Andersen T2 Ng Wan Kay (1)

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HansChristia

nAnderse

n Lee Wing Hong,Stephen 1065 5328Tam Yin Kam, Esther

1065 6146Ng Wan Kay, Wilkin

1065 5840


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Cultural background

18th Century to 19th Century

The Age of Revolutions

Social hierarchy

PeasaNobili


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Hans ChristianAndersen

Born in Denmark

The son of a poor cobbler

and awasherwoman(Lowerclasses)

At 11, his father diedand stayed all tools ofcobbler to him

At 14, he moved toCo enha en to seek

April 2, 1805 August 4, 1875


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Andersen Early Life

Having an excellent soprano voice,he was accepted into the RoyalDanish Theatre, but his voice soon

changed.He met Jonas Collin , and Jonas

Collin adopted him as a son

And sent him to a grammar school(He later said his years in schoolwere the darkest and most bitter ofhis life.)

In his tales, he re eated and varied


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Famous Fairy Tales

The Emperors New Clothes (1837)The Little Match Girl(1848)

The Ugly Duckling (1844)

The Wild Swans (1838) The Little Mermaid (1836)

The steadfast tin soldier(1835)


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Ambivalent feelings

The discourse of his narratives has adistinct ideological bias peculiarlymarred by his ambivalent feelings

toward his social origins and thedominant classes in Denmark

On the one hand, the Collins familyprovided Andersen with a home, andon the other, their criticism and

sobriety made him feel insecure. try


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Writing Style

Mixed popular language or folklinguistic forms with formalclassical speech

introduced so many Christiannotions of God, the Protestant

Ethic and bourgeois enterprise


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Ideology of Andersensfairy talesEssentialist ideology

originates along with theestablishment of those structures

constituting class societies

is a denial of the historicalrelations of an economic,

political, juridical and ideologicalorder which preside over theestablishment of labile power

relationship


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Ideology of Andersensfairy tales

By infusing his tales with generalnotions of the Protestant Ethic andessentialist ideas of natural biologicalorder he devoutly believed that

certain biologically determined peoplewere chosen by divine providence torise above others

Often expresses an unambiguoussympathy especially for people whohave been deprived of their chance ofsuccess because of their humble


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Andersens developmentof tales Andersen initially published his

tales for children and graduallyshifted his attention to adults

Andersen began first bytransforming tales from the oral

tradition and adopting them forbourgeois children and adults

By the early 1840s he very rarely


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Andersens developmentof tales Finn Hauberg Mortensen:

Common threads of Andersens

talesThe manner in which Andersen

revealed the schism in the uniform

bourgeois culture Discourse of the dominated

Consistently rationalized thepower of dominant groups that


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The TravelingCompanion (1837)


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The TravelingCompanion (1837)John, the hero, appears to be

pathetic

Orphan, has just buried his father

When he looks up the sun, it

reveals to him that his father ispraying God to help himThe sun shone magnificently on the

green trees, just as if it would havesaid, You may no longer be


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The TravelingCompanion (1837)

John and the stranger arrive at a citywhere they hear about a beautifulbut terrifying princess.

As soon as he sees her, he fallshelplessly in love with her and

decides to propose to her.

Stranger attaches the swans wings

to his back, makes him invisible, and


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Implication of The travellingCompanion

Bengt Holbek:

In traditional present communities,

magic tales were principallyentertainment for adult people. When they are transplanted to the world

of the children of the bourgeoisie, someextremely important aspects are lost as Ishall try to explain.

The magician was more than likely a


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Implication of The travellingCompanion

Johns mission in life is to show Godhow clean, innocent, and pure he is.

He acts in the name of virtue bybasically following the orders of thestranger, who acts allegedly in Gods

name

John is essentially good and

deserving of reward because he


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Andersens early tales

Focuses on lower-class ordisenfranchised protagonists, who

work their way up and into society

Rise is predicated on their proper

behavior that must correspond to ahigher power

Correct normative behavior reflectsthe values of the bour eoisie


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The reception ofAndersens tales

Tales that were written after 1837

E.g. The Ugly Duckling

In the nineteenth century

Two important factors


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The first factor:

Andersen as a member of the

dominated class could experienceonly dissociation despite entranceinto upper-class circles

He measured his success as a personand artist by standards that were not

of his own social groups making


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The second factor:

Fundamental ambiguity of the

dominated discourse Rationalize the power of the dominated

class so that this power becomeslegitimate and acceptable to those whoare powerless

Vice is generally associated with thepretentious aristocracy and hardly ever

with bourgeois characters.


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The Ugly Duckling (1843)


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Ideologies of The UglyDucklingA parable of Andersens ownsuccess story

Duckling --- Andersen

Had a miserable childhood

Born in lower-classCannot get recognition of his

mother

Have no identity in the family


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You are remarkably ugly. saidthe wild ducks

Youre so ugly that I like you.

said the wild geese

Although duckling is ugly, it hadits unique characteristic whichcan attract others attention.


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Duckling turn to a swan (royalbird)

The inner beauty of duckling

represent Andersens genius ofwriting story

Swan represent his success in

Denmark and European countriesand have a position in upper-class

The new one is the most


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Express a clear disdain for thecommon peoples lot andexplicitly states that to be

humiliated by the upper class isworth more than the trials andtribulations one must sufferamong the lower classes.


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Andersens late works

He reflected on the thwartedrebellions in a number of tales.

They show how Andersen

wavered when he subject himselfto bourgeois and aristocraticdomination

He sum up his views on theconditions of bourgeois aristocratic hegemony

The Gardener and His


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The Gardener and HisMasterGardener Larsen Andersen

Constantly prove himself

But they were not proud of it! Theyfelt that they were the owners, theycould dismiss Larsen if they wantedto .but they didnt, cause they weregood people.

He wrote this tale to ironic hiscareer at the end of his life andcontinued to feel unappreciatedin Denmark.


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The garden with all its produce,e.g. vegetables, fruits

Andersens fairy tales

collectionsThe master, owner of the garden

Andersens patrons, other

upper-class readers in Denmark.He felt unvalued in Denmark and

other European countries

recognized his talents.


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