Since 1904, Kuprin has published a lot at the Znanie publishing house. A collection of Kuprin's stories is published. First creative success, loud well-deserved fame. His prose acquires new features and a wide range of generalization. On the one hand, the stories of the 900s continue the outlined lines. The brevity and meaninglessness of being in the human world. The finitude of existence, human mortality: at rest, in the circus. Explores transitional moments in life: swamp, measles. The genre of the story does not allow him to convey everything and he is working on the big story “The Duel”.

“The Duel” thematically continues the stories about the army. But the sharpness and depth of comprehension. From the soldiers (in detail) and a series of officers and the regiment commander. Picturesque, figurative. Spiritual development happens intensely. In a short period of time, insight occurs. Byronic, demonic, Lermonotian, pitiful and ridiculous. The contrast between what he thinks and what he is. Second Lieutenant Romashov. Spiritual revolution: obsessed with dreams, plans. Then - immersion in routine, vulgarity (in the provinces), subject to vices. In the end, the turning point is a meeting with Khlebnikov, a spiritual revolution, a person’s eyes are opened to real problems, and not to imaginary ones. The name itself is multifaceted: a battle between Romashov and Nikolaev. Romashova's duel with himself. With all those bad qualities, negative ones. Romashov's duel with society, with the military environment. Ugly, ugly. Multiple title.

Another topic: the relationship between man, art and reality. Gambrinus's story. Short story, but found artistic principles for a large, populous picture. Gambrinus - zucchini. A lot of people pass in front of the reader. Motley and varied: fishermen, boatmen, divers, smugglers, cabin boys, sailors of different nations, thieves, machinists, loaders.

The time boundaries of the story are extended by several decades and include serious influences - Anglo-BKR, Russian-Japanese, Revolution of 19005. Broad historical. A large layer of life through the prism: songs and dances of the talented self-taught violinist Sasha. All moods through music. Heroic piece: (what it sounds like) How does music reflect moods?

People in one impulse experience unity, English freedom. Then, after this elation, the time of pogroms, reactions. How the people who sang and danced together change, the spirit soars, now the same people went to kill (Jewish pogroms). Sasha is being maimed. His talent awakens the extinct ones good feelings. “A person can be crippled, but art will endure everything, conquer everything.” Exploration of the subconscious side. Lives in every person..."

Garnet bracelet 1911 about the love of a poor official for a princess.


He did not accept the October Revolution. At the age of 14, he was drafted into the army, the first world war. The fight against the always hated German militarism. He perceived the war positively. Victory will provide "rest". Here the writer’s dream of overcoming one of the evils of the world was reflected.

After October revolution will help first. I reacted negatively to the fact itself. Theoretically he recognized it as correct, but he believed that it was roar. It happened prematurely. K. was frightened by the destructive elements of the class struggle.

In the fall of 19, he edited the newspaper of Yudenich’s headquarters and after the retreat of the troops, Kupr left for Estonia, then... Cooperates in exile. Press. S settles in Paris. Does not create outstanding products. Shortly before his death, he returned to the USSR, felt nostalgia for his homeland, and strived to get there. What he saw did not please him. His painful condition worsened.

Garnet bracelet

for for long years Kuprin was looking for the ideal of love in real conditions. Among ordinary people, he observed the refined experiences of people who were able to remain gratefully faithful to their chosen one. The discrepancy between what is desired and what exists was overcome by the most in an original way, Kuprin refused the option of happy, perfect love. But this very feeling, absolutized in one soul, became the stimulus for the rebirth of another. This is how one of the most chaste works arose - “Garnet Bracelet” (1911).

The rarest gift of high and unrequited love became “enormous happiness,” the only content, the poetry of Zheltkov’s life. The phenomenality of his experiences raises the image of the young man above all other characters in the story. Not only the rude, narrow-minded Tuganovsky, the frivolous coquette Anna, but also the smart, conscientious Shein, who considers love the “greatest secret” Anosov, the beautiful and pure Vera Nikolaevna herself are in a clearly reduced everyday environment. However, this contrast is not where the main nerve of the story lies.

From the first lines there is a feeling of fading. It can be read in the autumn landscape, in the sad sight of empty dachas with broken windows, empty flower beds, with “degenerate” small roses, in the “grassy, ​​sad smell” of the pre-winter. Similar to autumn nature is the monotonous, seemingly drowsy existence of Vera Sheina, where familiar relationships, convenient connections and skills have been strengthened. Kuprin writes not about the birth of Vera’s love, but precisely about the awakening of her soul. It proceeds in the refined sphere of premonitions and acute experiences. External current days go by as usual: guests arrive for Vera’s name day, her husband ironically tells them about his wife’s strange admirer, the plan for Shein and Vera’s brother Tuganovsky to visit Zheltkov matures and then comes to fruition, at this meeting young man he is offered to leave the city where Vera lives, but he decides to leave life completely and leaves. All events respond to the growing emotional tension of the heroine.

