1. Why is the novella named that way, because it also tells about other heroes?
2. What is interesting about the land of maquis? What immediately alerts the reader?
3. What qualities of Matteo Falcone's character brought him extraordinary fame?
4. How did Fortunato behave with the bandit and with the police? How did Matteo react to the act of his son? What especially outraged him and why did he say: “Is this my child?”

Creative task

How does the novel end? How would you rate the characters and actions of the characters in this novel? Is the romance that surrounds Matteo Falcone combined with the ugliness of consciousness generated by the surrounding savagery? Support your answer with examples from the story you read.

Prepare an oral or written detailed answer to this question. Support your answer with examples from the story you read.

Comparing prose and poetry

“Prose and poetry require different performance.

“A person needs a verse,” explained the poet Valery Bryusov, “because he has a need to say other speeches more expressively than colloquial language can. Poetic speech achieves this goal by dividing speech into definite, easily visible parts. A verse is a certain whole... a separate life is given to it by the poet. The one who, when reading aloud, does not note this integrity of the verse, is mistaken.

Indeed, it is easy to see that, no matter how the poetic speech of a work approaches prose, it can never completely resemble it and should not be likened to it.

Here is an excerpt from Merimee's story "Matteo Falcone", which tells how the boy Fortunato, the son of Matteo, bribed by the gendarme, betrayed the hidden fugitive and was executed by his father for that.

The gendarme is talking to Fortunato's parents:

- He hid himself so well that if little Fortunato were not here, I would never have found him.

Fortunato! exclaimed Matteo.

Fortunato! repeated Giuseppa.

Yes, Sanpiero hid in that haystack, but my nephew discovered the trick. Both his name and yours will be on the report...

Damn! Matteo said softly.

Zhukovsky made a poetic retelling of this story, in which this place is stated as follows:

„... From us it would be true
He slipped away, if not for Fortunato,
Your boy helped us." - "Fortunato!" -
Matteo screamed. - "Fortunato!" - mother
I repeated it fearfully. - Yes, Sanpiero
Here he hid in the hay, and Fortunato
He gave it to us, for this all you
Get a thank you from your boss."
Matteo was doused with cold sweat...

Despite the closeness of Zhukovsky's poems to prose, the difference between the verse story is quite obvious. The measured alternation of stresses, falling only on even syllables, creates rhythmic inertia and makes one perceive differently those phrases that in a prosaic context did not reveal their "verse warehouse"".

G. V. Artobolevsky. "Art Reading"

Creative task

Find the full text of the poetic transcription of the short story, performed by V. A. Zhukovsky. Read it, compare it with the prose translation of the novel. What is the difference between characters in poetic and prose translations? What ways of expressing the author's attitude to the character do the poet and prose writer use? Prepare a detailed written response to these questions.

Essay on literature based on the works of P. Merimee

Essay text:

First of all, to say that Prosper Mérimée is one of the remarkable French critical realists of the 19th century, a brilliant playwright and master of artistic prose. Unlike his predecessors - Stendhal and Balzac, Merimee did not become the master of the thoughts of entire generations: the impact he had on the spiritual life of France was less broad and powerful. However, the aesthetic value of his work is enormous. The works he created are extraordinary: the truth of life is so deeply embodied in them, their form is so perfect.
In my opinion, the theme of the people as the guardian of the vital energy of the nation, as the bearer of high ethical ideals, plays a significant role in Merimee's work. He appeals to people standing outside of society, to representatives of the people's environment. In their minds, Merimee reveals those spiritual qualities dear to his heart, which, in his opinion, have already been lost by bourgeois circles: integrity of character, passion of nature, selflessness, inner independence.
The main character of the novel, Matteo Falcone, is just such a person. This image is exclusively embossed by the author. Depicting the noble, heroic features of his appearance, Merimee did not hide the negative, ugly sides of his consciousness, generated by the savagery, backwardness, poverty that surrounded him, despite the fact that he was from a fairly wealthy family.
It is worth noting that the background of the hero - a brave and dangerous man, famous for the extraordinary art of shooting from a gun, "faithful in friendship, dangerous in enmity", creates a special moral atmosphere, in the light of which the singularity of the main event should appear as a regularity of Corsican life.
At the beginning of the story, there is a message that the author sees Matteo two years after the incident he is about to tell. We learn that he was a youthful, energetic man with an aquiline nose and large, lively eyes. This makes the epilogue redundant, allowing the reader, after reading the novella, to connect the “incident” with the subsequent life of the hero, to learn that the murder of his son, apparently, did not affect Matteo, did not deprive him of either energy or liveliness of character.
It is worth saying that when reading a work, you can be amazed at one fact. When Matteo was informed that they had caught a robber - Gianneto Sampiero, who had committed many misconducts and crimes (the Falcone family also suffered from his hands - he stole a dairy goat), he finds an excuse for such an act, saying that he was hungry. Matteo even sympathizes with Gianneto: "Poor fellow!" However, he did not spare his son, he did not even want to listen to him. Even began to suspect whether it was his child. He also came up with an excuse for his son: “So this child is the first in our family to become a traitor.” Fortunato betrayed Corsican laws, violated the moral norms of the environment in which he lives.
Matteo decided to punish his son: he shot the boy, but before that he forced him to prepare his soul for death. Fortunato recited prayers and "died a Christian".
It seems to me that the sentence handed down by the father of Fortunato expressed a moral attitude towards the betrayal of the whole people.
Merimene the novelist significantly deepened the depiction of the inner world of man in literature. The psychological analysis in the short stories is realistic. Mérimée's short stories are perhaps the most popular part of his literary heritage. Without a doubt, we can say that Mérimée's prose is one of the most brilliant pages in the history of French literature of the 19th century.

