Chukovsky's works for children: a list. Works by Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Chukovsky's works, known to a wide range of readers, are, first of all, poems and rhymed fairy tales for children. Not everyone knows that in addition to these creations, the writer has global works on his famous colleagues and other works. After reviewing them, you can understand which particular works of Chukovsky will become your favorite.

Origin

It is interesting that Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky is a literary pseudonym. A truly literary figure was called Nikolai Vasilievich Korneichukov. He was born in St. Petersburg on March 19, 1882. His mother Ekaterina Osipovna, a peasant woman in the Poltava province, worked as a maid in the city of St. Petersburg. She was the illegal wife of Emmanuil Solomonovich Levinson. The couple first had a daughter, Maria, and three years later, a son, Nikolai, was born. But at that time, unequal marriages were not welcomed, so in the end Levinson married a we althy woman, and Ekaterina Osipovna moved to Odessa with her children.

Nikolay went tokindergarten, then to the gymnasium. But he couldn't finish it due to low social background.

Prose for adults

The writer's literary activity began in 1901, when his articles were published in Odessa News. Chukovsky studied English, so he was sent to London from the editors of this publication. Returning to Odessa, he took part in the 1905 revolution to the best of his ability.

In 1907, Chukovsky was translating the works of W alt Whitman. He translated into Russian books and other English writers: Twain, Kipling, Wilde. These works by Chukovsky were very popular.

He wrote books about Akhmatova, Mayakovsky, Blok. Since 1917, Chukovsky has been working on a monograph on Nekrasov. This is a long-term work that was published only in 1952.

Poems by a children's poet

It will help you find out what Chukovsky's works for children are, a list. These are short poems that babies learn in their early years and in elementary school:

• "Glutton";
• "Piglet";
• "Elephant reading";
• "Hedgehogs are laughing";
• "Zakalyaka";
• "Sandwich";
• "Fedotka";
• "Pigs";
• "Garden";
• "Turtle";
• "Poor Boots Song";
• "Tadpoles";
• "Bebeka";
• "Camel";
• "Joy";
• "Great-great-great-grandchildren";
• "Yolka";
• "A fly in the bath";
• "Chicken".

The list above will help to learn Chukovsky's small poetic works for children. If the reader wants to get acquainted with the title, years of writing and a summary of the fairy tales of a literary figure, then the list is below.

Chukovsky's works for children - Crocodile, Cockroach, Moidodyr

In 1916, Korney Ivanovich wrote the fairy tale "Crocodile", this poem was met with mixed reviews. So, the wife of V. Lenin, N. Krupskaya, spoke critically of this work. Literary critic and writer Yuri Tynyanov, on the contrary, said that children's poetry had finally opened up. N. Btsky, writing a note in the Siberian pedagogical journal, noted in it that children enthusiastically accept the "Crocodile". They constantly applaud these lines, listen with great delight. It can be seen how sorry they are to part with this book and its characters.

Chukovsky's works for children are, of course, the "Cockroach". The story was written by the author in 1921. At the same time, Korney Ivanovich also came up with Moidodyr. As he himself said, he composed these fairy tales literally in 2-3 days, but he had nowhere to print them. Then he proposed to establish a periodical for children and call it "Rainbow". These two famous works of Chukovsky were published there.

Wonder Tree

In 1924, Korney Ivanovich wrote "The Miracle Tree". At that time, many lived in poverty, desiredressing beautifully was only a dream. Chukovsky embodied them in his work. On a miracle tree, not leaves, not flowers, but shoes, boots, shoes, stockings grow. In those days, children did not yet have tights, so they wore cotton stockings that were attached to special pendants.

In this poem, as in some others, the writer speaks of Murochka. It was his beloved daughter, she died at the age of 11, suffering from tuberculosis. In this poem, he writes that little blue knitted shoes with pompoms were torn off for Murochka, describes what their parents took from the tree for the children.

Now there really is such a tree. But objects are not torn off him, but they are hung up. It was decorated by the efforts of admirers of the beloved writer and is located near his house-museum. In memory of the fairy tale of the famous writer, the tree is decorated with various items of clothing, shoes, ribbons.

"The Buzzing Fly" is a fairy tale created by the writer rejoicing and dancing

1924 is marked by the creation of the "Tsokotukha Fly". In his memoirs, the author shares interesting moments that happened while writing this masterpiece. On a clear hot day on August 29, 1923, Chukovsky was overwhelmed with immense joy, he felt with all his heart how beautiful the world is and how good it is to live in it. Lines began to be born by themselves. He took a pencil, a piece of paper and quickly began to sketch lines.

Describing the fly's wedding, the author felt like a groom at this event. Once he tried to describethis fragment, but could not draw more than two lines. On this day, inspiration came. When he couldn't find more paper, he simply tore off a piece of wallpaper in the hallway and quickly wrote on it. When the author began to tell in verse about the wedding dance of the fly, he began to write and dance at the same time. Korney Ivanovich says that if anyone saw a 42-year-old man who rushes about in a shamanic dance, shouts out words, immediately writes on a dusty strip of wallpaper, he would suspect something was wrong. With the same ease he completed the work. As soon as it was completed, the poet turned into a tired and hungry man who had recently arrived in the city from his dacha.

Other works of the poet for young audiences

Chukovsky says that when creating for children, it is necessary at least for a while to turn into these little people to whom the lines are addressed. Then comes the passion and inspiration.

In the same way, other works by Korney Chukovsky were created - "Confusion" (1926) and "Barmaley" (1926). At these moments, the poet experienced a "heartbeat of childish joy" and with pleasure wrote down the rhyming lines that were quickly born in his head on paper.

Other works were not given to Chukovsky so easily. As he himself admitted, they were born precisely at the moments of the return of his subconscious to childhood, but were created as a result of hard and long work.

Thus he wrote "Fedorino's grief" (1926), "Telephone" (1926). The first tale teacheschildren of neatness, shows what laziness and unwillingness to keep your house clean leads to. Fragments of "Telephone" are easy to remember. Even a three-year-old kid can easily repeat them after their parents. Here are some useful and interesting works of Chukovsky, the list can be continued with fairy tales "The Stolen Sun", "Aibolit" and other works of the author.

"The Stolen Sun", stories about Aibolit and other heroes

"The Stolen Sun" Korney Ivanovich wrote in 1927. The plot tells that the crocodile swallowed the sun and therefore everything around was plunged into darkness. Because of this, various incidents began to occur. The animals were afraid of the crocodile and did not know how to take away the sun from him. For this, a bear was called, which showed miracles of fearlessness and, together with other animals, was able to return the luminary to its place.

"Aibolit", created by Korney Ivanovich in 1929, also tells about a brave hero - a doctor who was not afraid to go to Africa to help animals. Other children's works of Chukovsky, which were written in subsequent years, are less known - these are English Folk Songs, Aibolit and the Sparrow, Toptygin and the Fox.

In 1942, Korney Ivanovich composed the fairy tale “We will defeat Barmaley!”. With this work, the author ends his stories about the robber. In 1945-46, the author created Bibigon's Adventure. The writer again glorifies the brave hero, he is not afraid to fight evil characters who are several times bigger than him.

The works of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky teach children kindness, fearlessness, accuracy. They glorify the friendship and kind heart of the heroes.