"Brainstorming" as a Method for Studying the Literary Work
The innovative nature of the article consists that the author appeals to a method, new to school teaching Literature, - to brainstorming - and presents its possibilities for identification, formulation, discussion, permission of educational problems. Educational discussion is one of the most relevant technologies in training Literature. However, the theoretical and practical underdevelopment of different types of educational discussion leads to rare or incorrect use it at the lesson. The scientific novelty of the article is defined by the fact that here are analysed approaches existing today to the organization of brainstorming at Literature lessons, the pedagogical conditions of the brainstorming organization are formulated, which developed not only on the basis of studying scientific literature, but also in experimental training. For the first time in the way of training in Literature the definition of brainstorming is offered as a kind of educational discussion. The practical importance of the article consists in the presented model of carrying out brainstorming when studying the comedy by A. S. Griboedov «Woe from Wit» in the 9th class. The author shows how the technology of brainstorming can enrich problem studying of the work. For the solution of the key problems of the comedy connected with the subject of mind/nonsense/madness ninth-graders by means of brainstorming and work with the text revealed more than 15 shades of the meaning of the word «mind» in the work by Griboedov; active discussion of the revealed shades of the meaning allowed pupils to formulate independently at least two positions presenting the solution of the problem. Use of brainstorming technology not only deepened understanding by students of the sense of the comedy «Woe from Wit», but also provided development of such communicative abilities as the ability to make a dialogue with the author; ability to find the necessary information in the text, to exchange it, to analyze and draw conclusions; ability to put forward and to prove correctly the point of view; ability to defend the position in interaction with other participants of the discussion, to correct it, considering other participants’ opinion.