TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING A WRITER’S BIOGRAPHY IN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE LESSONS IN GRADES 10–11

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of transformation in teaching the biography of an artist in the context of reform in the educational system. The effectiveness of the system of techniques of activisation of students’ cognitive interest to the image of an artist witihn the lessons of Ukrainian literature is analyzed.
The relevance of the study stems from the urgent need in contemporary literary education to move away from reproductive methods of studying biographies – which traditionally boiled down to dry facts and the chronological listing of events – in favour of a stereoscopic, anthropocentric selection of material.
The purpose of our article is to consider techniques for forming students’ cognitive interest in the personality of the writer in Ukrainian literature lessons.
Research methods: analysis and synthesis of theoretical principles, comparison of traditional and modern approaches to teaching; modelling of algorithms and teaching scenarios.
Techniques are proposed to help focus students’ attention on the writer as a person. In particular the article highlights the specific use of the technique of “bringing to life” an artist’s image, which can be combined with other techniques: “oral drawing” or artistic modeling, cataloging of notable biographical facts and comment on the portrait.
The expediency of using quantitative indicators is substantiated, based on an appeal to striking facts of creative productivity and the length of a person’s life journey, thereby evoking a strong emotional response from the audience.
The experience of incorporating technique of dramatisation is interpreted, where the ideological emphasis shifts from positioning the writer as a ‘victim of circumstances’ to his stoicism.
This article examines the controversial issue of incorporating artificial intelligence and digital technologies into the educational process. It identifies the potential of neural networks in creating animated portraits, visualisations of historical contexts, which help pupils immerse themselves more deeply in the atmosphere of the era.
The use of these techniques helps foster students' intellectual curiosity about the writer as a person and, consequently, about his or her work.