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Is it necessary to read "Don Quixote" in the sixth grade of school?

Text: Natalia Sokolova/RG

Photo: Ekaterina Chesnokova/RIA Novosti, ria.ru

Alexander Pushkin is represented by Poltava, Ryleev, The Death of Yermak, Ivan Susanin, Snowstorm, Young Lady -peasant. Mikhail Lermontov - "The Fugitive", "Ashik-Kerib". Nikolai Gogol - "Portrait", "Viem", "Terrible Revenge". Also on the list are Turgenev, Leskov, Green, Shukshin. Foreign literature is singled out separately, which includes Hoffmann, Bradbury, Dickens and even Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes. The list of foreign literature causes the greatest controversy. Will Don Quixote be understandable to a teenager? And when should it be read for the first time? With these questions, we decided to turn to famous people to find out when they first read the immortal book of Cervantes.

Julius Gusman, film director, founder of the Nika Prize:

I believe that Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes is not only correct, but must be read in the sixth grade. I myself read it in elementary school - in the second grade, and everything was clear to me. This book is much better than the "garbage" that is lying around in our bookstores. Thank God Don Quixote is on the sixth grade reading list. You can be calm for the compilers of extracurricular reading programs for schoolchildren. A very smart choice.

Pavel Lungin, director:

I think it's too early to read Don Quixote in the sixth grade. I remember that I first picked up this book at about the same time and did not understand it. And he remained in my memory as a rather boring and incomprehensible book. I didn't understand the whole game. I tried to return to Cervantes later, but, to be honest, I did not return. It is generally very dangerous to start reading some works too early. Therefore, happy are those who read Dostoevsky in adulthood, and those who returned to War and Peace after school. Although the question is, of course, debatable. If you close your eyes and pretend in the sixth grade that Don Quixote does not exist, then no one will pick it up later. It's such an eternal contradiction. It is necessary to expand one's knowledge about culture and literature, but, unfortunately, the pleasure from culture and from the book is "smeared" at an early age.

Alexander Kabakov, writer:

I read Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes at about the same age. Don Quixote is one of the world's greatest novels. The book is great for everyone. A wonderful idea in itself for a hero who finds himself in a crazy future, being more normal than everyone else. In fact, from the characters of Don Quixote, a huge number of other characters of all world literature have grown. Suffice it to recall Prince Myshkin from Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. Don Quixote is a universal example of the novel. I think that Don Quixote is one of those books that needs to be re-read many times. The first time in the sixth or seventh grade, and then as an adult. The book is simply a must-read. Postponing the first reading of different, as it seems to many, “adult” works is wrong, because in this way you can postpone all literature, including War and Peace. If reading is put off, then it will be very difficult to take up these books at a later age. If a person at the age of thirty picks up Don Quixote for the first time in his life, then he simply will not be able to read it to the end.

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"It's too early for you to read this book!" What do teenagers think about it?


Varvara Petrova, 13 years old, holder of the diploma "Reader with a capital letter", Novosibirsk

Age markings often try to say that it's too early for me to read a book than real people. My mother, with her total permission “everything can be read if you have an interest in it,” uttered this phrase (in a different wording, however), probably two times in my life. And, given the books and films she allows me to read and watch, I understand that this was definitely a serious warning: it is unlikely that there is obscene language, drugs, sex or non-traditional relationships, but rather something “more adult”. Something that the past years are not enough to comprehend, or something that can injure a "fragile young soul." Scenes of severe mental or physical violence, for example.

A couple more times I heard this recommendation from publishers at book fairs, but the question was quickly resolved with the phrase: “And I already (say) Marie-Aude Murray “Oh, Boy!” read! And now - she did not die of indignation. So, I can also "Witch's Blood".

