lørdag den 11. juni 2011

Duckling - ugly or cruel?

Introduction:

The Danish writing style has changed much through history. The themes, explanations and writing style itself as being written today has changed, and much more has been permitted. This may have a connection with our social development, which I will highlight in my job from the following problem formulation:

"Which view of human and social conditions underlying the Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Ugly Duckling? And how one interprets the modern author as Rune T. Kidde to compare these conditions for a modern duckling / man? "

HCA:

Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805, and died in 1875. He was born and entered his childhood steps in Odense, where he lived with his mother, father and half sister. Andersen had a very poor school attendance, and often changed schools. After his father's death in 1816 he fumes at poor schools, which form really has brought his later problems with spelling.

In 1819-1822 was Hans Christian Andersen at the theater school in Copenhagen, where he also received instruction in Danish, Latin and German. Subsequently, he received more education, and in 1828 he took studentereksamenen at Copenhagen University. After that he traveled much, which has inspired him much to his writing style and themes in his stories. Especially Germany, he visited often. These trips are also one of the reasons for his great international success. Italy HCA felt very inspired, especially nature, life and art.

Andersen was very famous in the Danish princes, and often came at the Danish manors. Although his writing is very in enevældekulturen, he wrote the modern in relation to contemporary writers. He disagreed with Adam Oehlenschläger statement that romantic cult of the past: a golden top, from where we are sjunkne, but must re-up. [1] HC Andersen, however, believes that literature is in full development, and future revolutions would dominate the . Literature tended to follow the future development of purely industrial, but also the development of society purely social. HCA also lived in a time of much development. It is often said that Andersen was a child of two cities, two social environments, two worlds and two eras. In this statement is obviously referred to his life in Odense and Copenhagen, respectively, which are cities with very different cultures, but also life in both home and abroad affected his writing style. HCA will also shift from a low social strata, the higher social strata of affluent people including the royal ranks. He was known as I said at the High, which has characterized his texts, both directly and indirectly. [2] that a poor person could suddenly become relatively affluent and well regarded, was very atypical for this period and can be a way to say HC Andersen breaks with the social heritage.

Rune T. Kidde:

Rune T. Kidde was born 27 September 1957 in Dalum to Odense. After living 5 years with his grandfather, moved Rune and his parents to Faldsled south of Fyn. Runes father was a cartoonist and painter, and his mother made pottery, theater, and was altogether a very creative person. Rune T. Kidde was very inspired by his father, and learned much about business agreements and arrangements through her father's bad experiences and different publishers tough opposition.

Resistance is also something Rune T. Kidde has marked much - especially after he became blind. But he would not give up, and agreed with himself that he would give himself a year to find out whether he could continue as a cartoonist and writer. This proved fortunately possible.

Rune T. Kidde says in the book Æ ventyrlige Rune T. Kidde [3] that he always felt different. His thoughts ran in the other lanes, and he did nothing more than the other children. He lived in his own little fantasy world, and dreamed of other values than the others. These dreams have subsequently evolved into a myriad of drawings, series, and especially his development of the Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Rune T. Kidde has always been fascinated by Andersen, as he is very creative, and they made things different. He did not follow standards, which is probably something Rune T. Kidde has been able to get in touch with. In addition, he also agrees with Andersen that stories must be retold, but just in other ways. And this has Rune T. Kidde, among other things done in his many books on Sweet Sally sugar-and other nasty tale where the ugly duckling also derived. In these stories he doing a more contemporary version of the old tales, and are often very critical in those societies. [4] He is not afraid to speak negatively about our community, but tells the naked truth.

The Ugly Duckling:

Out in the country in the beautiful sunny nature was a andemor to save. Finally, the eggs hatch, with one exception. After some time hatched recently. Pup was big and ugly, but the mother still held by it and wanted it out to swim along with its siblings. The Ugly Duckling swam better than some of the other counts, and had such a right attitude, the mother was proud.