The psychological climax of the story is Vera’s farewell to the deceased Zheltkov, their only “date” is a turning point in her internal state. The greatness of suffering and the peace in the feeling that caused it - Vera herself had never experienced this. “At that second she realized that the love that every woman dreams of had passed her by.” Former complacency is perceived as a mistake, an illness.

Kuprin endows his beloved heroine with much greater spiritual powers than those that caused her disappointment in herself. In the final chapter, Vera's excitement reaches its limit. To the sounds of a Beethoven sonata - Zheltkov bequeathed to listen to it - Vera seems to take into her heart everything that he suffered. He accepts and anew, in tears of repentance and enlightenment, experiences “a life that humbly and joyfully doomed itself to torment, suffering and death.” Now this life will forever remain with her and for her.

The process of rare complexity and intimacy is contained in the “Garnet Bracelet”. The writer, however, refuses to convey both the heroine’s detailed thoughts and his own direct thoughts about her. In an amazingly chaste way he touches the refined human soul and at the same time conveys in detail the appearance and behavior of the other characters in the story. And yet, from the first words, the approaching shocks of Vera Sheina are foreseen. This impression is created as if by an objectified description, saturated, however, with associations with some dangerous phenomena.

“Disgusting weather” brings cold, hurricane winds, and then lovely sunny days come, delighting Vera Sheina. Summer has returned for a short time, which will again recede before a menacing hurricane. And Vera’s calm joy is no less fleeting. “The infinity and grandeur of the sea,” which attracts the gaze of Vera and her sister Anna, is separated from them by a terrible cliff, frightening both. This is how the Sheins’ quiet family well-being is predicted to end.

The writer talks in detail about Vera's birthday efforts, Anna's gift, the arrival of guests, and conveys Shein's humorous stories with which he entertains those gathered... The leisurely narrative is often interrupted by warning signs. With an unpleasant feeling, Vera is convinced that thirteen people are sitting at the table - an unlucky number. In the midst card game the maid brings Zheltkov’s letter and a bracelet with five grenades - five “thick red living lights.” “It’s like blood,” Vera thinks “with unexpected anxiety.” Little by little the author prepares for the main theme of the story.

Vera's experiences in their culmination and resolution are embodied laconically, but with poignant expression. It is achieved through an expressive association of what is happening with the music of one of the movements of Beethoven’s second sonata (also included in the epigraph of “The Garnet Bracelet”). The merging of Vera’s thoughts with sounds allows one to naturally express the sublime prayerful state of the soul, as if to convey the voice of Zheltkov. And the heroine’s participation in flowers, trees, and a light breeze brightens the woman’s tears, as if blessing her for the faithful memory of the deceased. The most elusive human feelings are indirectly captured.

Introduction
“The Garnet Bracelet” is one of the most famous stories by Russian prose writer Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin. It was published in 1910, but for the domestic reader it still remains a symbol of unselfish, sincere love, the kind that girls dream about, and the one that we so often miss. Previously, we published a summary of this wonderful work. In this same publication we will tell you about the main characters, analyze the work and talk about its problems.

The events of the story begin to unfold on the birthday of Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina. They celebrate at the dacha with their closest people. At the height of the fun, the hero of the occasion receives a gift - a garnet bracelet. The sender decided to remain unrecognized and signed the short note only with the initials of the HSG. However, everyone immediately guesses that this is Vera’s long-time admirer, a certain petty official who has been inundating her with love letters for many years. The princess's husband and brother quickly figure out the identity of the annoying suitor and the next day they go to his home.

In a wretched apartment they are met by a timid official named Zheltkov, he meekly agrees to take the gift and promises never to appear in front of the respectable family again, provided that he makes a final farewell call to Vera and makes sure that she does not want to know him. Vera Nikolaevna, of course, asks Zheltkov to leave her. The next morning the newspapers will write that a certain official took his own life. In his farewell note, he wrote that he had squandered government property.

Main characters: characteristics of key images

Kuprin is a master of portraiture, and through appearance he draws the character of the characters. The author pays a lot of attention to each character, devoting a good half of the story to portrait characteristics and memories, which also reveal characters. The main characters of the story are:

  • – princess, central female image;
  • - her husband, the prince, the provincial leader of the nobility;
  • - a minor official of the control chamber, passionately in love with Vera Nikolaevna;
  • Anna Nikolaevna Friesse– Vera’s younger sister;
  • Nikolai Nikolaevich Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovsky– brother of Vera and Anna;
  • Yakov Mikhailovich Anosov- general, military comrade of Vera’s father, close friend of the family.

Vera is an ideal representative of high society in appearance, manners, and character.

“Vera took after her mother, a beautiful Englishwoman, with her tall, flexible figure, gentle but cold and proud face, beautiful, albeit rather large hands and that charming sloping shoulders that can be seen in ancient miniatures.”

