“The fly-clatter”, “Silver coat of arms”, “Fedorino grief” - the author of these works is known. Chukovsky’s work, designed for children, is truly phenomenal. Despite the fact that some of his tales turned 90 years old, they do not lose their relevance, bringing children true joy and at the same time raising them. What else is required from a real fairy tale?
Beginning of life
It’s no secret to anyone who wrote “Fedorino Gora”. The author is Korney Chukovsky. He was born back in 1882. Subsequently, in a brief autobiography of 1964, Chukovsky admitted that he did not like when he was called the oldest writer. However, this is true, because he was lucky to see Alexander Kuprin, Vladimir Korolenko, Alexander Blok and other figures of the Silver Age. St. Petersburg became the birthplace of Chukovsky. His father was a student who left a peasant woman, the writer’s mother, with two children. In the city on the Neva, the boy was engaged in self-education, immersed in the intricacies of the English language (which was very useful to him when he worked in London as a correspondent for the newspaper Odessa News).
Returning to Russia, the writer made contacts with people who are now recognized as classics of literature. Chukovsky owns a number of works devoted to the work of Nekrasov (who was his favorite poet), Chekhov, futurists, and mass literature. But when he became interested in literary work for children, the one who wrote "Fedorino Gora"? The author of this tale, at the invitation of Gorky, began working at the Parus publishing house. Heading the children's department in it, Chukovsky himself was thinking about writing fabulous poetry and prose. Soon the publishing house ceased to exist, and the writer with his Crocodile (which had already been created at that time) migrated to Niva.
Fairytale analysis, content
In 1926, the fairy tale "Fedorino grief" was published. Who is the author of this work, we have already found out. The next step is the analysis of the plot. The tale begins with a strange picture: household items run across the field. A sieve, axes, a broom, cups with irons - all this rushes to an unknown destination. The only witness to what is happening is the goat, which looks at what is happening with considerable surprise. So begins the "Fedorino mountain." The author then depicts the culprit of the flight of dishes, in fact, the mistress. She asks to return the escaped utensils, but in vain! It is noteworthy that saucers, cups and plates do not answer directly to their owner, but as if addressing the reader, thereby involving him in what is happening.
In the fourth part comes the climax - an explanation of why the dishes behaved in such an ungrateful way. It turns out that the reason for the flight is due to the fact that the hostess refused to monitor her inanimate assistants, clean them, scrape them. In a conversation with a chicken, the dishes give out the goal of everything that happens: since the escape looks pretty pointless (in fact, cups and plates, walking, are not made cleaner), imaginary escape the utensils wants to scare Fedora. And she succeeds. The hostess is becoming kinder, ready to bring out filthy cockroaches, and the dishes decide to return to their owner.
Ideological filling
So ends "Fedorino grief." The author of the tale puts a deep ideological message into it, which even children understand: it is unpleasant to communicate with a sloppy, lowered person, he does not inspire confidence. The author’s metaphor can be considered in a broader context - the relationship of a person to his heritage, culture. So they even talk about a kind of "Fedora's syndrome", which is still encountered today. But the recovered heroine becomes a full-fledged member of society: it is not for nothing that only in the final part of the tale her middle name is mentioned - Yegorovna. Here you have the ordinary fairy tale “Fedorino sorrow”! The author teaches young readers neatness and neatness. Otherwise, be in trouble.
Further biography of Chukovsky
The writer for a long time did not leave the child’s theme mastered by him. Having written such masterpieces as “Moidodyr” and “Fedorino Gora”, the author created his famous book “From Two to Five”, where he examined the peculiarities of speech of small and very small people. As a linguist, Chukovsky proved himself in the essay "Living as Life", where he criticized the processes that took place with the Russian language. The writer was especially opposed by the so-called clerk, who in Soviet times penetrated from the formal business style that was assigned to him into other spheres of people’s communication. Korney Ivanovich is also known as a wonderful translator, who opened the reader to the works of Wilde, Kipling and Whitman.
Last years
During the period of his creative maturity, Korney Ivanovich is a recognized poet, holder of various orders. But even his venerable age (the writer lived to be 87 years old) did not allow him to simply rest on his laurels. On the contrary, he worked hard, invited readers to his country house, where they could hear their favorite tales from the lips of their creator.