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P4 - Pinocchio

Why ?

 

Exemplary and simple story.

It's an initiatory tale move from the state of a child to the autonomy of an adult

it shows happy experiences, but also unhappy ones, it does not hide the truth.

It also shows that in life it is necessary to alternate principles of pleasure and principles of reality (duties)

Like many tales, passage from an initial state to a final state thanks to a transformation.

wooden puppet ---> quest for autonomy ---> real little boy

Diagram and analysis

  1. Pinocchio is a puppet who must be wise and obedient

    2. He undergoes two qualifying tests 

                             the first one :the puppet theater

he transgresses the rule ---> punishment ---> he obtains forgiveness (progress) back to square one

                            the second:in magic land

same scenario: he has to go to school--->transgression--->punishment--->flees to his house--->he finds his house

            3.redemptive ordeal

                            the third:Pinocchio takes his destiny in hand, there he makes a decision (he goes in search of his father in danger) he risks his life for his father

          _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_  4. the reward

he becomes a real little boy. The child is satisfied

Analysis of the first two episodes :

transgression of family and social demands.

The punishment is progressive.

The only way out is the family, the return home (morality)

Analysis of the last episode :

He wakes up adult, he is capable of personal initiatives and risk-taking (fear is overcome) there is no pleasure.

heroic act. He shows himself father of the father (he saves his father)

The symbolic metamorphosis the passage from death to resurrection.

Return other. (Jonas and the whale cf bible)

Any disobedience to the laws is punished and forgiveness brings back to the initial state

(in religion)

The tale insists on the fact that it is the individual himself who makes his salvation.

Social point of view:

respect for the norms of society (work-school)

It is rather an anti-pedagogical tale because education is a series of personal experiences.

Individual point of view:

Any personal evolution is due to a problem situation of the individual. The quest is long towards adulthood and total autonomy.

Characters

 

  1. The hero (one and only from start to finish)

the hero receives a very clear contract, dictated by the fairy - what is at stake is his autonomy.

He is a hero who appeals to children because he does not only have qualities. He's not an overly positive hero. He has the initiative, not too submissive, courageous, he takes risks, naive, he trusts too much, he suffers two failures before the redemptive test.

The redemptive ordeal is pleasant because it is the child who saves the life.

The child can easily identify.

 

   2. The many characters

The additives :

Those who help Pinocchio to acquire his autonomy Geppetto, the fairy, Jimminy –

All have qualities that appeal to children: generous, competent, wise, thoughtful, they forgive and succeed in their projects.

Opponents:

They have to divert Pinocchio from the right path, they are really evil.

      _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad animal fox (cat_whale)

        -ou des hommes (Stromboli , the magician)

They contradict the action of others.

They have very clear strengths (magical power, cunning or strength) and seem to succeed in the first two episodes. The bad guys seem to win twice.

Fairly conventional thematic roles

  3. Places, objects, themed

Security :Geppetto's house (shelter)

the greatest danger:the sea

the transgression appears in the place of spectacle and magic.

danger - through corruption but also gluttony.

the punishment :imprisonment

bodily harm (the donkey)

the transfiguration is done thanks to the magic wand.

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Pinocchio          _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         quêteur  _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_     _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_     passes from childhood to adulthood

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Jimminy          _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_   advisor  _cc78190 5-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_     conscience - morals

les animaux          _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_                     _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_    agresseurs      _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_     _cc78 1905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_        tentation

Stomboli - magicien - baleine        agresseurs  _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_           _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_         _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_     _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ punishment

Pedagogical exploitation

 

 

Bracket:the text, the album or the film

Objectives (2 to 4 years)
1. understanding of roles (recognizing the different characters)
2. classify the characters according to their role with the hero
3. sequentiality. Cause and effect relationship. Sequence 

Procedure

Reading without commentary over several days and presentation of the images, after each session answering the children's questions.

Draw the hero Pinocchio - together determine the elements that characterize him.


For episode 2

Get the children to identify with the hero - motor activity - because the passage is difficult to understand (the motor activities were centered on this episode)

Manual activities

Making Pinocchio's hat (all the kids were Pinocchio at the same time)

 

Assessing understanding(in small groups) 

  • labels with characters and intruders:

classify the characters who are in the tale

  • sheet with characters: 

cross out all the bad guys (more difficult for 2 year olds, + confusion)

  • complete pictures

Put the characters back in their place (Geppetto in the belly of the whale, Pinocchio in the cage...)

  • history timeline

presentation of images in chronological order individually by asking

"what happens next?"

Extensions:

  • Study of animals for better representation (documentary research, films, slides, etc.)

  • Realization of an articulated puppet(body image)

  • Theatrical staging of the tale

  • Realization of a large billboard

Pinocchio... from Guillermo del Toro

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro revisits Carlo Collodi's tale about a puppet that magically comes to life to soothe the heart of a woodcarver named Geppetto.

This stop-motion musical fantasy epic directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the adventures of mischievous and disobedient Pinocchio as he searches for his place in the world.

This new movie is not made for childrenand shows another face of the hero, more faithful to the original tale. Here, Pinocchio disobeys and has nothing of the model little boy.

The story is transposed into a specific political context: the Italy of Mussolini. Guillermo del Toro recounts the rise of facism in his own way and confronts the figure of Pinocchio with the horrors of war.

 

link to Allociné

Discovery of the animal world... the whale
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