Information about Andersen and the little match girl
Andersen's personal profile
Andersen was born in a poor shoemaker's family in odense, and his childhood was poor. My father is a shoemaker and my mother is a servant. I studied in a charity school and was an apprentice in my early years. Influenced by his father and folk oral literature, he loved literature since childhood.
Andersen's literary career began with 1822 writing plays. After entering the university, the creation has become increasingly mature. He has published travel notes, musical comedies, poetry collections and poetic dramas. The novel Impromptu Poet published by 1833 has won him an international reputation and is his masterpiece of adult literature.
Extended data
Characteristics of Andersen's fairy tales in different periods
Early fairy tales are full of beautiful fantasy and optimistic spirit, which embodies the combination of realism and romanticism. Representative works include Light Box, Little Flower, Thumbelina, Daughter of the Sea, Wild Swan, Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes 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 beauty, it shows the persistent pursuit of a better life, and also reveals the melancholy mood of lack of self-confidence. Representative works include Little Match Girl, Dairy Queen, Shadow, A Drop of Water, Mother's Story and Puppet Actor.
Fairy tales in the later period are more realistic than those in the middle period, focusing on describing the tragic 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 and Lucky Beauty.
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