As a world-class master of fairy tales, Andersen wrote 2 12 fairy tales in his life. These works translated into more than 65,438+000 languages have now spread all over the world, making him the "king of fairy tales" with the most readers.
Among the world's fairy tale writers, Andersen stands out because he opened a new era of fairy tale literature. The biggest difference between him and the previous fairy tale writers is that he let fairy tales go beyond the simple arrangement and retelling of folk stories, directly draw materials from the treasures of real life, and through his spiritual techniques and poetic language, he created a series of excellent fairy tales that really touched the readers' souls, setting an insurmountable peak for future generations. In his immortal masterpieces, such as The Little Match Girl, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Daughter of the Sea and The Ugly Duckling, the beautiful wings of literature are inserted with a thoughtful philosophy of observing society, exploring life and enlightening the soul. In his fairy tales, falsehood, evil and ugliness are exposed and lashed, but more praise and yearning for truth, goodness and beauty, thus giving people a warm, healthy and upward force like the rising sun. He strongly denied the existing system with his beautiful fantasy, and showed people living in darkness a future world full of love and sympathy, kindness and sincerity, equality and justice. Literature can cultivate sentiment and sublimate life. Reading Andersen's fairy tales, we get a sense of tranquility and an understanding of beautiful human nature. This is also the fundamental reason why Andersen's fairy tales can last for a long time, fit the present and the future, and become classics.
Literature knows no borders. In China, Andersen's name is almost a household name. In the past century, his fairy tales have influenced several generations of China readers. Today, these fairy tales still play a unique role in nourishing children's ideological morality, aesthetic taste and spiritual realm. At the end of last year, the Shanghai Communist Youth League Committee and the media jointly conducted a "Touch the Future" assessment among nearly 10,000 minors. Andersen's fairy tales, together with The Journey to the West, Notre Dame and How Steel was Tempered, rank among the top ten masterpieces. This surprising result shows that the philosophy of life contained in Andersen's fairy tales is easily accepted by minors and becomes their standard for distinguishing right from wrong. Although times have changed, the most touching thing in literary works is the description of life parting, compassion and the power of morality, wisdom and beauty, which can be found in Andersen's fairy tales.
The commemoration of Andersen is a spiritual review, which is particularly necessary and valuable in the period of social transformation. When the contrast between the richness of material wealth and the lack of spiritual world is getting bigger and bigger, we will have a deeper feeling when we recall those things with eternal value written by Andersen. In the process of building a harmonious society with democracy and legal system, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, stability and order, Andersen's masterpieces still have the function of awakening and inspiring the "soul". Just as Ye Junjian, the famous translator who first systematically translated and introduced Andersen's fairy tales to China readers, said, "This kind of fairy tale, which still has a little primitive color, still has great practical significance for us today-even for today's socialist people. This is also the success of Andersen's fairy tales, which makes their themes and artistic skills stand the test of time and become eternal. Such works are as great as masterpieces written by some masters for adults. " Perhaps this is the significance of our advocacy of revisiting the classics. Andersen's fairy tales are not only to enrich children's spiritual life, but also to inspire adults. Therefore, they are loved not only by children but also by adults. However, his fairy tales have the characteristics that ordinary adult literature lacks: rich fantasy, naive conception and simple sense of humor. These are rooted in real life. Many of his well-known fairy tales have this feature. Such as Nighthawk, The Princess on the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes, Shepherdess, The Chimney Sweeper, etc. Are full of rich flavor of life. In his fairy tales, he enthusiastically expressed his love, care and respect for human dignity and praise for human progress. For example, Daughter of the Sea.