Princess Vera was married to Vasily Nikolaevich Shein. Their love had long ceased to be passionate and moved into that calm stage of mutual respect and tender friendship. Their union was happy. The couple did not have children, although Vera Nikolaevna passionately wanted a baby, and therefore gave all her unspent feelings to the children of her younger sister.

Vera was royally calm, coldly kind to everyone, but at the same time very funny, open and sincere with close people. She was not characterized by such feminine tricks as affectation and coquetry. Despite her high status, Vera was very prudent, and knowing how poorly things were going for her husband, she sometimes tried to deprive herself so as not to put him in an uncomfortable position.



Vera Nikolaevna’s husband is a talented, pleasant, gallant, noble person. He has an amazing sense of humor and is a brilliant storyteller. Shein keeps a home journal in which she records true stories with pictures about the life of the family and its relatives.

Vasily Lvovich loves his wife, perhaps not as passionately as in the first years of marriage, but who knows how long passion actually lasts? The husband deeply respects her opinion, feelings, and personality. He is compassionate and merciful to others, even those who are much lower in status than him (this is evidenced by his meeting with Zheltkov). Shein is noble and endowed with the courage to admit mistakes and his own wrongness.



We first meet Official Zheltkov towards the end of the story. Until this moment, he is present in the work invisibly in the grotesque image of a klutz, an eccentric, a fool in love. When the long-awaited meeting finally takes place, we see before us a meek and shy person, it is customary to not notice such people and call them “little”:

“He was tall, thin, with long, fluffy, soft hair.”

His speeches, however, are devoid of the chaotic whims of a madman. He is fully aware of his words and actions. Despite his apparent cowardice, this man is very courageous; he boldly tells the prince, Vera Nikolaevna’s legal husband, that he is in love with her and cannot do anything about it. Zheltkov does not fawn over the rank and position in society of his guests. He submits, but not to fate, but only to his beloved. And he also knows how to love – selflessly and sincerely.

“It so happened that I am not interested in anything in life: neither politics, nor science, nor philosophy, nor concern for the future happiness of people - for me life lies only in you. I now feel that I have crashed into your life like some kind of uncomfortable wedge. If you can, forgive me for this.”

Analysis of the work

Kuprin got the idea for his story from real life. In reality, the story was more of an anecdotal nature. A certain poor telegraph operator named Zheltikov was in love with the wife of one of the Russian generals. One day this eccentric was so brave that he sent his beloved a simple gold chain with a pendant in the form easter egg. It's hilarious and that's it! Everyone laughed at the stupid telegraph operator, but the inquisitive writer’s mind decided to look beyond the anecdote, because real drama can always be hidden behind the apparent curiosity.

Also in “The Pomegranate Bracelet,” the Sheins and their guests first make fun of Zheltkov. Vasily Lvovich even has a funny story about this in his home magazine called “Princess Vera and the telegraph operator in love.” People tend not to think about other people's feelings. The Sheins were not bad, callous, soulless (this is proven by the metamorphosis in them after meeting Zheltkov), they just did not believe that the love that the official admitted could exist..

There are many symbolic elements in the work. For example, a garnet bracelet. Garnet is a stone of love, anger and blood. If a feverish person picks it up (a parallel with the expression “love fever”), the stone will take on a more saturated hue. According to Zheltkov himself, this special type of pomegranate (green pomegranate) gives women the gift of foresight, and protects men from violent death. Zheltkov, having parted with his amulet bracelet, dies, and Vera unexpectedly predicts his death.

Another symbolic stone - pearls - also appears in the work. Vera receives pearl earrings as a gift from her husband on the morning of her name day. Pearls, despite their beauty and nobility, are an omen of bad news.
The weather also tried to predict something bad. On the eve of the fateful day, a terrible storm broke out, but on the birthday everything calmed down, the sun came out and the weather was calm, like a calm before a deafening clap of thunder and an even stronger storm.

Problems of the story

Key problem works in the question “What is real love? In order for the “experiment” to be pure, the author provides different types“love.” This is the tender love-friendship of the Sheins, and the calculating, convenient love of Anna Friesse for her indecently rich old man-husband, who blindly adores her soul mate, and the long-forgotten ancient love of General Amosov, and the all-consuming love-worship of Zheltkov for Vera.

main character For a long time she herself cannot understand whether it is love or madness, but looking into his face, albeit hidden by the mask of death, she is convinced that it was love. Vasily Lvovich draws the same conclusions after meeting his wife’s admirer. And if at first he was somewhat belligerent, then later he could not be angry with the unfortunate man, because, it seems, a secret was revealed to him, which neither he, nor Vera, nor their friends could comprehend.

People are selfish by nature and even in love, they think first of all about their feelings, masking their own egocentrism from their other half and even themselves. True love, which occurs between a man and a woman once every hundred years, puts the beloved in first place. So Zheltkov calmly lets Vera go, because that’s the only way she will be happy. The only problem is that he doesn’t need life without her. In his world, suicide is a completely natural step.

