In 1923, a fairy tale was written in the poetic form “Fly-Tsokotuha”. The author published it for the first time in a year, however, under a different name. The tale was called "Mukhina's Wedding." The author of "Flies-Tsokotuhi" is Korney Chukovsky. Tales "Crocodile", "Cockroach", "Aibolit" and others also belong to his pen. He is known to most people as a children's writer, although on his account there are many other works, including critical, and scientific works.
Biography
The writer's childhood passed under the label "illegitimate." His father was a student in whose house Korney Ivanovich's mother worked as a servant. Having lived together for three years, they parted as the student left. The woman was left alone with two children, was forced to leave for Odessa, where they lived poorly. His meeting with his father occurred in adulthood. It was their only meeting. Chukovsky did not forgive the man who broke his life, because of which the writer and his sister lived with the stigma of "illegitimate". Chukovsky took his mother’s surname, studied independently, since according to the law “On Cooking Children” he was expelled from an educational institution. The marriage of the writer himself was happy. Children for Chukovsky are everything. By the way, it was his children who were the main assistants and recipients of the writer's work.
History of creation
According to the memoirs of Chukovsky, he began to write a funny tale of a fly wedding on a piece of paper, while in the role of a groom he represented himself. He invented the poem long before that. But each time, taking up it, threw it, because he could not write a single line. "Fly-Tsokotuha" - a poem, a fairy tale, written in one breath. And then suddenly words poured from the heart, so I had to write on a strip of wallpaper torn from the wall.
And when he wrote about the dance, he began to dance himself. It was a very ridiculous sight. An adult gray-haired man of forty-two years old is rushing around the apartment with a scrap of wallpaper in his hands, and even dancing. All his life he loved Korney Chukovsky fairy tales.
Plot
The plot of the work boils down to the fact that the fly finds money on the way, buys a samovar and invites guests to a name day. However, during the holiday a spider appears and steals a fly. In fear, all insects scatter. And only a brave mosquito saves a fly. Then she becomes his bride, and the celebration continues. To the question: "Who wrote" Fly-Tsokotuha "?" - Any child will answer today. When studying this tale, the guys are asked the following questions that help to understand not only the topic, but also the idea of the work: "What happened to the fly? Who helped her? How did the other guests behave?"
In the tale "Fly-Tsokotuha" the author glorifies good, which traditionally defeats evil. A spider embodies evil, a mosquito - good. Everything seems to be simple and clear. A fairy tale begins with fun, ends with fun too.
According to Korney Ivanovich, “Fly-Tsokotuha” is one of his most cheerful and successful works. The tale was a resounding success. The drawings for his book were made by the artist Konashevich and at first did not like Chukovsky very much.
"Chukovschina"
Despite the unprecedented success of the book, fate for her, and for Chukovsky himself, was not easy. The concept of "Chukovism" appeared in society, against which parents rose up, who considered the works of Korney Chukovsky as worthless books, including the tale "Fly-Tsokotuha." The author, in their opinion, does not raise Soviet issues in fairy tales, does not consider social problems. On the contrary, it develops unnecessary fears in children, for example, the work “Moidodyr”. In the tale "Fly-Tsokotuha" the author glorifies the kulaks, and in the "Cockroach" forms a wrong idea of living beings. There were also those who considered the fairy tale not a harmless poem at all, but a completely criminal detective intended clearly not for children's perception.
Of course, there were days of suppressing Chukovsky’s work, criticism fell upon the writer. But still, the simple language, the lack of unnecessary information made his works favorite children's books.
Therefore, it is fundamentally wrong to say that the tales of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky do not teach the child good, morality, justice. Today, all the merits of the writer are credited, he rightfully takes his place among the best children's authors.
"Fly-Tsokotuha", like other works of the writer, is the golden fund of Russian children's literature and will continue to please the younger generation for a long time to come.