TRIZ Textbooks:  CID Course for Children, 1-2W4
Topic 4.  Constructor for Fairy Tales
     (Propp's Cards)
Fairy Tales School:
Course of Creative Imagination Development (CID), 
1st Grade, 2nd Semester, Children Workbook
Natalia V. Rubina, 1999 [published in Russian]
English translation by Irina Dolina, March 13, 2001
Technical Editing by Toru Nakagawa, May 1, 2001
Published in this "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" in English on May 9, 2001 under the permission of the Author. 
(C) N.V.Rubina, I. Dolina, T. Nakagawa, 2001

 
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Topic 4.  Constructor for Fairy Tales
 (Propp's Cards)



     Let's clarify what the constructor is.
     And what is the constructor for the fairy tales?

     Today we are going to learn how to make fairy tales…
     Let's remember the popular fairy tales, find the examples to each card.  The examples are in the end of the book  (See Appendix 3).  Now draw how you see a situation of each card.
 
 

1.  Absence of a family member 







 
2.  Interdiction imposed on the character







 
3.  Violation of the interdiction







 
4.  Act of sabbotage (or a shortage)







 

 
5.  Obtaining a magic article (a grantor)







 
6.  Beginning resistence







 
7.  Problem is being eliminated







 
8.  Return of the character







 
9.  The character is offered a difficult assignment 






 
10.  Victory, gift, happiness







 

     Try to compose a fairy tale about your class, using Propp's cards.

 
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            Make a picture of the fairy tale of your class.

     We know already what happens if one "spoils" the fairy tale.  And what will happen if one will "break" the constructor for the fairy tales?
     Shufle Propp's cards.
     Choose the character for a new fairy tale.
     Try to compose a fairy tale, using a "mixed up" constructor.

 
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               Draw illustrations to your fairy tale.


 
 
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