Methodology for studying A.T. Tvardovsky’s lyrical cycle “In Mother’s Memory” in the 11th grade
This article is one of a series of the author’s works devoted to the study of lyrical cycles in high school lessons in Literature. The described methodology is based on the textual concept worked out by E.A. Sterjopulu that is adapted to the school environment. According to this concept, the lyrical cycle is considered as a system of poetic texts that has a number of features: interrelatedness, inter-complementation, valency and cohesiveness. Based on the listed literary concepts, the author of the article builds the logic of work with the cycle at the lesson, examines and describes several ways of studying the lyrical cycle in literature classes at school: 1) linear, or “following the author”, when the writing elements included in the cycle are analyzed sequentially; 2) “concentric”, when one, as a rule, the central (dominant) poem is examined in detail, and semantic threads extend from it to the others; 3) a special version of the “concentric” logic, when the image (images) or motive (motives) that consolidates the poems is in the focus of attention. This article presents the way these models can be implemented in the course of studying A.T. Tvardovsky’s cycle "In Мother’s Memory". The paper presents a system of questions and tasks that organize the activities of the teacher and students in the classroom, as well as detailed comments on them. The result of such lessons is that students are able to understand the cycle as a holistic unit that has a meta-meaning. This, in its turn, contributes to the development not only of the competence in reading, but also of the systematic thinking.