From that village yes Karacharova
A good-looking, burly, good-natured fellow was leaving.
He stood for matins in Murom,
And he wanted to be in time for dinner in the capital Kiev-city.

Yes, and he drove up to the glorious city to Chernigov,
Does that city of Chernigov
Black and black silushki have been overtaken,
And th black as black as a crow. (Slide 10 ends here)

Events in epics are presented in a strict order, sequentially... The narration continues slowly, slowly... (Slide 11 ends here) Since the epics lived in oral transmission, the performer said them focus listeners' attention in especially important, in his opinion, places. For this, epics are widely used repetitions, usually threefold... So, in the epic about Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the robber, the description of the strength of the Nightingale the robber is repeated three times. (Slide 12 ends here)

To give melodiousness epic, to make its presentation more expressive, musical, often in epics repeated individual the words.

The straight track is frozen

The path has become numb, it has become numb.

In the capital city in Kiev,

At the affectionate prince at Vladimir. (Slide 13 ends here)

Repetitions are found not only in the text of the same epic. In different epics similar actions are described in the same way, phenomena, for example, the saddle of a heroic horse, a feast at Prince Vladimir, an enemy force, a battle of heroes with enemies, etc. Such similar descriptions found in different epics (and in fairy tales) are called common places... (Slide 14 ends here)

Sometimes epics end in a special ending- the conclusion from the entire content of the epic:

Either old man, now deyyanie,

that is, it was so in the old days, it is a reality. (Slide 15 ends here)

The main character of epics - Russian hero... To more vividly represent the strength of the hero, the technique is used hyperbole(exaggeration). For example, here is how the battle of a hero with an enemy force is described. If the hero waves his right hand, a street is formed among the enemy camp, and a lane with his left. The hero's club (sword) weighs forty or even ninety poods. (Slide 16 ends here)

If the hero falls asleep, then "a heroic dream for twelve days" (days). To match the hero and his horse:"The first gallop of a horse is many miles, but the second gallop is impossible to find." To emphasize the strength of the Russian hero, his enemy is shown hyperbolically. The enormous forces of the enemy "the gray wolf ... cannot leap for a day, the black raven cannot fly around in a day." (Slide 17 ends here)

In epics, as well as in the works of oral folk poetry in general, every word is precise and expressive. Over the centuries, folk singers and poets have improved the language of their poetic works, achieving the most accurate and vivid, expressive disclosure through the word of the most essential qualities of heroes and their actions. So, very rich and varied in oral poetry epithets- colorful definitions that indicate the most essential feature of people, objects, phenomena of life. (Slide 18 ends here)

Often the same epithets constantly characterize certain heroes, objects, phenomena of life, nature, etc. Therefore, they are called permanent epithets... In bylinas, for example, there are such constant epithets: a burly good fellow, great strength, glorious capital Kiev city, a tight bow, a silk bowstring, red-hot arrows. (Slide 19 ends here)

Often used in epics comparisons:

Black and black silushki have been overtaken,

Black as black as a crow.

Volgo walk like a pike in the blue seas,

Fly like a falcon to Volga under the shells,

Prowl like a wolf in clear fields (slide 20 ends here)

Are used negative comparisons:

Not a soggy oak is leaning to the ground,

Not paper sheets are spread

The son bows before the priest ... (Slide 21 ends here)

Wanting to emphasize any shade of the meaning of the word, which, according to the folk singer, is important for understanding the narrative, the storytellers of epics widely use synonyms:“Volga began to grow and grow mother”; "And yell and plow and peasants,"; “Then Ilya felt for the offense, for the great annoyance ...” (This is where slide 22 ends)

An important role in the language of epics is played by nouns with diminutive and petting suffixes. They express popular assessment of heroes epics. Bogatyrs are often called petting names: Ilyushenka, Dobrynyushka Nikitich, Mikulushka Selyaninovich, etc. (Slide 23 ends here) Suffixes of an affectionate meaning are also used in words denoting objects belonging to a hero... He has “red-hot arrows”, “saddle”, “bridles”, “felts”, “sweatshirts”, etc. (This is where slide 24 ends)

