The Folk Culture and Cultural Identity in Grimm's Fairy Tales

摘要

Grimm's Fairy Tales covers almost the entire contents of the folklore motif, including animal stories, personal stories, monster stories, jokes and anecdotes. It is a rare model for the study on folk literature. From the perspective of cultural identity, the German folk culture characteristics shown in this legendary literary works were analyzed, with particular attention to the culture-shaped political significance and cultural value of the work.