I wrote about age markings that they often warn, but it would be more accurate to say that they often catch the eye. I pay attention to them less and less, because for me they “do not work”: I read a lot of books “16+”, and even “18+”, which did not correspond to their age limit in content. Sometimes there are also mirror situations: imagine, I saw a book, even a series of books, in which, in my opinion, the labeling was underestimated. This is George and the Mysteries of the Universe (and its sequels) by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking. Maybe it was not a label, but a top of the best books, but I remember that the book was intended for 7-8 years old. I don’t know, for example, at the age of 12, for about twenty minutes, I figured out the explanation of the principle of operation of the Turing machine from the last part.

In general, it would be ideal (and hardly achievable) if people who set the reader's age on books would also argue this marking there. There are, of course, books in which the "justification" of such a restriction is in front of your eyes - the same "Wave" by Tod Strasser: both the cover design, and the annotation, and the first sentences of the paragraph - it is immediately clear that this is not for "primary school age", "12+" is quite adequate. But if the reasons for the restriction were explained, it would be possible to understand whether there is something to fear in this book for you. So age markings would become, on the one hand, more objective: after all, the decision to read this book or not is made not only by the marker, but also by yourself; and on the other hand, more subjective, because for a potential reader everything will depend on this particular marker.

After the words "It's too early for you to read this book!" I always look forward to explanations, specifics. If there are none, the book in hand, and then I will draw conclusions. A paraphrased thought from Alice is: “How do I know if I can read this book? I'll read it, then I'll find out. "


Polina Andreeva, 13 years old, holder of the diploma "Book Expert of the 21st Century", Moscow

When I was a child, there was one book that I really wanted to read. It was a large, thick book with an intriguing title and an enticing annotation on the back. And when I asked my parents: “Can I?”, They answered me exactly like this: “It’s too early for you to read this book.” It was a book by Mariam Petrosyan "The house in which ...". I patiently waited and on occasion asked my “can I?”. And so, somewhere last year, after another question, I heard the long-awaited answer. And already at the very beginning of the book I realized that I had listened to the right advice. This is a book to mature for. Everything is exactly like trying a green berry without waiting for it to turn red. In my opinion, the meaning of the phrase “It’s too early for you to read this book” is not a strict prohibition - you just might not be ready for the book. Sometimes because of this, she can leave a bad impression about herself, but after a few years, you may not be able to tear yourself away from her.

There have been times when, after reading the abstract, I put the book “until later”. But, in general, especially with classical works, the advice of my parents helps me.

Yes, it can be hard to wait, although sometimes there is an alternative. For example, a year ago I was still not allowed to read The Master and Margarita, but they advised me to read another work by Bulgakov - Notes of a Young Doctor (I liked both books). Of course, there are many books open before us, but the curious reader always wants to look into the one that is closed. And we can only wait. Or look for an alternative...


Anya Klykova, 13 years old, holder of the diploma "Reader with a capital letter", Moscow

I was never told about "too early to read this". It just didn’t occur to my parents, and neither did my teachers. They are normal people. They read a lot themselves. If someone suddenly told me that some book is not for my age, I would be very surprised. Rather, they can advise me something, help me figure it out if I ask about it. But to ban - no, this was not.

Do I look at the age marking of books? To say the truth, no. Because of this, I once had an unpleasant situation in a bookstore. I chose a book, but they refused to sell it to me, because it said “16+” or “18+” (I don’t remember exactly now). I was outraged. I was asked to show my passport. And I don't have a passport yet. “Then we have no right to sell you this book,” the cashier told me. It was a shame. It’s good that my mother was nearby, to whom this book was sold without any problems. They took her word for it that she was already 18. So I left the store with a book.

Why am I ignoring the age address icon? Yes, simply because I choose books differently. Author, publisher, genre, quality of publication - that's what I pay attention to. Even the annotation does not always influence my choice. For example, Carol Rifka Brant's book "Tell the Wolves I'm Home" has a very unfortunate summary, in my opinion. And the book is very good. Yes, I immediately warn you, she is “16+”, since we are talking about age restrictions.

