Christopher martin Vilander (1733- 18 13), 18, the main representative of German Yerokoko literature in the 8th century, was a famous writer during the Enlightenment. He should be said to be a pioneer of his time: he was the editor-in-chief of German Courier, one of the most influential literary magazines during the German Enlightenment, wrote the first full-length enlightenment novel and the first blank poetic drama in the history of German literature, and was the first person in Germany to translate a large number of Shakespeare's works in German, which brought great shock to the literary world, which is one of the reasons why Biberach called it "the name".

Christopher martin Vilander,1733 65438+February 5, 2003, was born into a family of priests in a small town called Schwaben near Bibella. He was deeply influenced by religion since he was a child, so his early creation was mainly religious poems. At that time, he was young and a "friend of the Swiss school", and for this reason, he was satirized by Goethe in his later years. 1749 went to tubingen university to study law. 1752- 1758, he accepted Bodmer's invitation to Zurich and later became a tutor in Nepal. This experience gave him great gains: because he met Rousseau's girlfriend Yuli Bodley there, it had a great influence on the development of his ideas and artistic concepts. He is an employee of this city, and the people of Bieber Lah are still proud of him. Vilander was a poet during the Enlightenment. At the same time, the citizens of Biberach were already open and diversified, and these two concepts were still new words in German at that time. In this way, Shakespeare's first German edition was staged in Schwaben province. "His flexibility, simplicity, vividness and fluency are priceless to readers and writers in his own country." This became the main basis for Herder, Goethe and Schiller to understand Shakespeare.

1765 after his marriage, his creation has undergone tremendous changes: from religious fanaticism to the glory of salon nobles. He became a hedonist who loved life, believing that truth lies in the senses and morality lies in the joy of life. The style of the work has also become relaxed and lively, but it does not give up the "seriousness" of the Germans. Because "elegant hedonism philosophy is not suitable for the German character; They give this philosophy a dogmatic nature, and what makes it attractive is lightness and liveliness. "

1769, Vilander was a professor of philosophy at erfurt university. It was in this important period that a very important German national novel, The Golden Mirror, was published. The novel The Golden Mirror expresses Vilander's views on national and political issues. It is such a novel that made Vilander famous, especially by the nobles of Weimar Palace. Because of this novel, he came to Weimar at the invitation of Queen Weimar in 1773 and became the literature teacher of Karl August, Duke of Weimar. Auguste, who is about to become the prince of Weimar, regards the golden mirror as his "dressing mirror", and Vilander has also become the "teacher of the king".

During Weimar period, Vilander met Goethe, Herder and Schiller. These important connections are attributed to the young Weimar Queen-Anna Amalia, who became a widow at the age of 0/9 and became the regent of her son Carl August. People call her Duchess Anna Amalia. She is versatile, loves literature, painting and art, and attaches great importance to Carl's education in this field. Therefore, since Carl was a child, she hired famous teachers to gather Weimar everywhere. Vilander and Herder were her guests, and Goethe met Karl. 1775, Goethe (26 years old) came to Weimar at the invitation of Karl August, who was several years younger than him. The two became close friends, and Goethe made Weimar his home. Vilander lived in Weimar from 1773 until his death in 18 13. Wittumspalais, located in the theatre square, is now not only a display of Anna's former residence and the aristocratic costumes popular at that time, but also a museum in Vilander.

At this stage, Vilander became the editor-in-chief of a German literary magazine "German Messenger". With the support of famous writers such as Goethe, Schiller and Herder, the establishment of this magazine promoted Weimar to become a concentration place of German literary superstars to some extent. From 65438 to 0785, Vilander founded the periodical "Literary Report", which became an important publication in the transition period from German literature to classical literature and romantic literature.

Vilander created many works in his life, including epics, novels and short stories. As a famous novelist in18th century, his novels include: nature conquers fanatical fantasy or Don Silvio's The Adventures of Rosa Sava (Der sige der nature über die Schw? Rmerey, Oder Die aben the uer des don sylvio von Rosalva, 1764), Agathon's story (Geschichte des Agathon, 1766- 1767), Golden Mirror or King Xie An (Derdoldne Spiegel, oderdie). Nige von Scheschian, 1772) The Story of the Residents of Abdullah City (Die Abderiten, 178 1), Beregrinus-Proteus (Geheime Geschkic des Peregrinus, 17965434). In addition, Vilander also has the famous epic oberon (oberon, 1780) and the collection of fairy tales "Ginny Stan".

In Vilander's collection of fairy tales Goldstein (1786- 1789), there is a fairy tale called Lulu, Ode de Zabo Flatt, which was adapted into the opera de Zabo Flatt by Sikanide after 1780.

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