Princess Sheina understands this. She sincerely mourns Zheltkov, a man whom she practically did not know, but, oh my God, perhaps true love, which occurs once every hundred years, passed her by.

“I am eternally grateful to you just for the fact that you exist. I checked myself - this is not a disease, not a manic idea - this is love with which God was pleased to reward me for something... Leaving, I say in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.”

Place in literature: Literature of the 20th century → Russian literature of the 20th century → Works of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin → The story “Garnet Bracelet” (1910)

Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is a Russian writer who, without a doubt, can be classified as a classic. His books are still recognizable and loved by the reader, not only under the compulsion of a school teacher, but at a conscious age. Distinctive feature his work is documentary, his stories were based on real events or real events became the impetus for their creation - among them the story “Garnet Bracelet”.

“The Garnet Bracelet” is a true story that Kuprin heard from friends while looking through family albums. The governor's wife made sketches for letters sent to her by a certain telegraph official who was unrequitedly in love with her. One day she received a gift from him: a gold-plated chain with a pendant in the shape of an Easter egg. Alexander Ivanovich took this story as the basis for his work, turning these meager, uninteresting data into a touching story. The writer replaced the chain with the pendant with a bracelet with five garnets, which, according to what King Solomon said in one story, mean anger, passion and love.

Plot

“The Pomegranate Bracelet” begins with preparations for the celebration, when Vera Nikolaevna Sheina suddenly receives a gift from an unknown person: a bracelet with five garnets flecked in green. On the paper note that came with the gift, it is indicated that the gemstone is capable of endowing the owner with foresight. The princess shares the news with her husband and shows a bracelet from unknown person. As the action progresses, it turns out that this person is a petty official named Zheltkov. He first saw Vera Nikolaevna at the circus many years ago, and since then the suddenly flared up feelings have not faded away: even her brother’s threats do not stop him. However, Zheltkov does not want to torment his beloved, and he decides to commit suicide so as not to bring shame on her.

The story ends with the realization of the strength of the stranger’s sincere feelings, which comes to Vera Nikolaevna.

Love theme

main topic The work “Garnet Bracelet” is undoubtedly the theme of unrequited love. Moreover, Zheltkov is a shining example of selfless, sincere, sacrificial feelings that he does not betray, even when his loyalty cost his life. Princess Sheina also fully feels the power of these emotions: years later she realizes that she wants to be loved and love again - and the jewelry donated by Zheltkov marks the imminent appearance of passion. Indeed, she soon falls in love with life again and feels it in a new way.

The theme of love in the story is frontal and permeates the entire text: this love is high and pure, a manifestation of God. Vera Nikolaevna feels internal changes even after Zheltkov’s suicide - she learned the sincerity of a noble feeling and willingness to sacrifice herself for the sake of someone who will give nothing in return. Love changes the character of the entire story: the princess’s feelings die, fade, fall asleep, having once been passionate and ardent, and turned into a strong friendship with her husband. But Vera Nikolaevna still continues to strive for love in her soul, even if this has become dulled over time: she needed time to let passion and sensuality come out, but before that her calmness could seem indifferent and cold - this puts a high wall for Zheltkov.

Main characters (characteristics)

  1. Zheltkov worked as a minor official in the control chamber (the author placed him there to emphasize that the main character was a small man). Kuprin does not even indicate his name in the work: only the letters are signed with initials. Zheltkov is exactly how the reader imagines a man of low position: thin, pale-skinned, straightening his jacket with nervous fingers. He has delicate facial features and blue eyes. According to the story, Zheltkov is about thirty years old, he is not rich, modest, decent and noble - even Vera Nikolaevna’s husband notes this. The elderly owner of his room says that during the eight years that he lived with her, he became like family to her, and he was a very nice person to talk to. “...Eight years ago I saw you in a box at the circus, and then in the first second I said to myself: I love her because there is nothing like her in the world, there is nothing better...” - this is how it begins modern fairy tale about Zheltkov’s feelings for Vera Nikolaevna, although he never cherished hopes that they would be mutual: “...seven years of hopeless and polite love...”. He knows the address of his beloved, what she does, where she spends her time, what she wears - he admits that he is not interested in anything other than her and is not happy.
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  3. Vera Nikolaevna has a younger sister, Anna Nikolaevna Friesse, who, unlike her, inherited her father’s features and his Mongolian blood: narrow eyes, femininity of features, flirtatious facial expressions. Her character is frivolous, perky, cheerful, but contradictory. Her husband, Gustav Ivanovich, is rich and stupid, but he idolizes her and is constantly nearby: his feelings seem to have not changed from the first day, he looked after her and still adored her just as much. Anna Nikolaevna cannot stand her husband, but they have a son and a daughter, she is faithful to him, although she treats him quite contemptuously.
  4. General Anosov - Godfather Anna, him full name- Yakov Mikhailovich Anosov. He is fat and tall, good-natured, patient, hard of hearing, he has a large, red face with clear eyes, he is very respected for the years of his service, fair and courageous, has a clear conscience, always wears a frock coat and cap, uses a hearing horn and a stick.
  5. Prince Vasily Lvovich Shein is the husband of Vera Nikolaevna. Little is said about his appearance, only that he has blond hair and a large head. He is very soft, compassionate, sensitive - he treats Zheltkov’s feelings with understanding, and is unshakably calm. He has a sister, a widow, whom he invites to the celebration.

