The theme of memory of the defenders of the homeland who died in the Great Patriotic War occupies one of the central places in Tvardovsky’s lyrics. It arises long before the end of the war. So, for example, in 1943, the poet remembers a boy fighter who was killed in Finland in 1940. Shocked by the childish sight of a small dead body on the ice, Tvardovsky perceives the tragedy he experienced so closely that it seems to him that he himself could very well become that murdered boy:

Among the great cruel war,

Why, I can’t imagine, -

It's a pity for that distant fate,

Like dead, alone,

As if it were me lying -

he exclaims.

Most of all, the poet would not like a feat young hero was forgotten. He calls the Finnish War unfamous, and the murdered boy forgotten.”

In the poem “I know, it’s not my fault...” the poet writes about how painfully the survivors remember the dead. And although war does not choose a victim and every fighter may not return from it, those who were destined by fate to return will always feel an incomprehensible guilt before those who remained lying on the battlefield.

To you, those who fell in that world battle

For our happiness on the harsh land,

I point out in every new word, -

the poet writes in the poem “On the Day the War Ended.” The poet is not a god: he is not given the power to resurrect departed heroes, but he is endowed with a different power. He is able to perpetuate the memory of the fallen. Tvardovsky calls the battle a global battle, thereby emphasizing its bloody nature. Those killed were not allowed to see the joy of the victorious day. However, those who met him at this time felt a special involvement in the destinies of those who had passed on.

The theme of memory in Tvardovsky’s lyrics reaches its apogee in the poem “I was killed near Rzhev,” written on behalf of the deceased hero. His body was not buried according to the customs of his ancestors. It remained lying in the very swamp where the hero met his death in battle. The soldier passed away without even realizing it.

I didn't hear the break

I didn't see that flash

Right off the cliff into the abyss -

And neither the bottom nor the tire, -

he narrates.

The mind of the deceased hero seems to dissolve in the world, in the earth, in the river in a cloud of dust. It was not even possible for him to find out whether the city, for which a bloody battle was taking place, was taken. However, his last thoughts are directed to those people in whose name his life was sacrificed:

I bequeath in that life

You should be happy

Tvardovsky emphasizes that every person must remember at what cost peace and tranquility was achieved in native land, cherish it sacredly and be proud of your history. The era of the Great Patriotic War is firmly a thing of the past. Fewer and fewer living witnesses remain with us. However, thanks to the poetry of A. Tvardovsky, this war will be remembered hundreds of years later, and remembered with gratitude about those who did not return home from the front, remaining lying in the very place where they died, about those buried in mass graves with meager stars instead of crosses . Poetry, like human memory, is capable of living forever in time, glorifying the immortal feat of heroes.

Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky - greatest poet 20th century. He wrote many poems dedicated to various issues. Most often, the poet addressed the theme of memory in his lyrics. The question arises: why? Let's try to figure this out.

To answer the question posed, we should recall the facts from the biography of Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky and turn to his works.

Let's start with the fact that the poet witnessed such a significant event as the Great Patriotic War, and he, as a true patriot, could not help but write a poem on the theme of memory. He loved his homeland very much and respected the brave soldiers who defended it. That is why he created many thematic works. For example, in the poem “I was killed near Rzhev,” the poet described all the horrors of the war. To pay tribute to the soldiers, the lyrical hero calls on us to “be happy” and not forget: “the memory of the warrior-brother who died for her.”

Also in the famous poem “Vasily Terkin,” which tells the story of a simple Russian guy Vaska Terkin, the author reflects on the fact that, unfortunately, not all soldiers will be remembered. This idea is confirmed by the lines from the chapter “crossing”: To whom is memory, to whom are words, to whom is dark water - no sign, no trace." In the poem "by right of memory" the above-mentioned problem is also raised. The author again calls us to remember. Otherwise, we will turn out to be unworthy and unhappy people: “whoever hides the past jealously is unlikely to be in harmony with the future.”

Thus, remembering the biography of Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky and turning to his work, we can conclude that the theme of memory played a leading role in his lyrics. Being a Russian man, the poet considered himself obliged to glorify the exploits of soldiers in his poems and poems.

