A brief analysis of foreign literary works in Andersen's Fairy Tales
The masterpiece of Andersen (185-1875), a Danish fairy tale master in the 19th century. The collection of Andersen's fairy tales permeates the spirit of democracy and humanitarianism, and many beautiful fairy tales contain profound thinking significance. First of all, Andersen's fairy tales expose and criticize the ugly nature of the ruling class's brutality, stupidity and greed. In The Emperor's New Clothes, Andersen described an arrogant and stupid emperor who was naked but thought he was wearing gorgeous new clothes. In "Night Camp", the author laughed at an extremely stupid emperor who sang the croaking of cows as a nightingale. There is also the master who pushed the goose-herding woman down the swamp like "Each in His Right Place"; The prince who tramples on farmland, burns down farmhouses, women and children, and wants to conquer the world in The Vicious Prince; In Wild Swan, the bishop who punished the person he suspected by burning at will; The princess in "Pig Shepherd" who received a hundred kisses from the pig herder she mocked for a small toy, and so on. Andersen hated these rulers who rode on the people's heads and despised these stupid, selfish and arrogant lords, satirizing and exposing them with a series of vivid and interesting plots. Secondly, Andersen's fairy tales attacked the corruption of the world, from criticizing social evils to criticizing sinful societies. "Big Klaus and Little Klaus" tore open the ugly painting of little Klaus who lived by deception and blackmail; Beetle satirizes the social morality of men and women; Shadow reveals the social reality that things are upside down and shadows are even more popular than people. "Dream under the Willow" describes a love tragedy that originated from the exploitation of the social system ... Andersen, with his sharp pen, dealt a heavy blow to the society where black and white are upside down, intrigued, subservient and filled with poisonous fog. Thirdly, Andersen's fairy tales reflect the sufferings and misfortunes of the lower class, and enthusiastically praise the noble character of the working people. Andersen described the poor little girl who died tragically by the side of the road (The Little Match Girl) with full sadness. Described a washerwoman who was seriously ill and washed clothes in cold water in cold winter and autumn, and eventually died of poverty and illness and fatigue ("She is a waste"); Described the tailor's wife who had to sew her clothes with the cover on the coffin of the dead because she had no money to buy cloth (The Story of Old Johnny); Described a hardworking and kind little gardener who was constantly punished by his master (Gardener and Master). Andersen's fairy tales sharply reflect the sufferings and misfortunes of the lower classes and criticize the old system. At the same time, he also enthusiastically praised the working people's yearning for a better life, their wisdom, creative spirit and pure and beautiful love. The little mermaid in The Daughter of the Sea sacrifices everything for her ideal. The swan in The Ugly Duckling yearns for the light without being kept captive. Thumbelina in Thumbelina loves the bright sun and the flowers that symbolize a better life. Dillo in "Ice Girl" is fearless and tenacious; The faithful and firm love of the tin soldiers in The Firm Tin Soldiers.
The strong appeal of Andersen's fairy tales comes from its profound ideological content and exquisite artistic expression. Andersen introduced children's psychology, imagination, feeling, thinking and interest into fairy tales. Through these to show the spotless childlike innocence world. To this end, he mobilized various artistic techniques such as comparison, fantasy, metaphor and exaggeration to expand his thinking in images. In his works, both living things and inanimate things can have human feelings, so they have great appeal to children. Andersen's fairy tales have a poetic mood, sincere enthusiasm and rich imagination. Some of his excellent fairy tales are full of poetry and painting, creating a changeable realm, which makes people fascinated. Andersen also created a kind of fairy tale genre like talking to readers, and its form is not unique. There are folk stories, folk poems, fables, short stories, essays, prose poems and so on. His fairy tale language is simple and accurate, beautiful and vivid, like flowing water, smooth and natural. However, it must be pointed out that there are also some negative factors in Andersen's fairy tales, such as pessimistic mood and fatalism.