The epic is pronounced singsong... Obeying the melody, the narrator puts emphasis on certain words, and other words at the same time, without stress, seem to merge in one word ("matsyrazemlya", "polish"). In this regard, sometimes the word has different stresses in the same epic("Nightingale-Nightingale", "young", "young", "young"). (Slide 25 ends here)

In ancient oral folk poetry, there are epics telling about the peaceful, working life of the Russian people. These were everyday epics. The most important of them is the epic about Volga and Mikule... In it people's labor is glorified. In Ilya Muromets, the people glorified the peasant warrior, the hero - the defender of the homeland. In the image of Mikula, he glorified peasant-grain-grower, hero - breadwinner of the country.

In this lesson, we will review the basic information about folklore learned in previous classes. Let's get acquainted with a new genre of oral folk art - lyric song.

Folklore (folk-lore) is an international term of English origin, first introduced into science in 1846 by the scientist William Thoms. Literally translated, it means "folk wisdom", "folk knowledge" and denotes various manifestations of folk spiritual culture.

Other terms have also become entrenched in Russian science: folk poetry, folk poetry, folk literature. The term "oral creativity of the people" reflects the oral nature of folklore, as opposed to written literature.

Folklore is a complex, synthetic art. Often in his works, different types of arts are combined - verbal, musical, theatrical. Folklore is a subject of study not only for literary scholars. Historians, sociologists, ethnographers are interested in him. The life and traditions of the people are reflected in folklore. Consider the main genres you learned in fifth, sixth, and seventh grades.

Folklore genres

  1. folk tales
  2. tradition
  3. ritual songs
  4. proverbs
  5. sayings
  6. riddles
  7. epics

Properties of folklore

  1. Anonymity (no author).
  2. Variability (there are several options for the same plot).
  3. An inalienable connection with the life of the people.

Today in the lesson we will get acquainted with the genre of "lyric song". Let's read some of them and note the main artistic techniques inherent in this genre.

“Nowhere is there such literature as we, the Russians. And folk songs? ... Such songs could be born only in the people of a great soul ... ”These words belong to Maxim Gorky.

The folk songs deeply and truthfully reflected the history of the Russian people from ancient times to the present day (Fig. 1).

Rice. 1. V. Vasnetsov "The Frog Princess" ()

Russian songs are full of great wisdom, truth and beauty. Composed by unknown singers-storytellers, they are kept in the memory of the people and passed from mouth to mouth. From the songs we learn about the conquest of nature by man, about the heroic struggle against foreign invaders, about the heroes and folk heroes. The songs clearly reveal the features of the Russian national character: patriotism, courage, love of nature, diligence.

Folk song genres

  1. historical
  2. family and household
  3. amorous
  4. ritual
  5. calendar
  6. lullabies
  7. dance
  8. military
  9. robbery
  10. labor
  11. ditties

Lyric songs make up the largest group of folk songs. They are distinguished by the diversity of musical and poetic language. They reflect the soul of the people. The Russian poet S. Yesenin wrote: "How many songs Russia has - How many flowers are in the field!"

Many popular folk songs have a long history. It's amazing that they are still loved today. For example, the song "Blizzard Sweeps Along the Street" has been known since the 18th century (Fig. 2).

A blizzard sweeps along the street,
My darling is following the snowstorm.


Wait, wait, my beauty,
Let me take a look, joy, at you.

Your beauty drove me crazy
Has dried up the good fellow, me.
Wait, wait, my beauty,
Let me take a look, joy, at you.

Wait, wait, my beauty,
Let me take a look, joy, at you.

Rice. 2. Illustration for the song "Blizzard sweeps along the street" ()

This is a love song. Like many folk songs, it is built on dialogue. The first two lines are sung on behalf of a beautiful maiden who met her sweetheart on the street. The rest of the song is sung on behalf of a young man in love with a girl. She drained and tortured him, but he does not lose hope. That is why the song is imbued with a perky and playful mood.

