The protagonist of Little Red Riding Hood got her name from the red hood she always wore. Brothers Grimm Version Summary The sick grandmother and the wolf Likewise, the wolf is an explicit reference to evil men, with perverse desires towards girls. The figure of the wolf as a real threat derives from the deaths of shepherds caused by dogs (very common in those times). However, the Little Red Riding Hood Perrault's was not specifically directed at children, because society had a very different approach to childhood than it is today. The main message of the text is to intimidate reckless or very naughty children by representing the wolf as a real danger.
This seventeenth century version has clear indications of the aristocratic idiosyncrasy of the court of Louis XIV - to which Perrault belonged - in combination with some elements of the French folk tradition. Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault Try Kindle Unlimited for free: million books for you In fact, they became the precursors to the first volume of the German Dictionary and - due to the complexity of the language - it was not completed until the 1960s. Apart from their renowned literary collections, the Brothers Grimm published didactic (pedagogical) texts and works on linguistic research. Then, from 1840 on, they remained in Berlin as members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. They moved to the University of Göttingen in 1829. On the other hand, Jacob chose the meticulous study of the philology of the German language. Wilhelm Grimm was mainly dedicated to research work related to medieval culture.
There they created ties of close friendship with the poet Clemens Brentano and the historian Friedrich Karl von Savigny, friendships that would be key to their compilation works.īrentano was also a folklorist, probably his influence was key in the criteria of the brothers grimm regarding the superiority of popular narrative over cultured literature. They completed a law degree at the University of Marburg.
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