Updated: 2017-09-11

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Lesson topic

The theme of war and memory in the lyrics of A.T. Tvardovsky

Lesson regulations

45 minutes

Type of activity

Lesson to consolidate knowledge, skills and abilities

Type of activity

Lesson on testing, evaluating and correcting knowledge and methods of action

Educational technologies

Research teaching methods, problem-based learning

Purpose of the lesson:

show the evolution of Tvardovsky’s lyrics, the characteristics of the lyrical hero, the poet’s civic courage.

Tasks:

Educational

Educational

Developmental

understanding the concept of memory, why a person is given memory;

disclosure, content of the concept of memory in Tvardovsky’s poems.

promoting the patriotic education of students, instilling a sense of respect for the history of their country.

improving expressive reading skills: the ability to interpret literary text;

promoting students’ desire to improve and develop their memory;

Providing a training session

Equipment:

Projector, laptop

Ppresentation “The whole point is in one thing...”

Educational and methodological support:

Student notebooks

Textbooks

Check readiness for class.

2. Emotional and psychological attitude to the lesson

"Come on people, never
Let's not forget about this."

A. Tvardovsky

Listening to the song “Victory Day”. At the same time, there is a demonstration of the presentation “The whole point is in one thing...”

– Tell me, what mood is this song permeated with? (Life-affirming, uplifting)
– The epigraph to our lesson is the words of the poet himself.

Listen to the song “Victory Day”. Watching the presentation “The whole point is in one...

2. Calling stage – solving the problem

7 minutes

– Today we have an unusual lesson. What will we talk about, what will we learn today?
First, let's read excerpts from A. Tvardovsky's poems and think about what idea unites them all? Let's guess the word that will be the subject of our speech today.

Projected on screen:

1) My memory is different in detail
Claims his rights.
Again, trench camouflage
The grass smells like wilted...

2) However, - there is no need to dissemble, -
The soul, passing by the passage of years,
Leave that bitter memory
Still can’t and – no, no –
This is where the trail comes in.

3) Cruel memory page –
At that ruthless bargaining
It has been paid for a hundredfold
And we are not in debt to the world...

– Now tell me what idea unites these passages from different works of the author, written in different years his creativity? What is the key word in these passages?
- So, memory. This is the subject of our speech. What is the concept of memory?

Biology: Every living creature is endowed with memory.
Psychology: memory function, memory classification.

– Let's formulate together the questions that we need to get answers to today.
– What is memory? Why is memory given to man? Does a person need memory?

Announcing the topic and objectives of the lesson.

Listen to the teacher.

Focus on the work ahead in class.

Students write down the date and topic of the lesson in their notebooks.

(Biological, psychological).

(give answers to questions).

3. Updating basic knowledge and methods of activity

20 minutes

– So, we got the answer to the first question: memory is a person’s ability to capture, remember and reproduce life phenomena. Life develops, and this human ability is transferred to technology - RAM. Why did man also come up with RAM? In what subject do you encounter the concept of random access memory. What is this? How is it different from human memory?
– Now let’s try to answer the questions:

Why does a person need memory?

Does it depend on the person?

What other memory could there be? (Write on the board)

Group work

Assignment to group I: research of the topic using the example of A.T. Tvardovsky’s poem “Cruel Memory”. (1951). (Appendix 2)

– What conclusion can we draw from everything we have learned? What are these poems by A. Tvardovsky about?

What does the concept of memory mean according to Tvardovsky? What other concepts is it related to? What new meaning and content is this concept filled with in Tvardovsky’s poems?

Draw a conclusion about working with the texts of Tvardovsky’s poems:

So, the concept of “memory” comes into contact with such concepts as “duty”, “obligation”. Such an understanding is probably not inherent in all people. If everyone felt this, there would be no conversation about desecrated graves, destroyed monuments... This concept, it turns out, is also ethical and moral. Although Tvardovsky understands that there is objectively no guilt (indeed, he fulfilled his duty, going through the entire war as a war correspondent), he still feels it. This feeling of guilt expresses the poet’s thought about the unpaid debt of the living to the fallen defenders of the Fatherland. Tvardovsky himself wrote about this: “These poems are dictated by thoughts and feelings that filled the soul most throughout the war and in the post-war years. The eternal obligation of the living to those who have fallen for a common cause, the impossibility of oblivion, the inescapable feeling of oneself in them, and them in oneself - this is how this thought and feeling can be roughly defined.”

