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Poetry of the Silver Age

Exercise 1

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, three main modernist currents of “new literature” were formed in literature. By characteristics identify these areas in the literature:

1. The avant-garde movement, formed on the principles of rebelliousness, anarchic worldview, expressing the mass mood of the crowd, denying cultural traditions, making attempts to create art that looks to the future.
2. Modernist trend, which affirms individualism, subjectivism, interest in the problem of personality. The main principle of aesthetics is "art for art's sake", "cryptoscript of the inexpressible, understatement, replacement of the image.
3. Modernist movement, formed on the principles of rejection of the mystical nebula; the creation of a visible, concrete image, the sharpness of details, the echo with past literary eras.

Symbolism
Acmeism
futurism

Task 2

To what literary direction were the following writers and poets close:
1. D. Burliuk, V. Khlebnikov, V. Mayakovsky, V. Kamensky.
2. D.Merezhkovsky, Z.Gippius, K.Balmont, V.Bryusov, A.Blok, A.Bely.
3.A.Akhmatova, M.Kuzmin, N.Gumilyov, O.Mandelstam, S.Gorodetsky.

1. symbolism
2. acmeism
3. futurism

Task 3

Having become acquainted with the samples of the lyrics of K. Balmont, V. Bryusov, M. Kuzmin, correlate the above features of creativity with the lyrical heroes of the named poets:

1. Inconstancy, changeability of moods, thirst for merging with the world's elements.
2. Stability of attitude, poetization of solid qualities of character, desire for systematization, strict logic.
3. Significance, game beginning, pathos, musicality.

1. Bryusov
2. Kuzmin
3. Balmont

Task 4

What associations with related arts does poetry cause:

1. M. Kuzmina.
2. K. Balmont.
3. V. Bryusova.

1. music
2. sculpture
3. theater

Task 5

What is the rhythm of a poem?

1. Method of organization artistic speech, when the prose text is divided into rhythmic segments that create the effect of internal melody.
2. Dimensional repetition of similar elements of poetic speech: syllables, lines, intonational melody and pauses.
3. The sound match of the last syllables at the end of the poem.

Task 6
Name the three-syllable meter with the stress on the first syllable:

1. iambic
2. anapaest
3. dactyl
4. amphibrach

Task 7

Determine the poetic size of the given passage from K. Balmont's poem "New Moon":

"The crescent of the moon is young
Together with a magnificent star,
In the blue sky
I see clearly."

1. Dactyl.
2. Amphibrach.
3. Anapaest.

Task 8
To which group of symbolists did the poets V. Bryusov and K. Balmont belong:

1. "Senior Symbolists".
2. "Junior Symbolists".

Task 9

A symbol is a trope, a poetic image that expresses the essence of a phenomenon, there is always a hidden comparison in the symbol (find the extra one):

1. allegorical
2. innuendo
3. inexhaustibility
4. Calculation on the susceptibility of the reader

Task 10

Highlight lexical repetitions in V. Bryusov's poem " Native language»:

"My faithful friend! My friend is wicked!
My king! My slave! Native language!
My poems are like altar smoke!
How fierce is my cry!”

Task 11

What literary direction was A. Blok an adherent of:

1. acmeism
2. symbolism
3. Futurism

Task 12

Find the correspondence of A. Blok's poems to the main motives of his lyrics.
1. motive of gloomy disappointment.
2. motive for the appointment of the poet and poetry.
3. motive " scary world»
4. Motherland motif

1. "Factory"
2. "To the Muse"
3. "Autumn will"
4. "I'm old at heart"

Task 13

To what motive of A. Blok's creativity can the following passage be attributed:
“But the poet is moving towards the goal,
Strives, attracted by the truth,
And suddenly sees a new light
Beyond the distance, previously unfamiliar"

1. The theme of the Motherland.
2. Intimate lyrics.
3. The theme of the poet and poetry.

Task 14

Who is dedicated to the poetic cycle of A. Blok "Poems about the Beautiful Lady":

1. N. Volokhova.
2. L. Mendeleeva.
3. L. Delmas.
4. Another woman.

Task 15

A. Blok combined his poetry into a "trilogy of incarnation." To what stage of creativity did the poet refer the cycle “Poems about beautiful lady»:

1. Teza
2. Antithesis
3. "Synthesis"

Task 16

In A. Blok's poem "Autumn Will" one can clearly see the traditions of the literature of the 19th century, the poet, the author of the poem "Motherland". Name this poet:
1. A. Pushkin
2. F. Tyutchev
3. M. Lermontov
4. A. Nekrasov

Task 17

The lyrical hero is:

1. A conditional image in lyrical and lyrical-epic works, whose attitude (lyrical assessment) to the depicted, the poet seeks to convey.
2. Emotional perception by the narrator or lyrical hero described, expressed in literature artistic means.
3. The author's reflections not related to the plot narrative, included by him in piece of art.

