The riddle genre in preschool education discourse: on genre transformation

The present article is devoted to the research of the transformation of the riddle genre which functions in the discourse of preschool education. The riddle displays some stereotype models of perception of the objects of reality. These stereotype models include the main attributes of objects, which are understood as basic in the society. The main purpose of the discourse of preschool education is to give children some ideas about the world around them, particularly, to form an idea about the reality of things and their main attributes. So, kindergarten teachers often use the riddle to illustrate a new material or revise the old one. There are some kinds of changes in riddles in preschool education discourse. Traditionally, riddles describe substantive realities as house ware, animals, vegetables, and so on. At the moment there are many riddles about abstract ideas, particularly, riddles about national state symbols: national flag, national emblem, and national anthem. These riddles are used in pre-schools in the class of "Patriotic Education of the Child". Using of the riddles is aimed at creating the axiological perception of their own country and the formation of the concept of "Homeland". Riddles form a stereotypical view of the state symbols emphasizing attributes such as relevance to the realities of human importance for the life of every citizen of the country. Also riddles of the discourse of preschool education have such a feature of an object as its nomenclature. The idea of naming the objects of the world is part of the basic information that preschool education must give to a child. At the lessons of patriotic education they also use traditional riddles describing the unofficial symbols of the country: birch, chamomile, matryoshka doll. Traditional riddles form stereotype images of objects, highlighting such features as the location of the object, its appearance, the action performed. Different types of riddles allow to present the image of "Homeland" from different angles. So, the riddle genre is widely used in the discourse of preschool education for illustration or revision of the material. The riddle is aimed at the formation of stereotypes of the realities of life. In the discourse of preschool education there prevail riddles of various types. Part of the modern riddles undergo some changes associated with their functioning in the discourse.

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