Human, past the war and whoever comes out of it alive inevitably feels guilty before the fallen. The poems “Cruel Memory” and “I Know...” are about this. Memory is the inability to forget and get rid of the pain that the war brought to people. Its cruelty lies in the fact that it is impossible to live and enjoy life in the same way as before the war. (Duty, obligation)

They answer the questions asked.

Group work

(The threefold repetition of the particle “Still” expresses doubt, the author’s hesitation, his incomprehensible pain. Repetitions (“The fact that others...”; “The fact that they...”; “....And we’re not talking about the same thing...”). ; “It’s not about that...”) accurately convey his mental anguish, endless dialogue with himself... What does the ellipsis at the end of the poem mean? (The ellipsis also means that the internal monologue has not stopped, that more than once the lyrical hero will be with himself. conduct this painful dialogue).
The poem is devoid of metaphors and epithets; the main thing here is not the word, but the thoughts, the intense work of thought and feelings.

Draw a conclusion on working with the texts of Tvardovsky’s poems

4. Reflection.

10 minutes

What did we learn today? What lesson did you learn for yourself?

Listen to the teacher, draw conclusions, write down answers in notebooks.

5. Summing up and homework

5 minutes

So, we all worked actively today and realized that memory is not only a biological, psychological or technical concept. Memory is a moral category. At home, once again in silence, alone with yourself, reflect on what we talked about today, and write an essay on one of the topics: “Why does a person need memory?”, “Is it possible to forget the past?”, “Is it possible to forget that?” , which you yourself weren’t a witness to?”

Independently evaluate the results of the work done in class.

Writes down homework.

Annex 1

Assignment to group I: research of the topic using the example of a poem

Cruel memory

Alexander Tvardovsky

It will blow in your face, as it used to be,
Pine forest heat,
The grass, withered in the swaths,
The soil from under the meadow is damp.

And below, from the sleepy river,
From the thickets - suddenly in silence -
The voice of the cuckoo will be heard,
Already sad about spring.

June fresh summer,
Beloved since childhood, it’s time,
It's like I got up before dawn
He drove the cattle out of the yard.

I remember it all clearly:
Dew spring chill,
Both morning and early afternoon -
Shepherd's joy term;

And the sun baking your back
Making you sleepy before trouble,
And gadflies ring like cattle
They are driven into the bushes as if into water;

And the taste is bitter-honey, -
The fun of childhood, -
From a peeling wicker stick
Fragrant, cool flesh,

And all this young summer,
Like a footprint in a dewy meadow,
I see. But this memory
I can’t breathe alone.

My memory is different in detail
Claims his rights.
Again, trench camouflage
The grass smells wilted.

And the smell is painfully subtle,
Like in my distant childhood,
But with the smoke of hot funnels
It was mixed afterwards;

With the carbon dioxide of the hike
And the salt of a soldier's back.
July forty-one
A boiling summer of war!

From the very border line -
A roaring wave of battles.
There childhood and youth are secondary
In my life I have lost...

I work, and I live, and I grow old,
And life is dear to the end,
But I don’t dare with the same joy
Look at the fields and meadows;

To beat the young dew
On a stitch that is barely noticeable.
Wherever I look or go -
The cruel memory lives on.

And that memory, probably,
My soul will be sick
For now there is an irrevocable misfortune
There will be no war for the world.

Questions and tasks

Why is the poem so named? Is it only the memory of the war that is the content of the poem?

Find words that support the theme of the poem

What parts can a poem be divided into? Memory of childhood - with what feeling does the author write? Why sadness?

Indicate words that characterize the author’s feelings associated with the memories. The poem was written in 1951. The war is long over. Built new life. But why does the poet write: “But with the same joy I do not dare look at the fields and meadows”? What prevents him from enjoying life?

Who does he feel guilty about?

Assignment to group II: research of the topic using the example of the poem “I know, it’s not my fault...”

I know it's not my fault

Alexander Tvardovsky

I know it's not my fault

The fact that others did not come from the war,

The fact that they - some older, some younger -

We stayed there, and it’s not about the same thing,

That I could, but failed to save them, -

That's not what this is about, but still, still, still...