    6. Features of Kuprin's creativity

    Kuprin was close to the theme of the character’s awareness of life’s truth. He saw the world around him in a special way and sought to learn something new; his works are characterized by drama, a certain anxiety, and excitement. “Cognitive pathos” - they call it business card his creativity.

    In many ways, Kuprin’s work was influenced by Dostoevsky, especially in the early stages, when he writes about fatal and significant moments, the role of chance, the psychology of characters’ passions - often the writer makes it clear that not everything can be understood.

    It can be said that one of the features of Kuprin’s work is a dialogue with readers, in which the plot is traced and reality is depicted - this is especially noticeable in his essays, which in turn were influenced by G. Uspensky.

    Some of his works are famous for their lightness and spontaneity, poeticization of reality, naturalness and authenticity. Others are the theme of inhumanity and protest, the struggle for feelings. At some point, he begins to be interested in history, antiquity, legends, and thus fantastic stories are born with motives of the inevitability of chance and fate.

    Genre and composition

    Kuprin is characterized by a love of plots within plots. “The Garnet Bracelet” is further proof: Zheltkov’s note about the qualities of the jewelry is the plot within the plot.

    The author shows love from different points of view - love according to general concepts and Zheltkov’s unrequited feelings. These feelings have no future: Family status Vera Nikolaevna, the difference in social status, circumstances - everything is against them. This doom reveals the subtle romanticism invested by the writer in the text of the story.

    The entire work is ringed by references to the same thing. piece of music- Beethoven sonatas. Thus, the music that “sounds” throughout the story shows the power of love and is the key to understanding the text, heard in the final lines. Music communicates the unsaid. Moreover, it is Beethoven’s sonata at the climax that symbolizes the awakening of Vera Nikolaevna’s soul and the awareness that comes to her. Such attention to melody is also a manifestation of romanticism.

    The composition of the story implies the presence of symbols and hidden meanings. So the fading garden implies the fading passion of Vera Nikolaevna. General Anosov tells short stories about love - these are also small plots within the main narrative.

    Difficult to determine genre affiliation"Garnet bracelet" In fact, the work is called a story largely due to its composition: it consists of thirteen short chapters. However, the writer himself called “The Garnet Bracelet” a story.

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Sections: Literature

Type of lesson: Generalization and systematization of the studied material.

Teaching Method: Problem method, discussion, syncwine.

Facilities: multimedia projector, screen, computer presentation, cards for assessing students' work in class.

Lesson objectives:

1. Learning objective:

  • show how the writer depicts the influence of love on a person; Kuprin's skill in depicting the world of human feelings; the role of detail in the story;
  • create a problematic situation and help students form an opinion about Zheltkov, his role in the story and his influence on the consciousness of the characters.

2. Development goal

  • development of social and communicative competencies through speech and mental activity;
  • developing the ability to conduct a discussion and overcome moral maximalism;
  • developing skills to work in a group;
  • development of readiness for evaluation activities, the ability to give a reasoned assessment of various views and positions;
  • to form in students their own attitude to the events and characters of the story, thereby promoting the development of an active life position and the ability to defend their own point of view;

3. The purpose of education:

  • maintain interest in the discipline through the content of educational material;
  • using the example of the image of the main character to educate the best human qualities, reverent attitude towards the feeling of love;
  • contribute to the development of a “culture of argument”.

The student must

know:

  • content of A.I. Kuprin’s story “Garnet Bracelet”;
  • characteristics of the main images-characters of the story “Garnet Bracelet”, features of the image “ little man”.

be able to:

  • compose “syncwine”;
  • characterize the landscape in a work of art;
  • correlate factual material with the problem being analyzed;
  • express your point of view competently and concisely;
  • enter into dialogue with other participants in the discussion.

Interdisciplinary connections:"Art"

Progress of the lesson

1. Organizational moment.

Greeting students, checking their readiness for the start of classes, checking absentees.

2. Update(SLIDE No. 1).

Before we start a conversation on the topic of today’s lesson, I suggest you listen to a poem (sonnet) by I.L. Selvinsky:

I've been in love, but I didn't love.
Love? I don't know this name.
I could describe it sensibly,
How Turgenev explained this to me.

Or show off a quote from Tolstoy,
Or borrow ink from Pushkin...
But why - I’ll just whisper this word,
And behind your shoulders are the outlines of wings?