The mother presents all her ducklings in the farmyard, but the only other ducks noticed was the ugly duckling. The bed and teased it, but the mother defended it by telling how good it was to swim. The others were still continued to tease, and eventually ran the little ducklings away, flew over the fence, and met some wild ducks. Wild ducks were indifferent to that he was ugly. Subsequently survived the ugly duckling, both sitting with a hunting dog, but also meeting with a cat and a hen. Eventually meetings the ugly duckling a flock of swans and think they were incredibly beautiful. The duckling thought they would kill him, but still swam over to them. Here he discovered that he was not an ugly bird, but a beautiful swan. It was now accepted by the others, which it had never dreamed of when it was an ugly duckling. [5]

Fable fairytale The Ugly Duckling is told chronologically from an omniscient 3rd person narrator.

HCA creates a lot of contrasts in his story, like the story of the beautiful scenery at the start, unlike the duck farm which is much more rugged and raw. There are of course also the main point of the story - namely, the ugly duckling development from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. The Ugly Duckling is also based on the difference between good and evil, then dualism [6], in the shape of ducks teasing opposite habits warm welcome.

One of the main key points HCA generates in his story is that we are a product of our heritage. "It is nothing to be born in a duck yard, if you simply have lain in a svaneæg." [7] HCA therefore believe that we are governed by our genes, and will not be affected by our surroundings and environment in such a degree it has an effect on us. Although the ugly duckling grew up among the ducks were minced and teased, it will still end up as a beautiful swan, because it comes from a svaneæg.

Widely considered the ugly duckling is based on Andersen's own life and his problems with being different. I also believe also his contemporaries have also influenced the story. The Ugly Duckling was published in 1843, and therefore fall under the literary period romance. Some individual characteristics of this period is the detailed description of nature but also love and education was a major part. [8] These are issues which all appear in The Ugly Duckling; andemor loves his count, even though it looks different. And Andersen's description of nature at the beginning of the adventure is as idyllic as anything else. In addition, draws an ugly duckling at a grand tour to find out who it really is, which also was typical for this period.

The ugly duckling:

Vacation season has begun, and the Germans are starting to come with all their junk for the holidays can be perfect. In the middle of all this chaos, by an old applied engineering, is a blyforgiftet duck on nest. All her eggs break, with one exception. Andemor would do something about the problem and therefore the egg rolls into the backyard where there is a waste grinder. She put the egg in the mill, and shortly after smoking a young out. It was so ugly that it looked like a scrubbing brush, and swimming it did not. But andemor would now present it to the farmyard anyway, but the only response she gets is: "It was a grim count." The ugly duckling did not care and just wanted to join the Hells Duckling. But on the way out to find Hells duckling, the ugly duckling meetings a lot of obstacles. The meetings among other fox terrier Fingelbert and hamsters Humperdinck, who both live with an old hag. They're both very jealous of the ugly duckling, because they also want to be a member of the Hells Duckling. But when Fingelbert is so good to lay eggs, they stay with the bitch. Like Hells Duckling they have a desire for speed, and when they do not have any motorcycles they releasing it instead through the wheel from the old woman's vacuum cleaner set on a bathroom scales.

The ugly duckling leaving Fingelbert and Humperdinck. After being frozen inside a couple of months in a snowdrift, draw it to Bølle Balle Hills, where the Hells Duckling out for. But when the ugly duckling finally find Hells Duckling, ends not as it had dreamed about. As they sit and eat some cake, they become irritated at the duckling, and shoot it. [9]

The ugly duckling is told chronologically from an omniscient 3.person 's telling.

