Andersen's Fairy Tales is a monument in the history of children's literature, which has conquered the hearts of readers in Denmark and all over the world with its unique charm. The images created by Andersen in fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling, The Daughter of the Sea, The Nightingale, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Firm Tin Soldier have brought people the edification of beauty and the sublimation of emotion. Fairy tales, as a literary style, reached its peak in Andersen.
Andersen (185-1875) was a famous Danish fairy tale writer in the 19th century and the founder of world literature fairy tales. He was born in a poor family in Denmark. His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a laundryman. Influenced by his father and folk oral literature, he loved literature since childhood. At the age of 11, my father died of illness and my mother remarried. In pursuit of art, he came to Copenhagen alone at the age of 14. After eight years of struggle, I finally showed my talent in the poetic drama Alfsol. Therefore, he was sent by the Royal Art Theatre to Srager Segrammar School and Helsinki School for free. It lasted five years.
In p>1828, Andersen was promoted to the University of Gorhagen. After graduation, I have never had a job, and I mainly rely on the manuscript fee to make a living. In 1838, he won a writer's prize, and the state allocated him a non-official allowance in 2 yuan every year. Andersen was never married, and died on August 4, 1875 at the home of merchant friend Melchior.
Andersen's literary career began in 1822. In his early days, he mainly wrote poems and plays. After entering the university, the creative purpose became mature. He has published travel notes, musical comedies, poetry collections and poetic dramas. In 1833, the novel Impromptu Poet was published, which won him an international reputation and was his masterpiece of adult literature.
"In order to strive for the future generation", Andersen decided to write fairy tales for children and published Stories for Children. In the following years, a collection of such fairy tales was published every Christmas. Later, he continued to publish new works, and it was not until 1872 that he gradually stopped writing because of cancer. In the past 4 years, * * * has written 168 fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales have a unique artistic style, namely poetic beauty and comic humor. The former is the dominant style, which is mostly reflected in eulogistic fairy tales, while the latter is mostly reflected in satirical fairy tales.
Andersen's creation can be divided into three periods: early, middle and late. Early fairy tales are full of beautiful fantasy and optimistic spirit, which embodies the combination of realism and romanticism. Representative works include Lightbox, Flowers with Little Meaning, Thumbelina, Daughter of the Sea, Wild Swan, Ugly Duckling and so on. In the middle fairy tale, the fantasy component is weakened and the reality component is relatively enhanced. In lashing ugliness and praising goodness, it shows the persistent pursuit of a better life and also reveals the melancholy mood of lack of confidence. His representative works include The Little Match Girl, Snow White, Shadow, A Drop of Water, Mother's Story, The Puppet Show Man and so on. The late fairy tales are more realistic than the mid-period, focusing on describing the miserable fate of the bottom people and exposing the coldness and darkness of social life and the injustice of the world. The tone of the work is low. Representative works include Dream under the Willow, She is a Waste, Nightcap of a Bachelor, Lucky Belle and so on.