Task 18

The artistic feature of the composition of A. Blok's poem "The Twelve" is its construction on the basis of:
1. juxtaposition of two worlds
2. opposition of two worlds
3. eventfulness of time

Task 19

The image of Christ in A. Blok's poem "The Twelve" was interpreted in different ways. What is the symbolist idea of ​​the poet:
1. Jesus Christ as a symbol of the revolution.
2. Jesus Christ as a symbol of the future, "pagan" Christ.
3. Jesus Christ as Superman.
4. Jesus Christ as a symbol of Supreme justice.

Task 20

Determine the poetic size of A. Blok's poem "The Stranger":
And every evening at the appointed hour
(Is it just my dream?)
Maiden's camp, seized by silks,
In the foggy window moves.
1. iambic
2. trochee
3. dactyl
4. anapaest

Task 21

The cycle of poems by A. Blok “On the Kulikovo Field” is a work of:
1. on a historical topic
2. about modernity
3. about the inseparable connection of the past, present and future.

Answers to the test "Poetry Silver Age»
1. 1-futurism
2-symbolism
3-acmeism

2. 1-futurism
2-symbolism
3-acmeism

3. 1-Balmont
2-Bryusov
3-Kuzmin

4. 1-theatre
2-music
3 sculpture

5-2
6-3
7-1
8-1
9-4
10-
11-2
12. 1st old soul
2- to the muse
3-factory
4 - autumn will
13-3
14-2
15-1
16-3
17-1
18-2
19-4
20-1
21-3

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MBOU "Pogromskaya secondary comprehensive school name

HELL. Bondarenko, Volokonovsky district, Belgorod region

Literature test for grade 11

"The Silver Age of Russian Poetry"

Prepared

teacher of Russian language and literature

Morozova Alla Stanislavovna

2013

Explanatory note

This test allows you to determine the level of knowledge of 11th grade students on the topic "Silver Age of Russian Poetry". The work contains questions about the main literary trends of the Silver Age.

Each question has four possible answers.

The presented test can be used at the final lesson of the literature on this topic.

Criteria for evaluation:

"5" - 19 - 20 points

"4" - 16 - 18 points

"3" - 11 - 15 points

"2" - 0 - 10 points

1. Indicate the time limits of the Silver Age of Russian poetry 1. Beginning of the 20th century2. Late 19th - early 20th century 3. Beginning - middle XX century4. Late 19th century
2. Which philosopher was the first to propose the name "Silver Age"? 1. V. Solovyov 2. N. Otsup 3. N. Berdyaev 4. I. Annensky

3. What was the name of the artistic and aesthetic system that developed at the beginning XX century and embodied in a system of independent artistic trends and movements?

1. decadence 2. modernism 3. symbolism 4. futurism
4. The name of which poetic movement is translated as "future"?
5. What poetic trend was the first in the literature of the Silver Age? 1. symbolism 2. acmeism 3. futurism 4. imagism
6. N. Gumilyov became the founder of what trend? 1. symbolism 2. imaginism 3. futurism 4. acmeism
7. Who justified theoretical basis symbolism? 1. V. Solovyov 2. F. Sologub 3. V. Bryusov 4. D. Merezhkovsky

8. The name of which poetic movement is translated from Greek as “ highest degree something"?

1. acmeism 2. imaginism 3. futurism 4. symbolism
9. Which of the poets is not a representative of acmeism?
10. Which of the poets is a representative of Imagism? 1. S. Yesenin 2. Z. Gippius 3. A. Bely 4. V. Mayakovsky
11. Which of the poets is a representative of futurism? 1. A. Blok 2. V. Mayakovsky 3. M. Tsvetaeva 4. A. Akhmatova
12. "Workshop of poets" is the name of the union: 1. Symbolists 2. Imagists 3. Futurists 4. Acmeists

13. "Throw Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and other classics from the ship of modernity" is a call:

1. Acmeists 2. Imagists 3. Futurists 4. Symbolists

14. What, according to the acmeists, should have acquired its original meaning?

1. poem 2. image 3. word 4. time
15. What did K. Balmont consider the basis of lyrics? 1. word magic 2. personality 3. rhyme 4. image

16. Which of the poets dared to directly accuse I.V. Stalin of the genocide of his own people?

1. N. Gumilyov 2. A. Akhmatova 3. V. Bryusov 4. O. Mandelstam

17. Words of what part of speech I. Severyanin formed from nouns, adding the prefix "o"?

1. adverb 2. interjection 3. verb 4. adjective
18. What was laid as the cornerstone in the poetry of acmeism? 1. mystery 2. word 3. evanescence 4. realistic view of things

19. Who preached the fusion of art with the accelerated life process of the twentieth century by destroying forms and conventions?

