Цель: познакомить учащихся с биографией и творчеством Роберта Льюиса Стивенсона.
Задачи:
- приобщать учащихся к богатству мировой культуры;
- привлечь внимание учащихся к чтению приключенческих романов;
- формировать положительное отношение к таким качествам, как любознательность, пытливость;
- побуждать учащихся к расширению своего кругозора;
- способствовать изучению географии, приобщать к путешествиям.
Оборудование: презентация о жизни и творчеству Р.Л.Стивенсона; поэма «Вересковый мёд»
Ход мероприятия
1. Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. He was born in Edinburgh in 1850.
2. He was the only son of Margaret and Thomas Stevenson. Both his father and grandfather were marine engineers. They built lighthouses.
3. Since his childhood Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis.
During his early years, he spent much of his time in bed, composing stories before he had learnt to read.
4. Stevenson was largely raised by his nanny Alison Cunningham "Cummy". She was deeply devoted and loyal to the Stevensons and loved RLS.
5. She cared for him tenderly in illness, reading to him as he lay sick in bed and telling tales. When he could not sleep, kept awake at night by violent coughing, his nurse would stay awake with him, often until dawn. Late he devoted to her A Child's Garden of Verses.
6. An only child, strange-looking and eccentric, Stevenson found it hard to fit in when he was sent to a nearby school at the age of six, a problem repeated at the age of eleven when he went on to the Edinburgh Academy. His frequent illnesses often kept him away from his first school, and he was often taught by private tutors.
7. In 1867 he entered the University of Edinburgh to study engineering. In 1871 he changed to the study of law.
8. He had a "weak chest" and had to spend a large part of his life outside Britain. At first it was a tour by canoe along the picturesque rivers and canals of France and Belgium. While travelling, he turned to writing and wrote about his unusual journey.
9. In France he first met Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne, a married woman with two children, Belle and Lloyd. Funny was 10 years older than Stevenson.
10. She returned to the United States to get a divorce. Stevenson followed her to California where they were married in 1880. The newlyweds took their honeymoon in the Napa Valley region of California.
11. For the next seven years, between 1880 and 1887, Stevenson searched in vain for a place of residence suitable to his state of health. He spent his summers at various places in Scotland and England.
12. Stevenson loved his stepson very much and often used to play with him. During a rainy holiday in Scotland when Lloyd was 12, they drew a map, which inspired Stevenson to write " Treasure island." It was published in 1883. He dedicated the novel to his stepson.
13. Among Stevenson's works from the 1880's are a Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped ( 1886) and its continuation Catriona (1893), "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"(1886), the Black Arrow (1888), The Master of Ballantrae (1889).
14. In June 1888, Stevenson chartered the yacht Casco and sailed with his family from San Francisco. In search of better health they sailed to the Pacific Islands where the climate was good. The salt sea air and thrill of adventure for a time restored his health .
15.For nearly three years he wandered the eastern and central Pacific, visiting important island groups. He also spent time at the Hawaiian Islands where he became a good friend of King Kalakaua, with whom Stevenson spent much time.
16. In 1889 the family decided to settle in the Samoan Islands. They bought a house that was called "Vailima," or "Five Waters."
17. Stevenson himself adopted the native name Tusitala (Samoan for "a storyteller"). He made friends with the Samoans, who respected him and asked him for advice. Soon he became involved in local politics. He was friends with some of the politicians and their families.
18. He wrote about the Pacific islands in several of his late works: In the South Seas(1896), The Wrecker (1892), The Ebb-Tide (1894)
19. They lived in the South Seas until Stevenson's sudden death in 1894. He died on December 3, 1894 and was buried at the top of Mount Vaea above his home in Vailima far from his beloved Scotland.
20. During his final years RLS published two more collections of poems Underwoods(1887) and Ballads (1890). The most famous poem of this period is Heather Ale. RLS wrote the following poem with the sub-title "A Galloway legend." He turned to the ancient history of Scotland for inspiration.(Dance)It tells the fable of the loss of the Pictish formula for making an alcoholoc drink from heather. Little is actually known about early beverages of Scotland. However, many tales are told of brewing ales and wines from heather flowers. One such brew was known as Heather Ale.
21. This poem is based on a real legend "The last of the Picts." It was told in the south-west of Scotland in the county of Galloway. RLS turned this legend to the poem but not to the end. Let's listen to the legend.
22. Let's listen to the poem and its most famous Russian translation done by Marshak.
23. The beauty of the poem inspired a lot of people. There are different Russian translations. Let's recite some of them.
24. There is even a cartoon based on the poem. It was created in Russia in 1974. Let's watch and enjoy it.
25. Oleg Mityaev, a famous Russian singer and song writer wrote a very beautiful song devoted to RLS. It is called "Dedication to Stevenson." Let's listen to it. We can sing it all together.