Are there any books that I define for myself as "it's not time to read yet"? Yes, it happens. But in order to understand it, I need to start reading it. If the book didn’t hook me, turned out to be on a topic that is not close to me now, or was written in too complicated a language, I might put it aside. But I will postpone it myself, and not under someone else's pressure.

More than once I have experienced that people who do not know me well are surprised when they find out that I have read this or that book. That is, adults absolutely have ideas about what children usually read at my age. And often these ideas are very strange and far from reality. I think they start from memories of what they themselves read when they were teenagers. Or they rely on their ideas about what we are interested in and need, and what we must be protected from. But, you know, I have never heard from these adults claims to works from the school curriculum. Although, if age restrictions were applied to the classics, then, for example, Pushkin's poem "Winter Evening" would definitely be "18+":

Let's drink, good friend
Of my poor youth,
Let's drink from grief; where is the mug?
Your heart will be happier.

No judgment or description of the harms of alcohol use.


Anna Semerikova, 11 years old, holder of the diploma “Book Expert of the 21st Century”, Moscow

My mother often tells me that I read books not according to my age. Now it's Jane Eyre. Mom thinks this is an adult novel for girls, and I really like it. In addition, the story begins with the childhood and adolescence of the heroine, so this is not an adult book, but quite a teenage one. It is very interesting for teenagers to read about what thoughts and feelings other people have, how they grow and turn into adults. Maybe my mom thinks it won't be good for me to read this too soon, because there might be things in there that I'm scared of, for example.

When someone tells me “it's too early for you to read this”, I still check it myself first whether it's early or not. I'll read a few pages and decide. If I like a book, it doesn't matter what age it is intended for. This was already the case in the third grade with "Eugene Onegin" and with "The Little Mistress of the Big House" this year. But Alan Marshall's book "I can jump over puddles" did not suit me at all, although it had a "12+" marker on it, and I would soon be twelve. It's too boyish a book that my brother likes, not me. So I think that in choosing a book, it is not the age for which it is designed that is important, but the coincidence of the author, hero and reader. For example, in thoughts or in actions. The book becomes like a continuation of your life, and therefore you are interested.

It also happens that I read books “not for my age” in the opposite direction, that is, books of my younger brothers. And not only when I read aloud to them, but just for myself. Sometimes it's so nice to re-read Krivulya, which was given to me at the age of four, or stories about Findus and Petson, or about dad, mom, eight children and a truck. They are so warm, dear, cozy, in them you relax from the complexities of the adult world.


Bogdan Ivanov, 15 years old, holder of the diploma "Book expert of the XXI century", Kurgan

I have never heard from anyone the phrase “It's too early for you to read this book”, because I never asked about it. What for? If I wanted to read something, I just found it and read it without being tormented by questions, early, late, or whatever.

In my opinion, you can understand the timeliness of a book for you only by starting to read it. If you're reading a book and you like it, then it's time to read it. And if the opposite is not the time, it is worth trying another time. Maybe after a while there will be a different impression. But it's not about time, it's about circumstances. Interests, thoughts, mood - all this affects the perception of the book. It is with their changes that changes in attitudes towards certain works are associated. Both short term and long term.

It may turn out that it is too early to read a book today - the mood is not right. And the next day turned out so that the thoughts in your head are different, the mood is different - and the book becomes different for you. And it's not too early to read it, and it's not too late. It's about time.


Polina Zelenova, 16 years old, Diploma "Book Expert of the 21st Century", Zei, Amur Region

under 18), my father recited Eugene Onegin to me. After I was born, I didn't sleep well, and my family couldn't cope with my sleep. My grandmother found a way out - she read Yesenin's "Anna Snegina" to me, Gumilev's exquisite "Giraffe", "Wild Honey" and other magnificent works. Under them, I fell asleep calmly and quickly. I think that today's age restrictions would not scare my relatives, but if the regulatory authorities knew that among my lullabies was Yesenin's "Black Man", and "Do not leave the room . .." by Joseph Brodsky and much more, my parents would risk meeting with guardianship authorities.