1. Symbolists 2. Imagists 3. Futurists 4. Acmeists
20. What was the name of the first Futurist manifesto? 1. "Judges' cage" 2. "A slap in the face of public taste"3. "Hell of the city"4. "From street to street"

Answers 1. 2 2. 3 3. 2 4. 3 5. 1 6. 4 7. 4 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1 11. 2 12. 4 13. 3 14. 3 15. 1 16. 4 17 .3 18.4 19.3 20.2

Test on the topic "Silver Age of Russian Poetry"

1. Indicate the time limits of the Silver Age of Russian poetry

1. Beginning of the 20th century 2. Late XIX- early 20th century

3. Beginning - middle of the 20th century 4. End of the 19th century

2. Which philosopher was the first to propose the name "Silver Age"?

1. V. Solovyov 2. N. Otsup

3. N. Berdyaev 4. I. Annensky

3. What was the name of the artistic and aesthetic system that developed at the beginning of the 20th century and embodied in a system of independent artistic trends and trends?

3. symbolism 4. futurism

4. The name of which poetic movement is translated as "future"?

1. symbolism 2. imaginism

3. futurism 4. acmeism

5. What poetic trend was the first in the literature of the Silver Age?

1. symbolism 2. acmeism

3. futurism 4. imaginism

6. N. Gumilyov became the founder of what trend?

1. symbolism 2. imaginism

3. futurism 4. acmeism

7. Who substantiated the theoretical foundations of symbolism?

1. V. Solovyov 2. F. Sologub

3. V. Bryusov 4. D. Merezhkovsky

8. The name of which poetic movement is translated from Greek as “the highest degree of something”?

1. acmeism 2. imagism

3. futurism 4. symbolism

9. Which of the poets is not a representative of acmeism?

1. N. Gumilyov 2. A. Akhmatova

10. Which of the poets is a representative of Imagism?

1. S. Yesenin 2. Z. Gippius

11. Which of the poets is a representative of futurism?

3. M. Tsvetaeva 4. A. Akhmatova

12. "Workshop of poets" is the name of the union:

1. Symbolists 2. Imagists

3. futurists 4. acmeists

13. "Throw Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and other classics from the ship of modernity" is a call:

1. Acmeists 2. Imagists

3. Futurists 4. Symbolists

14. What, according to the acmeists, should have acquired its original meaning?

1. poem 2. image

3. word 4. time

15. What did K. Balmont consider the basis of lyrics?

1. magic of words 2. personality

3. rhyme 4. image

16. Which of the poets dared to directly accuse I.V. Stalin of the genocide of his own people?

1. N. Gumilyov 2. A. Akhmatova

3. V. Bryusov 4. O. Mandelstam

17. Words of what part of speech I. Severyanin formed from nouns, adding the prefix "o"?

1. adverb 2. interjection

3. verb 4. adjective

18. What was laid as the cornerstone in the poetry of acmeism?

1. secret 2. word

3. transience 4. realistic view of things

19. Who preached the fusion of art with the accelerated life process of the twentieth century by destroying forms and conventions?

1. Symbolists 2. Imagists

3. futurists 4. acmeists

20. What was the name of the first Futurist manifesto?

1. "Judges' cage" 2. "Slap in the face of public taste"

3. "Adishche city" 4. "From street to street"

Lesson form:

study meeting. The class is divided into 4 teams in accordance with the literary trends that existed in the first quarter of the twentieth century - symbolists, acmeists, futurists and those whose work was individual, outside of these trends. Each team for pre-training receives four tasks. The remaining three tasks are not specified in advance. The training meeting is designed for two academic hours.

Meeting goals:

deepen students' knowledge about the Silver Age of Russian poetry, the creative personalities of this literary era;

be able to explain the artistic originality of the works of representatives of symbolism, acmeism, futurism and those whose work was outside these areas;

know literary terminology, literary theory (symbol, symbolism, acmeism, futurism, renaissance);

improve monologue response skills;

development creativity students;

development of the ability to work in a team.

Equipment:

reproductions of portraits of poets of the Silver Age, an exhibition of books of poets of the Silver Age

Course of the training meeting.

Submit Direction

(symbolism, acmeism, futurism, outside groups): define, explain the origin of the term for the name of a literary movement, list its representatives; the history of the development of this literary direction - up to 5 points.

Knowledge of the biography

: give a brief biographical note (name the most significant facts), without naming the poet; learn from the facts of the biography of the poet a representative of another literary movement - 3 points for a short biographical story + 2 points for the correct name.