But the wings blew like a fan.
My soul languished and sighed,
But the sails did not rush through the fog.

Nothing, nothing fascinated me.
And although love is a boundless ocean,
My brig has not yet moved from the pier.

The poet's brig stands at the pier just like your life, which has not yet set off on a long voyage. And our conversation today will be about love, about the obstacles in its path.

Its manifestations using the example of the heroes of A.I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet”.

Questions for conversation :

  1. So what is “love”?
  2. And what does it mean to love?

3. Motivation for learning activities.

So, the main theme of the story is the theme of love. What becomes an obstacle to the main character's love? (Social inequality, unrequited love, humiliation from people). Based on this, how can you formulate the topic of today's lesson? “Moral and social problems in the story “The Garnet Bracelet.” Please open your notebooks, mark the date and write down the topic (SLIDE No. 2).

You are all old enough to have your own idea of ​​LOVE. Let's try to put it into a simple formula. To do this, make a syncwine for the word TRUE LOVE (SLIDE No. 3).

Syncwine rules(3 minutes):

  • the first line is the main word (TRUE LOVE);
  • second line – 2 definitions for it;
  • third line – 3 verbs to it;
  • the fourth line is a phrase of 4 words expressing the attitude towards this word;
  • the fifth line is a metaphor for the main word (inference-association), expressing its essence, usually one word).

Checking the job(3 minutes, then general discussion, cards on the board).

We got acquainted with your opinion, but what is the point of view on this issue of the author of the story “Garnet Bracelet” A.I. Kuprin and with what help artistic means, through the opinions of which heroes it is expressed, we will have to find out today in class.

4. Main part.

So, I propose to conduct today's lesson in the form of a discussion. To do this, we were first divided into two groups, “lawyers” and “prosecutors.” Two students will be “experts” and use a map containing criteria to evaluate the work of all participants in the discussion.

I remind you of the rules for participants (SLIDE No. 4):

1. There are no observers here, everyone is an active participant in the conversation.

2. Inappropriate jokes are prohibited!

3. Sharp, apt words are welcome!

4. Say what you mean - mean what you say.

5. Be tactful, sincere, mutually polite and principled.

6. Raised hand - I ask for the floor.

So, today we have “lawyers” and “prosecutors” present; first, let’s determine the circumstances of our “case”.

Today we are discussing A.I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet,” which has its own creative history.

4.1 History of the creation of the story.

Student 1(advanced task) (SLIDE No. 5).

So, as you already understand, the story was based on real events, and which ones we will now learn from the next message.

Student 2(advanced task) (SLIDE No. 6).

4.2 Discussion

We saw that the story of A.I. Kuprin has a real basis. Why do you think Kuprin artistically transformed real story? (SLIDE No. 7)

Question for discussion (in groups):

  • Why, unlike yours? real prototype in life, does Zheltkov die at the end of the story?

4.2.1 Analysis of the beginning of the story (description of the landscape).

Symbolism in the story.

Teacher: The story begins with a description of nature. (SLIDE No. 8)

  • What is the general nature descriptions of the landscape in the story? What mood does it create in the reader?
  • What does this landscape have to do with the plot of the story? (SLIDE No. 9) Writing in notebooks.
  • How does the princess appear to readers in the first chapters of the story? (Coldness, indifference, royal calm, sense of superiority).
  • Is she capable of ardent, passionate love?

Faith is superstitious, how is this expressed? (SLIDE No. 10)

(The number of guests at the name day is 13. Having counted the guests, Princess Vera thought: “This is not good!” Seeing how the pomegranate stones sparkled in the electric light, she was frightened: “It’s like blood...”)

The story has 13 chapters. Is this a coincidence? (13 - The Devil's Dozen - a foreshadowing of something dark, negative, tragic).

Conclusion: (SLIDE No. 11) Currently, Vera Sheina’s life is monotonous, calm, settled; the love for her husband passed, but a feeling of respect and friendship remained. Everything in her life has worked out, the only sad thing is the lack of children.

Expanding the concept of “love” .

The epigraph of the story includes Beethoven's Second Sonata. What kind of character do you think love should have if such music serves as its epigraph? (Listening to a musical fragment (SLIDE No. 12)).

(Thoughtful, serious, tragic, anxious, confident, very strong).

(SLIDE No. 13) Who stands out among the Sheins’ guests and why?

(Of all the guests, General Anosov, a friend of the late father of Vera and Anna, stands out. He is a brave servant, a simple and wise man. The heroines affectionately call him “grandfather.” He knows many stories. A human attitude towards everyone is what distinguishes him. By the way, Anosov - one of the guests who understands music.)

  • When and how do we learn about Zheltkov’s love? Who's talking about her?
  • When do you first start talking about true love?

(In a conversation with Anosov. He believes that in his time people forgot how to love.)