Like Hans Christian Andersen's Rune T. Kidde also a sense that we are either a product of our environment or our heritage. But in the ugly duckling 's case is a little harder to figure out, and there are several interpretation possibilities. The following quotation: "It is nothing to be born in the farmyard, where one has only lain in a Hells duck eggs (...)" [10] can have multiple meanings. One possibility is if you think it's something positive to have lain in a Hells duck eggs. In this case I have chosen to go in and compare with our present, and look at the Hells Angels (which Rune T. Kidde course refers to). And from this I think it must seen as something negative to have lain in a Hells duck eggs. Another factor that plays into that interpretation of the word `only`. If you choose to interpret it as `just`, so when you just have lain in a Hells duck eggs - so it can be seen as something positive, so we should probably do it as long as you have been in a Hells duck eggs.

But on the other hand, Rune T. Kidde also only have written this to provoke, which is a hallmark of Rune T. Kiddes writing style. It could also be that he in his own ironic and witty style, making up with Andersen's idyllic traditional ideas. Sally sugar-sweet and other horrid tale written for children and young at heart, and children would rather have a good funny story rather than the serious idyllic.

Comparison of the ugly duckling and The Ugly Duckling:

Since the ugly duckling is a reinterpretation of The Ugly Duckling, there is obviously some similarities between them. This applies notably their one start: "It was so lovely out in the country" - but also several episodes in the tales are similar. This applies among other spot where an old duck passes, both ducks come to a bog, etc. But there are also similarities with small differences i. In The Ugly Duckling meetings duckling a cat and a hen, while the ugly duckling meetings and a hamster a dog. These examples are just a few of the many similarities between the two stories.

But of course there is also a lot of differences between the two stories, some authors due to different years of life. When Hans Christian Andersen at the beginning of The Ugly Duckling refers to nature: ".. the grain was yellow, green oats, hay was brought in stacks in the meadows .." [11] is the characteristic of his time. The Ugly Duckling was published in 1843, a time which we know as lush and beautiful scenery. Whereas today we know nature as Rune T. Kidde describes it: "It was holiday season, and the Germans had just arrived with their air mattresses, tents and villas BMW'er (...) In a sunny spot stood a disused engineering works with poisoned groundwater around, and who grew nothing but thistles and nettles, and in the middle of the thorns were a blyforgiftet duck on already. "[12] This quote describes our nature today - very well under stress and polluted.

In The Ugly Duckling Duckling draws out of a formation journey to find himself. While the ugly duckling goes out to find a club, a unity it can be a part of. Today we are highly interdependent, and we need people around us. We create our own personality and behavior through knowledge and experiences with others.

One of the main aspects of the comparison of the two stories I think are heritage and environment. Both Andersen and Rune T. Kidde write their stories based on the idea that we are influenced by our heritage. However, I think that Rune T. Kidde has written the story so freely that if you want it will also be able to interpret the environment. I personally think this sounds more like the time we live in now. Just because both your parents are not high school educated, has written a PhD, or have any other kind of education does not mean that you have no chance of it. You are not born to walk in your parents' footsteps. Instead lets you influence your friends, your surroundings, then the environment you are in. It is affecting you make the decisions you make. Of course you can discuss about our parents is not also a part of our environment. But in modern times we live in, we now spend so little time with our parents, our friends' influence is more important.

Hans Christian Andersen, by contrast, written history as we are influenced by our heritage. This fits extremely well with his contemporaries, as it then was mostly the same as one's parents. Was your father threw you were even a smith, was your mom cook, you were even cook. And in Andersen's case, he's also followed his inheritance, since both his parents were artists.

Conclusion:

Apart from my job, I can conclude that due to Andersen and Rune T. Kiddes different life periods, significant differences in their stories.

As Andersen grew up in the 1900s, he was influenced by contemporary human and social conditions. It was influenced by your legacy, and it was not considered acceptable to go another route. But the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling is also written from the romantic traits. Romanticism presented including emphasis on love and training, which has great significance in the story.

Rune T. Kidde also reflects much time. Not specifically in terms of writing style, as he has his very own writing style, but in the form of descriptions of nature. Nature is not described idyllic and beautiful as HCA makes, but as polluted and stressful. According to Rune T. Kidde, we are not so subject to our heritage as we have been. We are rather influenced by our environment and surroundings