At the same time, my further development did not go beyond the usual. At the right time for my age, I read Agniya Barto and Korney Chukovsky, Sergei Mikhalkov and Sasha Cherny, and then - according to the list of literature recommended by teachers. However, there were exceptions: having barely learned how to add letters, I grabbed my mother's books: classics and modern literature.

What did all these books read by me or for me give me? They taught me to appreciate literature, to choose good literature, to read not only the lines, but also between the lines ... And now, when I wonder if I read certain books too early, I am absolutely sure - everything is on time. And my mother, when asked by others about whether it was possible to read this or that work at my age, always answered: “It’s better to let her learn about everything from good books, and not in the gateway. And if you don't understand something, I'll help you. That's what parents are for." And it is not given to me to realize what all sorts of strangers, experts, age restrictions and other prohibitions have to do with it. If parents instilled a love for good literature, you won’t read bad literature yourself.


Daniel Bronsky, 14 years old, holder of the diploma “Book Expert of the 21st Century”, p. Ardon, Bryansk region

In my opinion, nowadays it is generally difficult to protect a child from "harmful" information. Even if books containing such information are completely banned, all the same, on TV, in news that is not limited by age, they show how a schoolboy is hit to death by a car, how terrorists cut off their heads, or how the police round up a brothel. Turn off the TV - the child will learn the same thing on the Internet. Cut off the Internet - classmates will enlighten. And good. A person cannot sit until the age of eighteen, as if in a cocoon, believing that everything in the world is good and joyful. It seems to me that by adolescence, most children already have a little understanding of the dark sides of life. And, accordingly, they have the right to independently decide what they can already read, and what else should be postponed, and no one can restrict this right. Very young children, of course, read what their parents give, this is normal. But forbidding a teenager to read anything, in my opinion, is not worth it, it is enough to advise and warn.

The meaning of the words "It's too early to read this book" can be different. For example, when I said as a child (most often jokingly) that I wanted to read War and Peace or The Divine Comedy, my mother immediately put on a serious face and said that these books were too adult. Apparently, she meant that I would not be able to appreciate the full depth of these works - and, perhaps, she was even right. On another occasion, when my eleven-year-old brother said he wanted to read A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, I noticed that he probably didn't quite understand the age range of these books and what their contents were. I said this because I know that PLiO - with its many brutal murders and explicit scenes, its overall dark mood, and its abundance of complex and intricate storylines - is not at all like the teenage fantasy that my brother loves so much. However, I did not think to forbid him anything, I just warned him. I myself take such advice, if it is justified, calmly.

The age limit markers are, in my opinion, a wonderful guide that at a glance makes it clear what to expect from the book. If there is a sign "16+" or lower, then you can read without fear. The “18+” sign won’t scare me away from reading either, but it will make me think: “Such a high age rating is given for a reason; maybe there are some things in this book that I don't really like - for example, released guts; it is worth finding out more about this book before taking it up. In a word, a convenient system. It is a pity, however, that these signs were made precisely “restrictions”, and not warnings. And the conditions for falling into one category or another are far from always reasonable: I recall the Jackal board game about pirates, which received an age limit of 16+ for a barrel of rum drawn on the playing field.


Maria Mikheeva, 11 years old, holder of the diploma “Book Expert of the 21st Century”, Kazan

I have never been told that “it is too early to read this book”. But I myself believe that any book should be read at its own time. There is even such an expression: “every vegetable has its own time.” If you read a book from which you have already grown, it will no longer be interesting. And if the book is for older children, then it may have too global meaning, which I still do not understand, this requires more life experience. I usually kind of try on books for myself, but it's hard to try on myself, an 11-year-old girl, the experience of, for example, a 17-year-old girl. It turns out you read more for information and say to yourself: “Yeah, this is how it can be.”