  • Love in Anosov's stories. What is she like?

(Anosov’s stories are characterized by life-like truthfulness. He either himself participated in the events or was a witness.)

So, what do we learn about the life of Vera Sheina and her circle?

(Vera leads a familiar, drowsy existence, shaded by the autumn landscape. Relations with her husband are even, calm. There is no love in the lives of guests either. And only old General Anosov knows that there is true love.)

Conclusion: (SLIDE No. 14) Love, according to Anosov, who is the exponent of the author’s point of view, is “united, all-forgiving, ready for anything, modest and selfless”, “Love is selfless, selfless, not waiting for reward... The one about which it is said – “strong as death”... the kind of love for which to accomplish any feat, to give one’s life, to suffer torment is not work at all, but one joy”, “Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world. No life conveniences, calculations or compromises should concern her.”

Image of Zheltkov (SLIDE No. 15)

So, we come to the most controversial hero of the story - Zheltkov. Through his image, A.I. Kuprin reveals the theme of the “little man”. Prove it.

Conclusion: (SLIDE No. 16) Kuprin develops the theme of the “little man”. An official with the funny surname Zheltkov, quiet and inconspicuous, not only grows into a tragic hero, but with the power of his love rises above the petty vanity of life. Love elevated him. Love became suffering, the meaning of his life. Leaving this life, he blesses his beloved: “Hallowed be thy name.” For the hero, love is above everything earthly; it is of divine origin. Thus, in the story of A.I. Kuprin there is an evolution of the image of the “little man”.

Questions for discussion:

Zheltkov’s gift – garnet bracelet . What does it symbolize?(According to an old legend ... has the property of imparting the gift of foresight to women who wear it and drives away heavy thoughts from them, while it protects men from violent death ). The hero’s gift is included in the title of the story; it is a symbol of love, reverent, endless and hopeless, and tragedy in the hero’s fate

(SLIDE No. 17) What was Zheltkov’s feeling: true love or madness?

(SLIDE No. 18) The name of the hero is George? What does it mean? (“Winner, Victorious”). Can we say that the hero emerged victorious in this story? Give reasons for your point of view.

(SLIDE No. 19) What does Zheltkov deserve: admiration or contempt?

(SLIDE No. 20) What was the death of the hero: by force or cowardice?

(SLIDE No. 21) Is love a great gift or a curse?

Conclusion: (SLIDE No. 22) The unfortunate Zheltkov is not at all pitiful, but the sincerity and devotion of his feelings, the ability to sacrifice himself deserves not just sympathy, but admiration. This one is perfect pure love elevates a small person, makes him significant not only in his own, but also in the eyes of others.

4.2.4 Cinquain (SLIDE No. 23)

Has your attitude about this feeling changed in connection with reading A.I. Kuprin’s story?

Let's go back to the beginning of our lesson. How would you now compose a syncwine for the word “love”? (3 minutes, discussion of the results, comparison with the syncwines compiled at the beginning of the lesson).

The work of “experts”.

And now the “experts” will summarize our discussion today, and we'll let you down results of our conversation.

5. Reflection.

2. Can moral and social problems become an obstacle to true love? Why?

3. Have we achieved the goals set at the beginning of the lesson? Have you found out what A.I. Kuprin’s view is on the concept of “TRUE LOVE”?

4. Will your debating skills be useful in your chosen profession? In what area?

Conclusion: Today we looked at Kuprin’s work “Garnet Bracelet”. A particular case is poeticized by Kuprin. The author talks about love, which is repeated only once every thousand years. True love, according to Kuprin, is the basis of everything earthly. It should not be isolated, undivided. Love should be based on high sincere feelings and strive for the ideal. This greatest secret in the world.

3. (SLIDE No. 24) Now fill out the table in which you describe your participation in the lesson.

Discussion of the results of student self-assessment.

Summarizing.

Thank you all for your active participation in the discussion of this topic. It is pleasant to note that many of you can prove your point of view quite convincingly, reasonably, observing all the rules of etiquette for conducting a discussion.

Homework assignment(SLIDE No. 25):

Complete the problematic task: “... the death of Zheltkov, revealing the beauty of his love, morally conquered Princess Vera. This is Zheltkov’s third moral victory. Decisive, paid for in blood,” says literary critic E. Dobin. What do you think are the first and second victories?

Write an essay on the topic: “And what was it: love or madness”? (Based on the story by A.I. Kuprin “The Garnet Bracelet”).

I would like to end today’s lesson with the words of J.B. Moliere:

The day would fade in my soul, and darkness would come again,
If only we would banish love from the earth.
Only he knew bliss who touched the heart with passion,
And whoever didn’t know love doesn’t care
That he didn't live...

