Difficulties in perception and analysis of drama by students of general education schools

Аннотация

This article analyzes the specifics of drama as a type of literature, revealing a number of reasons that make it difficult for students to perceive the play. The concept of “conflict” is considered using the example of one of Ostrovsky’s plays “The Thunderstorm”. The work proposes methods and techniques for analyzing of the dramatic work that can be used in literature lessons of the secondary schools. 1 INTRODUCTION personalities; it also largely determines the direction of the plot movement in the play. One of the most important problems of When analyzing dramatic works, students’ modern school literary education is the problem of independent work on the text of the work acquires studying a work of art, taking into account its generic particular importance. Analysis of the speech and and genre originality. Drama as one of the types of actions of characters helps students understand the literature is considered the most difficult for students essence of their characters and create a specific idea in to perceive and analyze. imagination of their appearance. The problem of perception of dramatic works Let's try to understand the meaning of the is illuminated in the works of N.A. Demidova, T.S. conflict using the example of Ostrovsky's play "The Zepalova, N.I. Kudryasheva, N.D. Moldavskoy, M.A. Thunderstorm". Acute clashes between the characters Snezhnevskaya and others. These methodologists note are revealed already in the first scenes of the play. This that the difficulties of perceiving drama are associated is a conflict between the old, outdated orders and the with the dual nature of dramatic works. N.D. new, progressive ones, striving for freedom and Moldavskaya notes that not all students will have the equality. Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova and Savel opportunity to see drama in a literary production, so Prokofievich Dikoy are shown as bearers of the teacher’s task becomes teaching, reading and arbitrariness, tyrants. In a world of violence and fraud, understanding [6,77]. In this case, we are talking about the lives of many people are ruined. Educated Boris a special reading, during which the reader must has to be under the yoke of an ignorant uncle. Katerina, imagine “life depicted on stage with all the sensitive and impressionable, is married off at a time conventions of the stage embodiment of the play...” when the need for love has not yet awakened in her. [6,78]. The peculiarities of schoolchildren's perception Kuligin, smart and talented, is doomed to be inactive. of a dramatic work differ from the peculiarities of the Tikhon turned into a pitiful, downtrodden victim. And perception of lyrics and epic. The basis for the it is under such conditions that the conflict between perception of a lyrical work is the power of direct Katerina and Kabanova unfolds. These are people with emotional impression. And the perception of epic and completely different views on life, on relationships drama is connected with such a coherent chain as the between people. Everything that Kabanikha considers author - hero - reader. This scheme emphasizes the sacred is alien to Katerina. The more Katerina is lack of direct influence between the author and the humiliated, the more the desire for freedom, love and perceivers. Communication occurs through the hero. happiness awakens in her soul. The conflict continues 2 TEORETIC MATERIALS throughout the play, but at its most acute. reaches a scene of repentance. Katerina is unable to hide her The most important content category in relationship with Boris and confesses everything. The drama is conflict. Conflicts, of course, exist in both boar, not paying attention to the fact that they are epic and lyrical work, but their role and meaning in the surrounded by people, does not spare her daughter-in- epic and lyrical plot are different than in drama. The law: “Well, well, speak up, since you’ve already choice of conflict largely determines the unique started!” She triumphs, anticipating victory. It was not position of the writer. Conflict is a way of identifying for nothing that she maintained order in the house so the vital qualities of characters and revealing their much, it was not for nothing that she warned her son against the fact that Katerina might have eyes for Thus, the main difficulty in students someone else! But this is not Katerina’s defeat at all. mastering a dramatic text is explained by the specifics She managed to find the strength to confess to the of drama as a type of literature, its focus on the stage, people, without fear of public judgment, and managed the lack of a detailed description of the characters, to achieve happiness, albeit brief, by falling in love their characters, situations, which presupposes the with Boris. Having seen the clashes between the active work of the students’ recreating imagination, the oppressed, striving for a new life, and the oppressors, presence of good empathy, life experience, the absence tenaciously holding on to the old, we