Reference material for the student:
Prosper Mérimée is a famous French writer.
Years of life: 1803-1870.
The most famous works and works:
1829 - "Tamango" (Tamango), short story
1829 - "The Capture of the Redoubt" (L'enlèvement de la redoute), story
1829 - "Matteo Falcone" (Mateo Falcone), short story
1830 - "Etruscan vase" (Le vase étrusque), short story
1830 - "Party in backgammon" (La partie de tric-trac), short story
1833 - "Double mistake" (La double méprise), short story
1834 - "The Souls of Purgatory" (Les âmes du Purgatoire), short story
1837 - "Illian Venus" (La Vénus d'Ille), short story
1840 - "Colomba" (Colomba), a story
1844 - "Arsène Guillot" (Arsène Guillot), short story
1845 - "Carmen" (Carmen), a story
1869 - "Lokis" (Lokis), a story
"Juman" (Djouman), short story
"Blue Room" (Chambre bleue), short story
1825 - "Theatre of Clara Gazul" (Théâtre de Clara Gazul), a collection of plays
1828 - La Jacquerie, historical drama chronicle
1830 - "The Discontented" (Les Mécontents), a play
1850 - "Two legacies or Don Quixote" (Les deux héritages ou Don Quichotte), comedy
1827 - Gusli (Guzla)
1829 - "The Chronicle of the reign of Charles IX" (Chronique du règne de Charles IX)
1835 - "Notes on a trip to the south of France" (Notes d'un voyage dans le Midi de France)
1837 - "Study on Religious Architecture" (Essai sur l'architecture religieuse)
1863 - essay "Bogdan Khmelnitsky" (Bogdan Chmielnicki)

How does Matteo Falcone's novella end? How would you rate the characters and actions of the characters in this novel? Is the romance that surrounds Matteo Falcone combined with the ugliness of consciousness generated by the surrounding savagery? Support your answer with examples from the story you read.

Answers:

Merimee's short story "Matteo Falconi" ends with a terrible picture - a father kills his son. The father is shown in the novel as a cruel and at the same time respected person, because he always kept his word. His son, still quite a young man, was not like that. He did not consider his word and honor the most important in this life and loved money. Therefore, he first begged the bandit for a coin, and then easily betrayed him when the sergeant gave him a watch.

The novella ends with Matteo killing his only son, Fortunato. Matteo. A true inhabitant of the maki area, the keeper of the traditions of this territory. For the sake of preserving his honest (from the point of view of local concepts) name, he is ready to kill even his unintelligent son. Fortunato. A ten-year-old boy who shows great promise for the right to continue the work (and at the same time the traditions) of Matteo Falcone, but stumbled once. Who knows, this mistake is due to infancy or a manifestation of the boy's true character (covetousness, betrayal) ... Teodoro Gamba. A policeman doing his duty - to catch criminals - by any means. Therefore, Giannetto is not offended by him: such work. Giuseppa. A wife, a woman who is not very respected in Corsican families. Household, obedient to her husband, pious. She sincerely regrets her son, but cannot protect him from her husband.

The novel "Matteo Falcone" by Prosper Mérimée ends tragically. The protagonist Matteo Falcone kills his son, because he discredited his honor, first promising protection to the fugitive criminal, and then looking for a watch, betraying him to the soldiers.

emphasizes. Does her outfit matter? a fantastic landscape of colored crystals. how post feels timid or confident in the world around him. embarrassed or independent. it is closed in itself or open to communication. How can you describe her face?