Criteria for assessing student work in class

The story of the great genius of love prose A.I. Kuprin “The Garnet Bracelet” can be interpreted in different ways, discussing who the real hero is here. The opinions of critics differ on this issue, some consider Zheltkov to be the hero, trying by any means to prove his love, but also to declare his existence, others prefer the heroine’s husband, who simply wants his wife to be happy. Analyzing the work according to plan will help you figure this out. This material can be used in preparation for the Unified State Exam in literature in 11th grade.

Brief Analysis

Year of writing— 1910

History of creation— The writer based the plot on a real story told to him by one of his friends.

Theme - The main theme of this story is love, unrequited and real.

Composition - The exposition begins with action introducing the characters of the story, followed by the beginning when Vera Nikolaevna receives a garnet bracelet as a gift. Features of the composition in the use of symbols and secret meanings. Here is the garden, which is described in a time of decay, and the short story, the bracelet itself, the main symbol is the Beethoven sonata, which is the leitmotif of the story. The action develops, Zheltkov dies, and the climax is a Beethoven sonata, and the denouement.

Genre - It is difficult to determine the genre essence of “The Garnet Bracelet”. Based on its composition, consisting of thirteen chapters, it can be classified as a story, and the writer himself believed that “The Garnet Bracelet” is a story.

Direction - In the story, everything is subordinated to the direction of realism, where a slight touch of romanticism is felt.

History of creation

The story of the creation of the story has a real basis. Once upon a time, the writer was visiting a friend of his, where they were looking at family photographs. An acquaintance told a story that happened in his family. Some official fell in love with his mother, he wrote letters to her. One day this petty official sent his beloved woman some trinket as a gift. Having found out who this official was, they gave him a suggestion, and he disappeared from the horizon. Kuprin came up with the idea to embellish this story, covering in more detail love theme. He added romantic notes, elevated the ending and created his “Garnet Bracelet”, leaving the essence of the story. The year the story was written was 1910, and in 1911 the story was published in print.

Subject

A Alexander Kuprin is considered the unsurpassed Russian genius of love prose; he created many works glorifying love in all its manifestations.

In “The Garnet Bracelet,” the analysis of the story is subordinated to this favorite theme of the author, the theme of love.

In essence, this work examines moral issues relations related to love relationships heroes of the story. In this work, all events are connected with love, this is even the meaning of the title of this story, since the pomegranate is a symbol of love, a symbol of passion, blood and anger.

The writer, giving such a name to his title, immediately makes it clear what the main idea of ​​​​the story is devoted to.

He examines different forms of love, its different manifestations. Each person described by the writer has a different attitude towards this feeling. For some, it’s just a habit, social status, superficial well-being. For another, this is the only, real feeling, carried throughout life, for which it was worth living.

For the main character Zheltkov, love is a sacred feeling for which he lives, realizing that his love is doomed to be unrequited. The adoration of the woman he loves helps him endure all the hardships of life and believe in the sincerity of his feelings. Vera Nikolaevna for him is the meaning of his whole life. When Zheltkov was told that by his behavior he was compromising the woman he loved, the official concluded that problems of social inequality would always stand in his way to happiness, and committed suicide.

Composition

The composition of the story contains many secret meanings and symbols. The garnet bracelet gives a vivid definition of the all-consuming theme of passionate love, defining it as blood, making it clear that this love can be destructive and unhappy, anger led to Zheltkov’s suicide.

The fading garden reminds us of Vera Nikolaevna’s fading love for her husband. Drawings and poems in her husband’s family notes are the story of his love, sincere and pure, which has not undergone any changes throughout their entire life. life together. Despite her fading passion and cool attitude towards him, he continues to truly love his wife.

General Amosov prefers to share stories of love with his interlocutors, which is also symbolic. This is the only person in the work who correctly understands the true essence of love. He is a great psychologist, an expert human souls, clearly seeing all their secret and obvious thoughts.

Beethoven's second sonata, the main symbol of the entire story, runs like a red thread through the entire work. The action develops against the background of music. The final sound of the sonata is a strong climax. Beethoven's work reveals all the understatements, all the innermost thoughts and feelings of the characters.

The beginning of the action - Vera Nikolaevna receives a gift. Development of the action - brother and husband go to sort things out with Zheltkov. Main character the work, remaining on the sidelines throughout the entire narrative, commits suicide. The climax is when Beethoven’s sonata sounds, and Vera Nikolaevna comes to an awareness of her life.

Kuprin masterfully ends his story, bringing all the actions to a denouement where the true power of love is revealed.

Under the influence of music, the sleeping soul of Vera Nikolaevna awakens. She begins to understand that she has lived, in essence, a purposeless and useless life, all the time creating visible well-being happy family, and true love, which had accompanied her all her life, passed by.
What a writer’s work teaches, everyone decides in their own way; here everything depends on the reader. Only he decides in whose favor to make a choice.

Genre

The work of the great writer consists of thirteen chapters and belongs to the genre of the story. The writer believed that this was a story. The period of events taking place lasts for a long time, it involves a large number of characters, and it fully corresponds to the accepted genre.