Probably every person at some point came across the question "anthology - what is this?" After all, this word is rather common, but not everyone knows its interpretation. Therefore, we have prepared this article.
What does the word mean?
The noun studied in the article came into Russian from Greek. Moreover, in its homeland it is used in almost the same form as ours, although in its root it has as many as two words. The first means to use, and the second to explore. And this largely explains the meaning of the unknown word. After all, if you combine them together, it turns out that the reader is a textbook that should be used for study. But to study what? What does this book consist of? What is she like?
The Greeks first mentioned this word in the distant fourth century AD. This name was given to the grammar collection that came out of the pen of the grammar of Hellas. The Russians got acquainted with the reader much later. Only in 1900.
Schoolchildren can give the most complete answer to the question of what this is - an anthology. After all, it is they who most often encounter the subject, which implies a foreign noun. Although the kids it already seems native. Because at school they hear and pronounce it constantly.
So, a reader is a collection of short stories or extracts from large works. In the book they are united by a common main or main idea, theme, idea. Moreover, the pages also contain comments by the compilers of the reader, which helps the children understand the text presented, learn it, compare it with the others also included in the book.
What does the reader consist of?
Many people expect this tutorial to introduce them to one work that is commented on in detail by the compiler. As a result, they are faced with disappointment and unjustified hopes. Therefore, it is very important to understand that an anthology is a textbook from fables, poems, and ods, most often on biblical topics. With a deep meaning, metaphors, antitheses and other literary techniques that help to more clearly understand the depth and meaning of the described problem.
There are also passages of large and serious works in educational anthologies. For example, "Dead Souls" by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol or "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy. However, mainly such teaching aids consist of many stories. Therefore, many children prefer reading an anthology more than a full-fledged independent work. Indeed, due to the variety of texts, such a book does not bother. In addition, almost every child likes.
It is also important to note that such a textbook must certainly contain a biography of the author. After all, it is believed that it is impossible to understand a work without meeting its "creator". Because it is necessary to study the writer's life path, find out what time he lived, what views (political or public) he adhered to, in what genre he wrote, and, in general, what he wanted to tell our country and the people living on its territory.
What is the reader used for?
Based on the above, we can draw the following conclusion: an anthology is a textbook, the purpose of which is to educate schoolchildren. That is why most often such publications are used as an aid to school literature. They are often asked as a summer reading or studied directly in the classroom, the theme of which corresponds to the topic of anthology.
In addition, such a textbook performs the following functions:
- broadens the mind;
- helps shape a shared vision of a problem or topic;
- to consolidate the material just passed, it is better to assimilate it.
At what lessons can I get acquainted with reading books?
Most often, the word studied in the article, as well as what it means, is used in a literature lesson. In most cases, students on this subject get to know him and understand the difference between a textbook and all others. However, there are two and even three-volume publications that are studied in linguistics, various social sciences and other areas of educational activity.
Indeed, a reader includes several authors and their works, which are united by a common theme. And it, in turn, corresponds to a certain topic of the lesson, whether it is social studies, history, rhetoric, etc.