HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND MORAL VALUES IN THE FAIRY TALE-PARABLES BY ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY’S «THE LITTLE PRINCE» AND EMMA ANDIEVSKA’S «THE TALKING FISH»

Abstract

The paper represents working out a lesson on the topic «People relationships and moral values in the tale-parables by Antoine de aint-Exupéry «The Little Prince» and Emma Andiievska «The Talking Fish»». In order to work with a model curriculum «The Foreign Literature» (developed by O. M. Nikolenko, O. O. Isaieva, Zh. V. Klymenko etc.) at the beginning of studying the topic «Personal Responsibility» in the 7th grade, we recommend delivering a class of extra reading on the creative way of Emma Andiievska. The next step is studying the creativity of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Having studied the creative paths of both of the writers, it is relevant to analyze the tale-parables «The Little Prince» and «The Talking Fish». When designing the lesson, we applied the author’s technology of constructing the model of the competence- and activity-related lesson by Doctor of Pedagogic Sciences, Associate Professor, and Distinguished Teacher of Ukraine Vasyl Shuliar. The proposed materials may encourage a teacher-philologist to comply with academic freedom during planning and enable them to implement a competence- and activity-related approach in accordance with the requirements of the New Ukrainian School, the State Standard of Basic Secondary Education, as well as modern technologies for working out foreign literature lesson models. The authors highlight some elements of comparative analysis of these works that enable the applicants of general secondary education to consciously comprehend the problems touched upon, better understand the actions of the characters and casual inferences, express a personal attitude toward characters, and make a personal value and ethical choice. Moreover, the most effective methods of teaching and research that increase learning interest and cognitive processes, contribute to the development of communicative competence, diversify the learning process, etc. have been chosen. The paper concentrates on the following values and moral norms: friendship and responsibility.