Questions and tasks

Prepare an expressive reading of the poem.

What is the poem about? What feeling is it imbued with?

What does the poem resemble in form and content?

What are the feelings of the lyrical hero? .

Do you think it is his fault that he is alive and they are not?

What kind of person can have such a feeling of pain and guilt?

What stylistic device conveys the hero’s hesitation and doubts?

The theme of memory of the defenders of the homeland who died in the Great Patriotic War occupies one of the central places in Tvardovsky’s lyrics. It arises long before the end of the war. So, for example, in 1943, the poet remembers a boy fighter who was killed in Finland in 1940. Shocked by the childish sight of a small dead body on the ice, Tvardovsky perceives the tragedy he experienced so closely that it seems to him that he himself could very well become that murdered boy:

Among the great cruel war,

Why, I can’t imagine,

I feel sorry for that distant fate

Like dead, alone,

As if it were me lying -

He exclaims.

Most of all, the poet would not like the feat of the young hero to be forgotten. He calls the Finnish War unfamous, and the murdered boy forgotten.”

In the poem “I know, it’s not my fault...” the poet writes about how painfully the survivors remember the dead. And although war does not choose a victim and every fighter may not return from it, those who were destined by fate to return will always feel an incomprehensible guilt before those who remained lying on the battlefield.

To you, those who fell in that world battle

For our happiness on the harsh land,

I point out in every new word, -

The poet writes in the poem “On the day the war ended.” The poet is not a god: he is not given the power to resurrect departed heroes, but he is endowed with a different power. He is able to perpetuate the memory of the fallen. Tvardovsky calls the battle a global battle, thereby emphasizing its bloody nature. Those killed were not allowed to see the joy of the victorious day. However, those who met him at this time felt a special involvement in the destinies of those who had passed on.

The theme of memory in Tvardovsky’s lyrics reaches its apogee in the poem “I was killed near Rzhev,” written on behalf of the deceased hero. His body was not buried according to the customs of his ancestors. It remained lying in the very swamp where the hero met his death in battle. The soldier passed away without even realizing it.

I didn't hear the break

I didn't see that flash

Right off the cliff into the abyss -

And neither the bottom nor the tire, -

He narrates.

The mind of the deceased hero seems to dissolve in the world, in the earth, in the river in a cloud of dust. It was not even possible for him to find out whether the city, for which a bloody battle was taking place, was taken. However, his last thoughts are directed to those people in whose name his life was sacrificed:

I bequeath in that life

You should be happy

Tvardovsky emphasizes that every person must remember at what cost peace and tranquility in their native land was achieved, sacredly cherish it and be proud of their history. The era of the Great Patriotic War is firmly a thing of the past. Fewer and fewer living witnesses remain with us. However, thanks to the poetry of A. Tvardovsky, this war will be remembered hundreds of years later, and remembered with gratitude about those who did not return home from the front, remaining lying in the very place where they died, about those buried in mass graves with meager stars instead of crosses . Poetry, like human memory, is capable of living forever in time, glorifying the immortal feat of heroes.

One of the significant and at the same time controversial figures in Soviet literature was A. T. Tvardovsky, whose poems and poems are distinguished by their closeness to popular speech and folklore, special individuality and originality. and Great Patriotic War, the memory of the soldiers who died in battles for their homeland - these are, perhaps, the most important aspects of the poet’s work. He witnessed the dispossession, approval and debunking of Stalin's totalitarian system, and took part in the Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars. Rich life experience and reliance on reality make the works of Alexander Trifonovich extremely popular among readers.

Features of the lyrics

When working on his works, Tvardovsky relied on the best folklore traditions and took into account the peculiarities of the Russian character. That is why his poems are simple and understandable to every reader. And the lyrical hero, as a rule, is a native of the people, who initially evokes respect and love from the author. The poet himself believed that the main theme in his work was the topic of memory, which is relevant at all times. In Tvardovsky’s lyrics, it is reflected in reflections on his own family, dispossessed and exiled when the future poet was still very young. For example, in the poem “Brothers” we hear notes of suffering and longing for loved ones with whom he was forced to live in separation. But the theme of memory is especially vividly embodied in Tvardovsky’s lyrics about the war.

