Olesya Emelyanova - teacher, creator of teaching methods. In addition, she is the author of more than one hundred and fifty plays, poems, and fairy tales for children. Of particular interest are the fables of Olesya Emelyanova. Creativity of a practicing teacher is the topic of the article.
Theatrical activity
Olesya Emelyanova is a developer of toys and board games. She began to write fairy tales, plays and poems for children in the late nineties. The fables of Olesya Emelyanova, as well as her dramatic works, are closely connected with theatrical activities. The heroine of this article is the director of the Tilyliuk puppet theater and organizer of children's leisure for many years. She is also one of the founders of the Play-City family club, where she is acting president.
Confession
Fables Olesya Emelyanova occupy a significant place in modern children's literature. In total, she has published more than five hundred works of art. As you know, reading and studying essays of a moralizing and satirical nature is an important component of the child’s creative development. The literary and pedagogical activity of Emelyanova was highly appreciated by both parents and the creators of other methods.
Performances
All kinds of educational games Emelyanova known to parents throughout Russia. But few know that her plays are included in the repertoire of state and chamber theaters. The dramatization of Krylov's fables by Olesya Emelyanova is only part of theatrical work.
A fairy tale and a fable have been her favorite literary genres since childhood. She re-read the works of Pushkin, Marshak and other Russian Soviet poets and writers. In her youth, she began to create original fairy tales.
Books
The parables and fables of Olesya Emelyanova are published by organizations such as Eksmo, Readers Digest, and AST-Press. In addition, the writer collaborates with foreign publishers as part of a charity program. The purpose of this non-profit activity is to expand interest in the study of the Russian language and culture among foreign citizens, as well as the children of former compatriots. From 2001 to 2012, Emelyanova released four collections of fairy tales and poems.
Classical fabulist performances
Emelyanova adapts the works of such authors as Aesop, Krylov, Fedr, Jean de Lafontaine for staging on the stage . In its processing, young viewers get acquainted with the fables of the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop. Among such works: “The Hare and the Turtle”, “The Travelers”, “The Well”, “The Lion and the Dolphin”. Thanks to the theatrical activities of Olesya Emelyanova, young readers have the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the Roman poet and fabulist Fedra.
Books with his creations, of course, is not difficult to acquire. However, not everyone can read the works of ancient authors. Perhaps that is why the original works in the late nineties began to create Olesya Emelyanova. The short fables belonging to her pen are easy to read. These poetic works have, in accordance with the laws of the genre, a moral basis.
Olesya Emelyanova also adapts her works. Fables are processed by the author himself for staging in children's theaters in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.
"Lion cub and the jackal"
How to explain to the child what slander is? Fables of Olesya Emelyanova for children are devoted to various human vices. Among her moralizing poetic works - “Lion Cub and the Jackal”. The poem briefly narrates the feat of the King of beasts. The fact that, unfortunately, people often manifest such qualities as envy and slander.
In the poem, human vices are demonstrated by animals. The negative characters in the fable are jackals. They are the ones who set the inexperienced lion cub a bad example. The fable hero indulges them, supporting slander against the lion. The role of a wise adviser is the mother. The lioness explains to the cub how unattractive lies, slander and envy are.
"Serpent"
Characteristic features of Emelyanova's style are lightness and humor. Satire must be present in fables. It is in the works of Aesop, and Lafontaine, and Krylov. The modern fabulist follows the laws of the genre, which can be seen by reading the poem "Serpent". The author of the fable ridicules envy, revenge, inability to self-criticism.
The hero of the work - a serpent - sees swans in the distance, approaches them. It suddenly occurs to him that he is one of them. However, beautiful birds do not recognize kinship with the serpent and make fun of it. The bragging of this character can be compared with the stupidity of a raven from Krylov’s fable - a bird who believed in his rare vocal gift.
"Benefit"
This poem does not apply to short poetic works. The vocabulary used by the author is quite simple. In a fable there are words that poets of the nineteenth century could hardly use. But still it will be very difficult for a child of preschool age to read this poetic work. The content of the fable can be conveyed by the famous phraseologism about throwing beads before pigs.
The poem tells about the performance of the tiger in the circus arena. The artist takes a long time to prepare for the exit, the hall is full of spectators. However, at the end of the stunt, a pig suddenly appears, spraying dirt everywhere. Spectators, to the surprise of the tiger, admire the trick of the new "artist". The moral of this moralizing work is that each praise has a price.
Classic and modern fables
Poems by Ivan Krylov must be read from childhood. The works of the Russian poet are not only moralizing, but also contribute to the development of imagination, an increase in vocabulary. Poems by this author are included in the school curriculum. Krylov’s work is part of classical Russian literature. But it would be wrong to say that it is not necessary to acquaint young readers with the books of modern authors.
In the fables of Emelyanova there are no phraseological units that are difficult to perceive. Her works lack archaisms. The meaning of obsolete words, of course, needs to be explained to children. But to limit the child’s book world to the works of classics is not worth it. The reading of Aesop, Krylov and Lafontaine should be combined with the study of the work of the modern fabulist.