tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099363488280675328.post2481127972089450860..comments2023-10-06T04:49:05.127-04:00Comments on KrautBlog: Talking Animals in the Grimms' Fairy TalesUlrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099363488280675328.post-79630271657948485352012-08-02T17:38:45.971-04:002012-08-02T17:38:45.971-04:00@Marlene: My post on Ubbelohde will appear soon--i...@Marlene: My post on Ubbelohde will appear soon--if not today, then tomorrow.<br /><br />@Clare: If the deconstructivists told us anything lasting, it's that a piece of literature has not a single 'correct' interpretation. I find it perfectly legitimate to read the stories I'm talking about as fables about master-servant relations--the animals are stand-ins for people. <br /><br />But one can also read them as expressions of sympathy with the animals <b>as animals</b>. That's how they struck me--the older I get, the more distraught I'm getting about the horrible fate animals are still subjected to all over the world--I can't even open the PETA magazine I'm getting every month...Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099363488280675328.post-68556289372627762892012-08-02T17:09:02.470-04:002012-08-02T17:09:02.470-04:00I was really interested in the way a lot of the st...I was really interested in the way a lot of the stories start with an animal no longer useful. I wrote about servants, and one of the thesises that I considered and then rejected was that these animals were standing for loyal servants coming to the end of their career.<br /><br />I suppose every good story starts with a major upheaval, and there are few more major than redundancy.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13411950678231892082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3099363488280675328.post-27891433777439359662012-08-02T16:45:15.916-04:002012-08-02T16:45:15.916-04:00What a perfectly wonderful illustration. I'm n...What a perfectly wonderful illustration. I'm not an especially visual person--and hate the term visual learner--but the illustration you posted pulled me right in enough so that I went and read the stories. Your analysis of "The Bremen Town Musicians" along with "The House in the Forest," is great, convincing and clear. Maybe consider periodically review German poems or other fairy tales? You have a knack for it.Marlenenoreply@blogger.com