I guess that the words “it's too early for you to read this book” might provoke some children and they would still try to read it, thinking that adults want to hide something from them. But if they told me so, I would treat these words with understanding. I know that those who can say such words to me wish me well, and I would listen to their advice. After all, there is no categorical prohibition behind such words, and I can read the book if I want to.

All new books have an age-addressing badge, and of course I automatically pay attention to this badge. Even just out of curiosity. Sometimes it happens that after reading a book, I do not agree with the indicated age category. But I have a lot of books at home that were published back in Soviet times, and there are no such badges there, but such books do not need it. Feel free to pick up any book and read. As a rule, it will definitely be interesting and understandable.

Have I ever decided on my own: “It is too early for me to read this book”? Yes, it happened. For example, I recently read Marina Aromshtam's book When Angels Rest and, although it has a 12+ badge, I thought that I should have read this book later. Why? I don't know... Although I read it quickly, the book is interesting and easy to read. I'm afraid I did not fully understand the global meaning inherent in it. And now I have regret - if this book had fallen into my hands later, it would have been more understandable for me ... After all, in each age category there are a lot of interesting books that you need to have time to read, so why hurry?


Evgeniy Zherbin, 14 years old, Diploma "Book Expert of the 21st Century", St. Petersburg

Yes, it often happens that I am told that it is too early for me to read a book. As a rule, this is due to the presence in the book of "crazy cruelty and violence" in the form of descriptions of combat scenes (everyone knows that combat scenes should never be described, because from this children turn into maniac killers), "perverted pornography" in the form superficial designation of the bed scene (which, of course, will instantly turn the child into a pervert), as well as “swearing” in the form of a couple of curses thrown by the character, which, of course, cannot be heard on the street or anywhere else. Of course, I always pay attention to the age limit. Moreover, when choosing a book, I am guided primarily by him, and not by the author, the plot and the reviews of readers. And it is he who is the indicator that determines whether a book is worth reading or not. Not the quality of the book, but the qualification. After all, if you read a bad book, in the worst case, you simply won’t like it, but if you open something on the cover of which there is a figure that exceeds your age, then the psychological trauma that you, of course, instantly receive, will torment you for the rest life, and no sessions with a psychologist will help you. How glad I am that I managed to read David Grossman's Who to Run With before it was given an 18+, otherwise the drug propaganda contained in this book would undoubtedly have pushed me down this dark path. And I would also like to thank the librarians who gave me "Fugitives" by Neil Shusterman with a rating of "16+", writing the book on my mother's form, but now I'm seriously afraid for my mental health, because the description of the "dismantling" operation ” on donor organs on a living person who is conscious, probably already hurt my psyche.

And if without irony, it seems to me that age qualifications in themselves are a very controversial undertaking. Restricting teenagers from good books because these books contain things that these teenagers will learn anyway if they want to - from classmates or on the Internet - is pretty stupid.


Maria Dorofeeva, 15 years old, holder of the diploma “Book Expert of the 21st Century”, Simferopol

I must have been lucky, because I never heard the phrase “It’s too early for you to read it” from my parents. Maybe it happened because, when I was younger, my reading circle was limited only to the paper library and those e-books that my dad downloaded for me, I was surrounded only by those books that, according to my parents, were already for me. age." Around the age of 12, I began to take books to read, which at that time were popular among teenagers. Almost all of them were not liked by my parents - more in terms of quality (it was mostly mass literature) than in terms of "age restrictions". My dad waited patiently while I figured out for myself why he didn't like them. And finally I understood.

Now, just like when I was a child, I read what I want, choosing books myself. When choosing, I do not pay attention to age restrictions, although in recently published books they are often not inside, but on the cover, and the eye inevitably clings to them. In the old books from my parents' library, age addressing was also present, but it looked completely different than now: “for primary school age”, “for senior school age”. It seems to me that this form is more like a guide than a ban. In the event that an unfamiliar book fell into your hands, acquaintance with it could begin with these recommendations.

