Tuesday 14 May 2019

Лекція 7-8. Поетичні твори англійської літератури ХХ століття для дітей молодшого віку



План лекції

1. Поезія Волтера Де Ла Мера.
2. Вірші для дітей Алана Александра Мілна.
3. Пародійні вірші Хілера Белока.
4. Поетична творчість Елінор Фарджон.

I. Introduction

Read the motto of our lesson.
"Lovers of poetry are not born, but made through patient and careful nurturing."
- What does it mean?
Poetry
What is Poetry? Who Knows?
Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;
Not the sky, but the light in the sky;
Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;
Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;
Not myself, but what makes me
See, hear, and feel something that prose
Cannot: and what it is who knows?

(*from Eleanor Farjeon's Poems for Children, 1938)


- What is poetry compared to in this poem? Why does it make us see, hear and feel something that prose cannot? 

II. Content of the Lecture


My Favourite Toy - Students' Stories

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