Актуализация русской классики в период литературных юбилеев

Abstract

The article examines the specifics of the study of the Russian classics in the years of literary jubilees, when the role of the classics in the spiritual life of the country is significantly enhanced, new opportunities for actualizing classical works appear. The author reveals traditional and new forms of work of a language teacher with students in the classroom and in extracurricular activities during the period of literary anniversaries. The article provides an overview of the most significant cultural events and sources dedicated to the 200th anniversary of I.S. Turgenev and A.A. Fet, the 125th anniversary of S.A. Yesenin. The practical part of the article deals with the methodology of guiding the students’ research work (on the example of identifying the role of Pushkin’s quotes in the story by I.S. Turgenev “Spring Waters”). The concluding part of the article presents the content and methods of conducting the anniversary problem lesson “N.А. Nekrasov and A.A. Fet: a dialogue between two poets and two poetic directions in the Russian poetry”. In it, on the basis of specific and little-studied material, the periods of the closest proximity of the two poets are considered, Nekrasov’s assessments of Fet’s work are given and the reasons for their personal and creative divergence in the 1860s are revealed. The author concludes that literary anniversaries are a serious incentive for the actualization of the works of Russian classics, for the inclusion of students in the cultural life of the country. It is important for a literature teacher to have information on the holding of these anniversaries, to use the information in their work, to prepare for lessons and extracurricular activities, to contribute to forming a philological environment at school, to improve their literary and methodological competence.