Recitation competition: a representative of each literary movement recites by heart a poem (optional) of a symbolist poet, an acmeist poet, a futurist poet and outside groups (respectively). It is advisable to complete this task with elements of dramatization - up to 5 points .

Poetry is...: to talk about what poetry is, what is the purpose of the poet and poetry from the point of view of symbolists, acmeists, futurists and those who are outside groups - up to 5 points (+3 points additionally for the emblem - a symbol of your direction).

Create a clip: on the text of the poem by M.I. Tsvetaeva “I like ...” to create a video sequence and explain to the jury and the audience their idea and how to implement it - up to 6 points .

compose a poem: according to the proposed rhymes, create a poetic text, expressively read it - up to 7 points .

Quiz for fans: questions on the knowledge of the work of poets of the Silver Age, the history of this period of literature, literary terminology.

1. Name sequentially the emergence of modernist trends in poetry at the turn of the century ( symbolism, acmeism, futurism).
2. The concept of "Silver Age" arose by analogy with the concept of "Golden Age". Choose synonymous expressions for the first of these concepts ( Renaissance; the rise of Russian spirituality).
3. Which of the poets of the Silver Age was "chosen king"? ( I. Severyanin).
4. What is the fourth extra name: Gumilyov, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Gorodetsky ( Akhmatova - pseudonym).
5. Which of the artists of the word was awarded Nobel Prize in 1933? ( I. Bunin).
6. What was the name of the association, the organization of acmeist poets? ( "Workshop of poets").
7. Which of the poets of the Silver Age traveled through Africa? ( N. Gumilyov).
8. What do Akhmatov's lines mean:

“Husband in the grave, son in prison,

Pray for me"?

(in 1921 N. Gumilyov was shot, in 1934. - arrest of son, Lev Gumilyov, and husband, Punin).

9. How is the life of A. Akhmatova connected with Tsarskoye Selo? (there she lived until the age of 16 and studied at the women's gymnasium).
10. In the verses of which poet does the image of a “gray underdog” occur? ( F. Sologuba).
11. Who owns this comparison: “Poems grow like stars and like roses”? ( M. Tsvetaeva).
12. Music, according to representatives of this literary movement, was the first art ( symbolists).
13. About what great poet I. Severyanin wrote:

He is a wonderful moment

Captured for centuries!

He is the epitome of inspiration.

And dust is powerless before him ... ( about A.S. Pushkin).

14. Continue the well-known words of A. Akhmatova: “I taught women to speak ...” ( Oh, how to silence them).
15. Name the futurist manifestos ( “A slap in the face of public taste”, “Judges' cage”, “Dead moon”, etc.).
16. Which of the poets (guess the name from the text) wrote the following lines:

My biographer will be very happy

Will wonder for two hours

Like a donkey before which in a manger

Oats were poured fresh,

So the monograph is ready,

Tome of venerable venerable thickness:

“About unhappy love…

In the year of the fourth world war.

Hello, proud grimy,

To stone - a heavyweight

I chose it without being seduced by the diamond.

Hello, cobblestone thunder!

Yawned, saluted - and again

Shaft rowing - wing

Lomovy Archangel.

17. Representatives of what literary movements the poems belong to:

a) How I love the Flemish panel,

Where vegetables, and fish, and wine,

And rich game on a flat platter -

Amber-yellow gleams.

And the battle written with an old brush -

I love. Soldier with a shining trumpet

Clubs of gunpowder, a pile of dead,

And rearing horses everywhere!

(Acmeism)

b) How often do I want to express my love,

But I can't say anything

I only rejoice, suffer and keep silent:

As if ashamed of me - I dare not speak.

But in the proximity to me of your living soul

How everything is mysterious, so everything is extraordinary, -

What is too terrible a divine secret

It seems to me love to talk about it.

(Symbolism)

c) There are no people.

You see

cry of a thousand days of torment?

The soul does not want to go silent,

to tell who?

I'll throw myself on the ground

stone bark

in the blood of the face isotra, with tears washing the asphalt.

Tired of caressing lips with a thousand kisses

I will cover the smart muzzle of the tram.

(Futurism)

d) I am a free wind, I always blow,

I wave the waves, I caress the willows,

I sigh in the branches, sighing numbly,

I cherish the grass, I cherish the fields.

In the spring of light, like the herald of May,

I kiss the lily of the valley, in love with a dream,

And the silent azure listens to the wind, -

I am winding, melting, airy, sleepy.

(Symbolism)

18. Name the poet who introduced M. Tsvetaeva and S. Efron ( M. Voloshin).
19. This poet listened to lectures at the Sorbonne, at Heidelberg University, studied at St. Petersburg ( O. Mandelstam).