SlightlyTalk about contrasting nursery rhymes
Contrast is a common expression technique in the creation of literature (including children's rhymes), which is to compare opposing things or two aspects of things together, so that readers can distinguish between good and bad, distinguish right from wrong, and feel good and bad in comparison. The use of contrasting techniques is conducive to fully showing the contradictions of things, highlighting the essential characteristics of things, making the image more distinct, feeling stronger, and more impressive, giving people lessons and enlightenment.
Compared with other forms of children's songs, there are relatively few children's songs, such as "Internet Surfing" (Qi Wankai): "Little spider, go to the Internet." What web? Spider web. What do you do online? Go online to find rations. Xiao Gang, go to the Internet. What web? Internet. What do you do online? Go surfing the Internet. Through the contrast between spiders and gangs, spider webs and the Internet, and even the upper and lower directions, the low and high levels of the starting point, etc., the work vividly shows the world difference between the traditional spider surfing the Internet only for the sake of satisfying the stomach and the modern Xiaogang pursuing science online, which shows that we must keep pace with the times, love science, and be a good son in the new era.
Compared with children's songs, they can be divided into two categories: alternating and segmented.
Alternate is to alternately express the two objects to be represented. For example, "Cars and Airplanes" (Xu Lang): "Cars tick ticks, airplanes buzz." Cars run on the ground, airplanes run in the air. The car looks up at the airplane, and the airplane looks like a little dragonfly. The plane looked down at the car, and the car looked like a small beetle. The author alternates the expression of the car and the airplane, from the contrast of sound to the contrast of position, and then to the contrast of perspective and feeling, and comprehensively uses the sense of hearing, perspective and feeling, coupled with the appropriate metaphor, to clearly show the different characteristics of the two means of transportation, the car and the airplane, which is very helpful for children to learn to distinguish and master the relevant knowledge of cars and airplanes.
Segmentation is to divide the children's rhyme into more than two paragraphs, write an object in one paragraph, and compare it before and after.
Two-part comparison of children's songs is more common, such as "Little Jiaojiao" (Ding song): Xiao Jiaojiao, timid, saw a caterpillar, mother and mother called; Baby chickens, running in, swallowing caterpillars in one bite, giggling. Through contrast, the nursery rhyme vividly portrays the image of the timid little Jiaojiao and the brave baby chicken, which is impressive and enlightening to the child: even the baby chicken is not afraid of small insects, are we still afraid? So, be as brave as a baby chicken.
Another example is "Kiss a Kiss" (Chen Min): Kiss a good mother, Well, it's so fragrant! Kiss good dad, ahaha, beard pricked mouth! Through contrast, the use of smell and touch in the nursery rhyme vividly reflects the different characteristics of mom and dad's faces, giving different feelings to "me", and the gentleness of mom and the strictness of dad are very obvious from the feeling. Let's look at the children's song "Red Envelope" (Wang Yuanbing): "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the doll laughed happily. The director of the tax office received the red envelope, and his hands trembled and his heart jumped." is the same "receiving red envelopes on the first day of the Lunar New Year", a "doll laughs happily", and a "hand trembling and heartbeat". Why? The author does not tell the reader, intriguing. Parents can add that they should not ask for what they should not want, otherwise "their hands will tremble and their hearts will skip a beat." ”
The three-part form is less than a children's rhyme, such as "Learn to Swim" (Gao Endao): "I stand by the water, and the water waves laugh at me: Afraid! Fear! Fear! I took off my shirt, and the waves beckoned to me: Down! Under! Under! I jumped into the water, and the waves cheered me up: Row! Scratch! Scratch! "The work contrasts the anthropomorphic water waves' attitudes towards my different stages of performance, and vividly shows my growth and progress from timidity and fear to trial and experience.
From the above examples, it is not difficult to see that the contrast nursery rhymes present several distinctive characteristics:
First, there should be two or more objects or two or more aspects of an object. There should be a clear distinction between the objects, otherwise the shapes will not be contrasted.
Second, in paragraphs, it is generally used in segments, and most of them are two-paragraphs, with a clear and vivid image before and after. And it's better to have four sentences in a paragraph, otherwise it's not very clear. As mentioned above, "Red Envelopes" is the same as "receiving red envelopes on the first day of the Lunar New Year", a "doll laughs happily", and a "hand trembling and heartbeat". Why? The author does not explain, the child does not understand. Therefore, nursery rhymes should be understood as soon as they are heard. Two sentences are not enough, so two more sentences will come.
Third, in terms of sentence structure, it should be symmetrical or roughly symmetrical, with one object saying a few words and another object also saying a few words. "Red Envelope" is two sentences, "Learn to Swim" is three sentences, and "Internet Online" is four sentences. Generally speaking, four sentences are the majority. In addition, one object speaks of a certain aspect, and the other object also speaks of a certain aspect. For example, "Internet" says Internet access; "Kiss a Kiss" all says kiss a kiss; "Red Envelopes" all say that red envelopes are accepted.
Fourth, in terms of content, we must make a comparison in a certain aspect, such as good and bad, right and wrong, good and bad, high and low, elegant and vulgar, etc. Otherwise, not really a contrasting nursery rhyme. "Little Jiaojiao" is a contrast between timidity and bravery, which is a comparison of advantages and disadvantages.
Recently, an author wrote a comparative children's song "Selling Fruit": "Grandpa was busy selling fruits, and sold a small basket in one day. My brother also sells the Big Apple, and sits at the front of the computer desk. Today the mouse clicks, tomorrow the car will come to grab the fruit. ”
According to the analysis of the above characteristics of the comparative children's rhyme, the advantages of the comparative children's rhyme are in line with or roughly in line with the comparative children's rhyme.
The first, second and third characteristics, especially in the content, through comparison, prominently show that online sales are much better than traditional sales, and have a distinct character of the times.
But there are also several problems with the song:
One is that the object selection is not accurate. The work is written in the voice of a child, and the "brother" is too young compared with the grandfather, which does not conform to the objective reality, and can be replaced with "dad".
The second is sentence asymmetry. The first object is two sentences, and the latter object is four sentences. In view of the ambiguity of the two sentences, it could be expanded to four sentences.
The third is the aspect of contrast, which is comprehensive and vivid enough in the description and portrayal.
Therefore, the author tried to make the following changes:
Selling apples": "Grandpa made it difficult to sell apples, and saw passers-by shouting. The throat shouting hoarse effect is poor, and only a small basket is sold a day. Dad also sells the Big Apple, and sits at the front of the computer desk. The mouse is silent, and the car ticks to grab the fruit. ”
In this way, there are characters, scenes, sounds, and feelings, not only the comparison between the old and the young, the comparison between the farming era and the Internet era, the comparison between traditional sales channels and modern online shopping methods, the comparison of sales effects, and the comparison of status, sound, and tools, the works appear to be fuller, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and the picture is lifelike and ready to come out, which enhances the artistic effect and appeal of the work.
It is not difficult to create a contrasting children's rhyme, as long as you master the above methods, you can write a contrasting children's rhyme that meets the standards, highlighting what you see, think, and think.
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