HELP TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON FEDIN'S STORY TASK!!! ANSWER AT LEAST ONE!!! PLEASE!!! 1) Is it possible to say that Fedya is a man with feelings

om humor? Why do you think so?

3) Do you think the story about Fedya Rybkin is satric or humorous?

1. How do you assess the relationship between the old and the young soldier? Lermov the author was the same age as the young soldier. Did he succeed in conveying respect to

veteran of past battles?
2. Which episode of the battle described by the old soldier seems to you the most important?
P.S. Preferably complete answers!

Borodino
- Tell me, uncle, it's not for nothing
Moscow burned by fire
given to the French?
After all, there were fighting battles,
Yes, they say, what else!
No wonder the whole of Russia remembers
About the day of Borodin!

Yes, there were people in our time,
Not like the current tribe:
Bogatyrs - not you!
They got a bad share:
Few returned from the field ...
Do not be the Lord's will,
They wouldn't give up Moscow!

We retreated silently for a long time,
It was annoying, they were waiting for the battle,
The old people grumbled:
"What are we? For winter quarters?
Do not dare, or something, commanders
Aliens tear up their uniforms
About Russian bayonets?

And here we found a large field:
There is a roam where at will!
They built a redoubt.
Our ears are on top!
A little morning lit up the guns
And forests blue tops -
The French are right here.

I scored a charge in the cannon tight
And I thought: I will treat a friend!
Wait a minute, brother Musyu!
What is there to be cunning, perhaps for battle;
We will go to break the wall,
Let's keep our heads up
For your homeland!

For two days we were in a skirmish.
What's the use of such nonsense?
We waited the third day.
Everywhere speeches began to be heard:
"Time to get to the buckshot!"
And here on the field of a formidable battle
The night shadow fell.

I lay down to take a nap at the gun carriage,
And it was heard before dawn,
How the French rejoiced.
But our open bivouac was quiet:
Who cleaned the shako all battered,
Who sharpened the bayonet, grumbling angrily,
Biting a long mustache.

And the sky just lit up
Everything suddenly stirred,
The formation flashed behind the formation.
Our colonel was born with a grip:
Servant to the king, father to the soldiers...
Yes, sorry for him: struck by damask steel,
He sleeps in the damp earth.

And he said, his eyes sparkling:
"Guys! isn't Moscow behind us?
Let's die near Moscow
How our brothers died!"
And we promised to die
And the oath of allegiance was kept
We are in the battle of Borodino.

Well, it was a day! Through the flying smoke
The French moved like clouds
And all to our redoubt.
Lancers with colorful badges,
Dragoons with ponytails
All flashed before us
Everyone has been here.

You will not see such battles! ..
Worn banners like shadows
Fire gleamed in the smoke
Damask steel sounded, buckshot screeched,
The hand of the fighters is tired of stabbing,
And prevented the nuclei from flying
A mountain of bloody bodies.

The enemy knew a lot that day,
What does the Russian fight remote mean,
Our hand-to-hand combat!
The earth was shaking - like our chests,
Mixed in a bunch of horses, people,
And the volleys of a thousand guns
Merged into a long howl ...

Here it is dark. Were all ready
In the morning start a new fight
And stand until the end...
Here the drums crackle -
And the busurmans retreated.
Then we began to count the wounds,
Count comrades.

Yes, there were people in our time,
Mighty, dashing tribe:
Bogatyrs are not you.
They got a bad share:
Few returned from the field.
If it weren't for God's will,
They wouldn't give up Moscow!

Questions about the work "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer" 1) How do others treat Tom Sawyer - adults, children? 2) Why does Tom so often violate prohibitions

adults and generally accepted rules of conduct? 3) How did Tom manage to avoid tedious work? What law did Tom discover? Have you experienced this law in your life? 4) What actions of Tom helped you understand him better? 5) Is it possible to say that the author notes such qualities of Tom as justice, loyalty to friends, resourcefulness, courage? Find these episodes. 6) With whom is it easier for him to find a common language - with adults or? Are adults always fair to Tom? Find episodes where Tom and the adults don't understand each other. On which side is the author - Tom or adults? Prove your opinion based on the text. 7) Why Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? Compare these heroes: how are they similar, how are they different? Which one would you like to be friends with? Why? 8) How did Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher become friends? How did they manage to survive the cave? Did they wait for rescuers?