Studying works with moral issues in the secondary school (on the example of analysis of the problems of M.Yu. Lermontov's novel “Hero of our time”)

Abstract

In this article, the author answers topical questions related to the problems raised in works of art, the study of the essence of the concept of problematics and its varieties, as well as the moral issues that are revealed in works of art studied in high school, in particular, in the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov A Hero of Our Time. The author considers these issues not only at the theoretical, but also at the practical level, analyzing the actions of the main character of the novel A Hero of Our Time Pechorin. Also, in the course of the study, the author conducts a comparative analysis of several curricula in literature in order to identify the features of the methods used by modern methodists when revealing the problems of works of art in general and the novel A Hero of Our Time in particular. Based on the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that in modern school methods, considerable attention is paid to the study of works with moral issues. It has been established that the methods considered in the study are aimed at reaching an audience from grades 5 to 9, since it is during this period that the stage of formation of students' moral and aesthetic ideas about life and their choice of moral ideals falls. In addition, the results of the study were the selection of the moral issues of the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov The Hero of Our Time and the conclusion formed on its basis that the moral problems touched upon in the novel are based mainly on the main character's attitude both to life and to the people around him.