No :-) I mean, there must have been some reading in school tho, and I have been read to as a kid oc, so I remember the gist of the most famous stories, but I know other ‘fairytale’ authors just as well/little as HCA.
I can’t remember how many stories he wrote, but it’s a lot. With the little memory i have, I have a weak sense that he was actually more of a philosopher/critic and just wrote societal criticism as children stories. ‘Emperors new clothes’ is an obvious example of real life behavior.
Anyway, I suspect that I would need to go back to Authors at least 70 years if I want to skip the worst US liberal influence, and even more to get rid of UK influence. Not sure how much Danish culture we really have in our canon - or if I just don’t like my anglo/saxon danish culture that much. Maybe the latter.
I would rather look at Chinese/Russian/whatever culture, so I could learn thoughts and ideas far removed from the anglo/saxon western nightmare.
at least 70 years if I want to skip the worst US liberal influence, and even more to get rid of UK influence. Not sure how much Danish culture we really have in our canon - or if I just don’t like my anglo/saxon danish culture that much. Maybe the latter.
Bad news for you lol: Germanophilia is a big theme in 18th and 19th-century Danish literature
I haven’t looked at my county’s canon (Denmark), but tbh I assume it’s mostly neo-liberal propaganda by now, so i’m not in a hurry to explore…
You haven’t read Hans Christian Andersen?
No :-) I mean, there must have been some reading in school tho, and I have been read to as a kid oc, so I remember the gist of the most famous stories, but I know other ‘fairytale’ authors just as well/little as HCA.
I can’t remember how many stories he wrote, but it’s a lot. With the little memory i have, I have a weak sense that he was actually more of a philosopher/critic and just wrote societal criticism as children stories. ‘Emperors new clothes’ is an obvious example of real life behavior.
Anyway, I suspect that I would need to go back to Authors at least 70 years if I want to skip the worst US liberal influence, and even more to get rid of UK influence. Not sure how much Danish culture we really have in our canon - or if I just don’t like my anglo/saxon danish culture that much. Maybe the latter.
I would rather look at Chinese/Russian/whatever culture, so I could learn thoughts and ideas far removed from the anglo/saxon western nightmare.
I’m rambling a bit and need to sleep. Cheers :)
Bad news for you lol: Germanophilia is a big theme in 18th and 19th-century Danish literature