Frontline chronicle

Everyone knows that the poet participated in the Finnish campaign of the late 30s. And after the start of the Great Patriotic War, he went to the front as a correspondent, but was always on the front line. The poet fully understood all the difficulties of soldier's life in the field and told his readers about it.

Tvardovsky's military lyrics are diverse. These are also journalistic poems, which are calls to fight against the hated enemy (“To the Soldier of the Southern Front”, “To the Partisans of the Smolensk Region”). And small plot poems, reminiscent of “short stories” about heroic deeds (“The Tankman’s Tale”) or soldier’s life (“The Army Shoemaker”). Finally, poems-reflections, imbued with pain for the fate of the people and the entire country (“Two Lines”). But the main thing that unites them is the author’s awareness of personal responsibility for preserving the memory of those who gave their lives for the liberation of the Motherland. This thought never left Alexander Trifonovich as a person, and became the main motto of the poet Tvardovsky.

“I was killed near Rzhev”: lyrical hero and main idea

The poem, written a few months after the end of the war, was initially titled “Testament of a Warrior.” This is not accidental, since it is narrated from the perspective of a soldier who died in the battles for Rzhev. The lyrical hero is a generalized image of a warrior-liberator, who, addressing all survivors, notes: “You, brothers, should have resisted...” Thus, even after the death of the Russian soldier, he is worried about the fate of his comrades and the country. And not a single line contains a reproach for the fact that he died while others remained alive. After all, this sacrifice is not in vain.

Such is Tvardovsky’s war lyrics. In the face of enormous adversity, the specific blurs and becomes general. And such opposing values ​​as death and eternal immortality, loss and unforgettable feat, are so intertwined that they turn out to be inseparable from each other.

"Book about a fighter"

The most famous work of A. T. Tvardovsky was the poem “Vasily Terkin,” created during the war. It presents the image of a gallant soldier who walked with the author the entire military path from 1942 to 1945 and embodied in himself best qualities Russian person. Terkin always finds himself in the center of events, gets into various troubles, but never loses heart, does not lose hope and faith, and finds a way out of the most difficult situations. At the same time, the hero more than once experiences pain and bitterness, and may even cry, Tvardovsky emphasizes.

The verses of the poem also sound either cheerful and lively, or filled with bitterness and an inexpressible sense of loss, as in the chapter “Crossing”: “People are warm, alive / They went to the bottom...” And a red thread running through the entire poem is the theme of memory of those who remained forever lie on the battlefields. Therefore, it is the duty of every person to never forget the great price that the Soviet people paid for a peaceful future.

Poems by A. T. Tvardovsky

Collectivization and dispossession (“Country Ant”), the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of the people (“Vasily Terkin”), the “thaw” under Khrushchev (“Beyond the Distance is the Distance”), debunking the cult of personality and totalitarianism (“By the Right of Memory”) - the main stages of the country's historical development in the 20-60s of the 20th century became part of the fate of Tvardovsky himself and were reflected in his poems. The author recreates the past on the pages of his works to once again remind his contemporaries: each of us is responsible for what happens to the people and the country. This idea was embodied most clearly in his last poem.

"By right of memory"

The work was banned for a long time. Its composition, consisting of 3 parts, introduces the reader to the life of the poet himself, his youthful dreams and hopes. And most importantly, Alexander Trifonovich openly talks about the tragedy that befell the village in the 30s. It was then that his worker father was dispossessed and exiled. Thus, the theme of memory in Tvardovsky’s lyrics partly turns into filial repentance not only before his family, but also before the entire Russian peasantry. Like a sentence, the words sound in the poem addressed to the “leader of the peoples” and the so-called “silent people”: “... they are silently ordered to forget... But it was obvious pain / For those whose life was cut short.” The author recalls people whom he knew personally, which makes the work reliable.

The poem is primarily dedicated to youth and sounds like an eternal reminder that history cannot be divided into segments. That everything in it is interconnected, and the past can repeat itself in the present or future. That is why already in the title of the poem it is stated as the main theme of memory.

In Tvardovsky’s lyrics, therefore, a problem that is relevant at all times takes on great importance: you need to know and love your family and your homeland, and you definitely need to remember what you have experienced. This is the only way to move forward, avoiding repeating the terrible mistakes of the past.