重新寻找安徒生童话的源头--《海的女儿》来自对《温婷娜》的传承和创新

作者发现安徒生童话《海的女儿》直接传承于德国浪漫主义作家富凯的名作《温婷娜》、尽管先于它23年的《温婷娜》对后世同样影响深远。《海的女儿》作为安徒生第一批原创性的童话代表之作,它的成功将童话创作探索期的安徒生顺利推向了童话创作的荆棘路。《温婷娜》和《海的女儿》两个作品没有孰高孰低之分,一个是繁复成就了丰富;一个是简单造就了深刻。安徒生在富凯的基础上成功地完成了一场全新的艺术创造。这篇童话的成功是安徒生童话减法法则的胜利。

Subtraction Principle of Andersen's Fairy Tales

The Little Sea Maid written by Andersen succeeded and developed the famous work Undine by Fouqu, a German romantic writer, which came out 23 years earlier than the former and influenced the later generations just as deeply as the former. The Little Sea Maid, which was one of the author's first originally created magnum opus, successfully led Andersen, who was researching the fairy tales, to the way of fairy tales full of glory and thorn. This fairy tale succeeded in Subtraction Principle created by Andersen. Undine, which is heavy and complicated, and The Little Sea Maid, which is simple and profound, are both masterpieces. Andersen succeeded in a brand new creation based on Fouqu's achievement.