School of kindness. Stories for children (Valentina Oseeva)

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Valentina Oseeva is the author of a series of children's stories. In her work, she continued the realistic traditions of K. D. Ushinsky and L. N. Tolstoy. Stories for children (Oseeva) carry a huge educational burden, usually their core is some actual moral and ethical problem.

For 16 years, Valentina Andreevna worked with difficult teenagers, she was a teacher in a children's colony, a commune and several children's homes. It was her pupils who helped the writer become what she became. She wrote stories for Oseev's children about the war and commanders, helped the children with staging plays, and invented various collective games.

Beginning of author's biography

The biography of Valentina Andreevna as a writer began with the work "Grishka", published in the newspaper "For Communist Education". Oseeva Valentina Andreevna writes her pre-war stories for children, focusing on moral standards. Stories from this period are prime examples."Red Cat", "Grandma" and "Volka's day off". Stories for children Oseeva V. A. uses to conduct an artistic study of the actions of people of different ages. The main character of her work is traditionally a child who committed an ethically wrong act. The child is very worried about his misdeed, and in the throes of conscience, an insight is born in him: what can and cannot be done.

Review by Andrey Platonov

Writer Andrey Platonov analyzes stories for children (Oseev) in his article, where he emphasizes that the work "Grandma", written in 1939, is a treasure not only in terms of the successful transmission of the author's intention, but also in terms of sincerity with which the story is written. The meaning of the story is that an old grandmother lives, and everyone treats her with disdain, not taking her seriously. But then she dies, and the grandson finds the simple notes written by her. He reads them and realizes how much he was wrong, referring to a sweet loving old woman with irony and disdain. The boy repents deeply, and this cleanses his sick soul. Cleansing through pangs of conscience - that's what Valentina Oseeva's recipe is.

Stories from the 40s

A short biography and stories of Valentina Oseeva teach young readers how to act in difficult situations. Works written in the 40s are intended for preschoolers and elementary school. They also touch upon the moral and ethical issues associated with the formation of the character of a teenage child.

Works of this time ( BlueLeaves”, “Cookies”, “Sons”, “Three Comrades”, “On the Skating Rink”, “Magic Word”) the author writes with the aim of helping children learn to read, while simultaneously influencing their souls not wiser by life experience. Only Valentina Oseeva could and knew how to do this. Stories for children and a brief analysis of her life allow us to conclude that only honest, strong, sincere people are capable of correct, worthy deeds. Oseeva's stories are characterized by a careful selection of means of artistic speech; they make a deep impression on both the child and the adult. This is explained by the skillful construction of sentences, the correct use of intonation and the accuracy of the choice of conflict. For many years, the stories of Valentina Aleksandrovna Oseeva have taken a worthy place in the textbooks of literature for primary school and preschool children.

The story that gave the cycle its name

“The Magic Word” is a story that has become a textbook. In order to interest young readers in reading the work and convey to them the meaning of the polite word “please”, the author uses the technique of fairy tale narration in the story. The protagonist of the work gets all the advice from a mysterious old man who looks a bit like a wizard.

And indeed, the word prompted by the old man to the boy turns out to be magical. Its use leads to the fact that everyone listens to the wishes of the hero: the sister, the grandmother, and even the older brother. The magic word makes people accommodating and friendly. The story is written in such a way that, after reading it,the little reader is unlikely to resist the temptation to come up with a sequel. Better yet, experience the effect of the magic word on yourself and your loved ones.

The cycle of stories "The Magic Word"

All the stories of the cycle in one way or another touch on moral, ethical and ethical issues. They tell about the lives of ordinary average people who live side by side with us. On the example of the heroes of her works, Valentina Oseeva teaches children to correctly comprehend moral laws and rules. Creating her stories for children, Oseeva Valentina Alexandrovna seems to publish her own endless set of rules that are formulated or follow from the story.

In the writer's stories, everything serves to reveal the author's intention, even the titles of the works, some of which ask the main question that the story is devoted to. For example: "Bad", "Good", "Debt", "Who is the boss" and so on.

The problems analyzed using the examples of these works do not concern conditional children's sins and virtues, such as disobedience or slovenliness, but serious qualities worthy of any adult person (kindness, sensitivity, honesty) and the shortcomings of human nature opposed to them (meanness, selfishness, rudeness, indifference). The authenticity of Valentina Oseeva's stories touches the nerve and makes you think deeply about the moral issues raised by the author.