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The theme of community has perhaps never been of a more vital
significance than in our present day and age. The process we refer
to as modernity has been synonymous with the gradual fragmentation
and disintegration of traditional communities on various levels of
our societies. Today, we might be facing the culmination of this
process. The spectres of nationalism are undermining various
national and international communities. Inequality is on the rise.
If people unite it is too often in the mistrust and sometimes
hatred of other people. Hans Christian Andersen lived at a time
when this process was at its early stages, and he was acutely aware
of its potential perils. Alongside the transformations of
traditional communities, other communities seem to appear. A
recurring element in these culturally specific communities is
literature, and Hans Christian Andersen is a key figure here, as
his literary and cultural legacy has a magnetic effect on people
around the globe. A vivid example of this effect was the conference
Hans Christian Andersen and Community. The conference was held at
the University of Southern Denmark in 2017 to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of Hans Christian Andersens status as honourary citizen
in Odense. This book presents a selection of 19 contributions to
the conference. In various ways, each chapter activates the concept
of community in relation to Andersen as an author and as a citizen
of the world he lived in as well as the cultural icon which he has
become.
Hans Christian Andersen is known and loved throughout modern China.
With his fairy tales and other stories, the Danish author builds a
bridge of imagination, sympathy, and human warmth between people
and readers, between Chinese and Danes. This collection of studies
is the result of an exceptional working relationship between
researchers from Fudan University in Shanghai and the University of
Southern Denmark in Odense, initiated during a gathering in
Shanghai in 2011 to launch a research project on "The Global
Significance of Hans Christian Andersen." The book deals with
Andersen's significance, unmatched for a transnational author, in
China, and with the first translations of his tales by which, a
century ago, he was introduced to Chinese readers. It provides
insights from a variety of literary, cultural, and political
perspectives. Above all, the book bears witness to a common
engagement with the task of achieving insight and understanding.
(Series: Studies in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures - Vol.
120)
At the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense the writer's trunk
is on display. It is worn and dusty, for Andersen loved to travel
and was often off on some journey. Everywhere he came, he stud-ied
people and collected impressions that he later transformed into
characters and places in his immor-tal fairy-tales. And, unlike the
trunk, his fairy-tales never wear out, but remain as relevant and
gripping today as they were 150 years ago. In this book we have
collected 15 of Andersen's short tales, some of which are extremely
well-known, others less so. What the tales all share is that apart
from telling a particular story they also describe people's
thoughts, actions and dreams. Each of the fairy-tales is provided
with a commentary from a researcher at the Hans Christian Andersen
Centre, University of Southern Denmark, as well as a brand-new
illustration.
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