Artistic features of works of folklore:

1. Refrain (repeat lines).

Wait, wait, my beauty,
Let me take a look, joy, at you.

2. Constant epithets: white face, good fellow.

3. Words with diminutive-affectionate suffixes: cute.

4. Syntactic parallelism (syntactic structures of the same type):

For your pleasant beauty,
Only on your white face.

All of these artistic techniques work to create a certain mood. In our song, this is optimism and love of life. But not always only joyful moods are found in songs. The songs are often sad.

The next song, which we will meet, is imbued with such a mood. She tells about the fate of an unfortunate and rootless orphan who lost all loved ones (Fig. 3).

You are already a night, a dark night,
The autumn night is dark
The night does not have a bright month,
Bright month, not clear stars.
The girl has no dear father,
There is no father, no mother,
There is no brother or sister,
There is no clan, no tribe.

Sadness in my soul, the girl is sad,
Nobody knows her kruchinushki.
And somehow she was sweet, dear friend,
And he lives far away now ...

Rice. 3. Image for the song "Oh, you are a night" ()

The song breaks off as if it were interrupted by sobs. We can only guess where he is, dear friend. Maybe he was taken into a soldier, maybe he was sold, because the serfs at that time could be sold, donated or married without their consent.

Or perhaps her sweetheart died and he is not among the living. Now try to find artistic techniques inherent in folklore in the lyrics. Please note: the text compares the girl to a dark night. Such a comparison enhances the tragedy of the image, emphasizes the hopelessness of the heroine's position. Lingering, melodious intonations are created using vowels. Let's read any two lines from the song, for example:

Bright month, not clear stars.

This phonetic technique (vowel repetition) is called assonance.

Repetition - the repetition of words or phrases, due to which the attention of the reader (listener) is fixed on them, and thereby their role in the text is enhanced. The repetition gives the literary text coherence, enhances its emotional impact, emphasizes the most important thoughts.

Types of poetic repetitions

2. Parallelism

3. Anaphora (monotony)

4. Epiphora (lines end in the same way)

5. Joint (pick up)

For instance:

The night does not have a bright month,

Bright month, no frequent stars!

Russian folk poetry was tonic (from the Greek "stress"): its rhythm was based on the repetition of the same number of stress in most lines. However, she was devoid of rhyme:

The weight of that charm is one and a half pounds,

Measure a bucket and a half.

We see that there is no rhyme and there are four stressed syllables in each line.

Recruitment is a way of recruiting the Russian imperial army and navy until 1874. (Fig. 4.)

Rice. 4. I.E. Repin. Seeing off the recruit ()

Recruitment was introduced in Russia by Peter I in 1699, when, before the war with the Swedes, it was ordered to make the first set of 32 thousand on a new basis. In Russia, the term "recruit" was legalized in 1705. Initially, the term of recruiting service was life-long, then it was reduced to 25 years, later this period was reduced.

We have read and analyzed two songs that are completely opposite in mood. This suggests that the song reflects the whole life of the people, with all the sorrows and joys. The soul of the people is reflected in the songs, and that is why they survive for centuries, are kept in the people's memory and are passed down from generation to generation.

Bibliography

  1. Korovina V.Ya. Literature, grade 8. A textbook in two parts. - 2009.
  2. A. V. Kostina Youth culture and folklore // Electronic journal “Knowledge. Understanding. Skill". - M .: MosGU, 2009. - No. 4 - Culturology
  3. Zhirmunsky V.M. Folklore West and East. Comparative historical essays - M .: OGI (United Humanitarian Publishing House), 2004. - 464 p. - ISBN 5-94282-179-8
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Homework

  1. Read the song "My nightingale, nightingale, young nightingale!" and describe its themes, characters, artistic originality.
  2. Draw an illustration for a folk song of your choice.
  3. Do you agree that lyric songs express the emotional state of a person? Comment on the words of scientists: “it expresses the state of mind of the singer, it is sung always and everywhere. It is sung in moments of rest and at work, it is sung alone and in chorus, it is sung in a burlak strap and a soldier's campaign ”(V.P. Anikin); “The purpose of the song is to reveal the feeling” (V.Ya. Propp); “The main purpose of a folk song is to express thoughts, feelings and moods” (SG Lazutin).