While thinking about this question, I noticed that all the boxes of board games on my shelf also have age markings in the form of “10-99” or “12+”. But for board games, it replaces the difficulty scale of the game. If there is a “14+” icon on the box, it means that the mechanics of the game are quite complicated and it is not suitable for a beginner, that is, a person with little gaming experience. And in the case of books, such an icon is perceived precisely as a restriction: you can only read when you turn 14.

I read John Green's 16+ books two years ago. I'm 15 now. I've read many of the books in the "Non-Children's Books" series by Scooter publishing house and "Revolution" by Jennifer Donnelly. These books have "16+" and "18+" restrictions, I saw it on their covers. But it never influenced my choice. Because in the same way, last year I was interested in reading Moni Nielson's books about Tzatziki (6+) and Crassida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon (6+).

It seems to me that I myself have never thought: it is too early for me to read such and such a book because it contains the realities of "adult" life. In fact, here, it seems to me, some kind of internal “tuning fork” sounds, which allows you to hear that books written for adults sound out of tune for children. That is, I simply did not take up reading some “adult” books, because I felt that they were not from my space. Or I started a book and left it after a few pages, because the emotions of the characters were not close to me, or the environment surrounding them was alien.

I would be interested in discussing this topic. Is it possible to consider the age addressing of books conditional (after all, we know books that are habitually called children's books, which were originally written for adults)? Is the child hero a reason to consider a book a children's book? And vice versa, can a book be considered a children's book in which all the characters are adults? Is it possible to focus on the age of the hero of the book, addressing the book to readers of a certain age? In other words, should the age of the characters in the book match the age of its readers? Or, addressing the book to the reader, should we first of all take into account his reading experience, and not his age? Why is all classical literature marked “6+”, and do we really have sufficient reading experience in the 10th grade to study “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy?


Aleksandra Dvoretskaya, 14 years old, Diploma "Book Expert of the 21st Century", Yaroslavl

Sometimes each of us is reminded of our age. Some point to excessive youth, stubbornly poking at the age limit. They say to others: “Well, you are old!” In general, everyone has different boundaries. But I'm most interested in the question, what is there in these books with an age limit of "18+"? Can't say I haven't read them. But, alas, after their careful study, I did not find anything fundamentally new.

The love line, most often, is present in all books, with any age limit. If the main characters with great and pure love are 7 years old, then their feelings are walking, holding hands. Well, if the characters are adults - do not blame me. No, I'm not talking about the book "50 shades of gray", I have not read it. But, in most books marked "18+" sex scenes are mentioned very remotely. Although in general, reproduction is a natural process in human life.

“Blood-guts”, as one sweetest girl said, is already well known to every child. And in general, why is it then allowed to read about the structure of the human body in biology, including studying the paragraph on reproduction, is it allowed? In the eighth grade, students are 13-14 years old, and the information is intended for the 16+ category! What are you going to surprise us with in the book, dismemberment? As if we had not heard how they studied the human body before! This topic is studied in history lessons. There will be more abruptly.

Drugs and alcohol. Favorite topic of any life safety teacher. We also write abstracts on this topic and make reports. That is, you can study in depth at school, but you can’t read on your own? Where is the logic? A little strange.

Cursing. In our world, alas, too many people use obscene language in their speech. I am against swear words. But to create an atmosphere, I consider it acceptable to use simple curses and “indecent” gestures in a work of art.

I don't pay much attention to the age limit. If I like a book, I will read it. Not all topics go well with me. For example, I mastered the book "It's good to be quiet" only the second time. But there is only psychology and a description of phenomena that are quite common in this world. A manual that forever fills your head with examples of what not to do. And if children do not read such books, do not feel the horror of taking drugs and alcohol addiction, I am afraid that their fate may not turn out too well.


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