The Grimm brothers' fairy tales mainly came from the collection of folk tales. At that time, the retro thought in German culture was serious, and many scholars joined in the excavation and reorganization of folk tales, especially the Grimm brothers.

Engels once said that in the northwest of Germany, there are still endless wilderness, lightning passing by in rainy nights and other sad scenes, which are the places where Grimm's fairy tales are produced and the remains in the fairy tales are preserved.

Andersen is a highly creative country, and his fairy tales mostly come from his own creation. It is said in the biography of Andersen that one day Andersen seriously thought about who needed him to write for it most, and his answer was Danish children. Especially the poor children. Because he was once lonely, he had no chance to go to school, no toys or even friends.

In order to make these children's miserable lives a little warm, he wants to bring them beautiful things and make them love life, beauty and truth. He will write some beautiful and realistic works for them. He felt that the literary form that could best express his thoughts was fairy tales, and therefore he began to create fairy tales.

2. In a sense

Fairy tales are mainly aimed at children, so the simple Grimm's fairy tales are close to the fairy tales themselves and are loved by children. Some of Andersen's fairy tales may not be fully understood by children, but they have won more adult readers. Grimm's fairy tales are full of comedies and miracles, while Andersen's fairy tales are full of praise for faith and soul.

3. From the expression technique.

In Grimm's Fairy Tales, inversion is often used, which, as the name implies, violates the established realistic logic and reverses the characteristics of things and the relationship between things to a certain extent. This is corresponding to the logical characteristics of children's thinking, and this expression method is especially in line with children's acceptance psychology.

Grimm's Fairy Tales is a fairyland fairy tale, and everything has completely reversed the original relationship between things for unheard of. The dwarfs in Snow White are not found in real life, and the queen has a magic mirror that can only tell the truth. These are upside down worlds.

However, this reversal has released children's nature and desire to be bound and suppressed in the real world, and at the same time, it has enabled children to satisfy their desire to understand the rights of people in their hearts, forming the unique interest and will of fairy tales.

In Andersen's Fairy Tales, exaggeration is often used. Exaggeration is to consciously enlarge and emphasize some characteristics of the object described, so as to highlight its essential characteristics and enhance the artistic effect.

On the one hand, Andersen highlights the personality of the characters through exaggeration, and on the other hand, with the help of this special image that violates the common sense of reality, he achieves the allegory of reality by absurd means. In The Little Match Girl, the little girl can see what she wants most every time she lights a match, which is extremely exaggerated.

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