Lesson number 2.

Topic: ORAL FOLK CREATIVITY.

Goals: 1. To replenish the knowledge of students about oral folk art.

2. Accumulate and repeat material on a given topic, teach

use it in life, understand the meaning of CNT, expand

outlook of students, to cultivate respect for the culture of their

Of the people.

Equipment: 1. Board design.

2. Turntable.

Epigraph: "A proverb and a saying are at the same time

both the phenomenon of language and the phenomenon of art.

Capacious proverbial judgment only in

speech reveals its meaning ... "

(researcher of folklore V.A. Anikin)

DURING THE CLASSES

1. Conversation. P. 10 - continue the quote by V.A. Anikina.

? - Tell how folklore was studied, how they collected it, what collectors and storytellers you know.

? - What do you know about ritual folklore? What was he dedicated to? How was it performed?

? - Tell about lullabies. What is their content? Wishes? Give examples.

Lullabies are beautiful and kind. The content of the songs is a wish of good luck, prosperity, joyful work in the future, but for now ... "Come, kitty, spend the night, come to pump Vassenka." "You will walk in gold, wear pure silver." "Tired toys are sleeping, Bears are sleeping ...", "The fish fell asleep in the pond, the birds fell silent in the garden, close your eyes rather, sleep, my joy, sleep ...".

? - Pestushki and nursery rhymes.

From the words "amuse", "amuse", "nurture", "nurse", "groom". Nursery rhymes and little pets are sung during the first movements of the child, feeding him. "Potyagushenki", "potyagushenki", "bouncy things".

? - Jokes?

Little fairy tales in verse. In jokes - shape-shifters, the opposite is true: ("a long-eared pig made a nest on an oak tree"). The child learns to laugh, to put everything in its place.

? - Calls and sentences?

"Water with a ladle!", "Rain, rain, more, I'll give you some thick!" Look out the window! "

? - Readers?

This is an invoice in its simplest form. They were decided who to drive by using them in a child's play.

“Eniki, Beniki ate dumplings ,. Eniki, Beniki Fox ".

“On the golden porch sat a king, a prince, a king, a prince, a shoemaker, a tailor, who will you be? Speak quickly, do not detain kind and honest people. "

"A German came out of the fog, took a knife out of his pocket: I will cut, I will beat, all the same, you will be fooling!"

“And on D, uriki, faki, torba, orba, Indu relish, deus, deus. Krasnodeus, boxing "

“The bag rolled off the great hump. In this bag there is bread, salt, water, wheat, share with whoever you want. Speak quickly, do not detain kind and honest people. "

? - Tongue Twisters?

Word play, when difficult to pronounce sounds are combined in one phrase.

Give examples.

? - Puzzles?

The riddle conceives, conceives, offers to guess what is hidden by the allegory. Riddles reveal a lot of wonderful things in the world around us. Features of riddles - rhyme, rhythm.

"The pear is hanging, you can't eat it."

"Hanging sieve, not twisted by hands",

"What spoils the fastest?" (mood).

"What's the fastest in the world?" (thought)

"Behind the bone wall, nightingale, sing!" (language).

“Small, round, you can reach the sky. (eye).

"There is a bathhouse in the belly, a sieve in the nose, one hand, and even then on the back." (samovar).

"The grandfather is sitting, dressed in a fur coat, who undresses him sheds tears."

“Bows. Bows. When he comes home, it stretches out. "

"A multi-colored rocker hung over the river."

"Ten boys live in ten closets."

"A new vessel, but it's all in holes."

? - Proverbs and sayings? Similarities and Differences. Examples.

Weak half way back.

Than a hundred empty words, one clear is better.

Verbosity is not without idle talk.

I am the last letter in the alphabet.

It is better to drink water in joy than honey in a mess.

Murder will out.

If you don't sink, you don't.

The frost is not great, but does not order to stand.

It is unpleasant for the frog to remember that she was a tadpole.

The day is boring until the evening, if there is nothing to do.

! - Let's compare Russian proverbs with the proverbs of other countries of the world.

Let's pay attention to how some proverbs sound, translated into other languages. (A foreign proverb is read, students find a Russian proverb that is synonymous in meaning):

1. Lady, leaving the car, thereby increases its speed. (English).

Russian - Woman with a cart - it is easier for a mare.

2. Lack of intelligence is compensated by walking.

Russian - A bad head haunts the legs.

3. Good memory sometimes badly affects vision.

Russian - Whoever remembers the old is out of the question.

4. What cannot be said with a bottle of soda can be said with a bottle of Whiskey.

Russian - What's on the mind of a sober is on the tongue of a drunk.

5. Whoever hopes for a neighbor's dinner remains hungry. (German)

Russian - Do not open your mouth on someone else's loaf.

6. You can't fool a baker on bread. (ipan.)

Russian - You can't fool an old sparrow on chaff.

7. The scalded rooster runs away from the rain. (French)

Russian - Burnt in milk - blowing on water.

8. He who asks will not get lost. (ital.)

Russian - The language will bring you to Kiev.

9. Better to stumble than make a reservation.

Russian - The word is not a sparrow: if it flies out, you won't catch it.

10. In the afternoon you have to pay. (German)

Russian - If you like to ride - love to carry sledges.

? - Tell about the originality of the genre of ditties. How are they performed? What musical instruments accompany ditties? How is time reflected in ditties? Do you know how to perform ditties?

Sing ditties.

D / C 1. Epics. Legends. (Repeat).

3. Come up with ditties on a school theme.

Answers to tasks. S.V. Kutyavina Notebook for literary reading. Grade 3. M .: VAKO, 2017

Answers to pages 8 - 11

1. What is related to oral folk art? Write.

Fairy tales, riddles, chants, fables, epics, tales, songs, tongue twisters, nursery rhymes, proverbs, sayings.

2. Read the poem clearly, expressively. Define the genre of this text. Write.

At the edge of the hut
Old lady talkers live.
Every old woman has a basket.
There is a cat in every basket.
Cats in baskets
They sew boots for old women.

This is a tongue twister.

3. These poems are needed during games. Read them clearly, expressively.

Vitellok moth,
Bring us a breeze:
From the gate to the turn
Drive the boat into a stream.

Small streams
Carry the shavings
From still waters
Until the great river.

4. Read only Russian letters. You will find out to which genre of oral folk art the poems belong. Write.

L P SW PI VSG G LI OB Ws OP IV K L A

SPELL

5. Consider the drawing. What songs can children sing? Emphasize.

Lullabies, dance songs, sentences, chants, round dance songs.

6. In funny chants, they often turned to the sun, rain, asking for warmth and a rich harvest. Read the chants. Explain how they differ.

Rainbow arc!
Bring us rain!

Rainbow arc!
Kill the rain!
Come on sunshine
Bell!

In the first call they ask for the rain to fall, in the second - it stops.

7. Compose a song-call on any topic.

Spring is red!
Winter is gone!
Give the butterfly some flowers!
Birch - green buds!
Water the meadow with rain,
Dry the earth to the sun!
Bear - honey deck,
So as not to frighten the forest people!

8. Fill in the text with the necessary words.

Who doesn't know proverbs and sayings? In them, the people reveal their attitude to life.
These small folk works, rich in thought, are so neatly folded that they are remembered by themselves. They have come down to us since ancient times, live in our native language and are used in speech.

9. Read two texts. What do you think it is?

Once upon a time there was an old man, the old man had a well, and in the well there was a dace. This is the end of the fairy tale.

Once upon a time there were two brothers - a sandpiper and a crane. They mowed a haystack of senz, put it among the Polish. Shouldn't I tell the tale again from the end?

These are boring tales.

10. Test yourself. Read from right to left. Write.

ILZAKS YYNCHUKOD

Boring tales

11. Learn the meaning of cognate words that relate to colloquial speech.

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