Throughout Hans Christian Andersen’s lifetime, there was one thing constant he was looking for: fame. Andersen worked very hard to be known and be remembered as an artist. As readers expose themselves to his works, they learn how Andersen continuously craved for success through the main characters of his tales. His desire for being well-known came with drawbacks; Andersen’s four tales (“The Professor and the Flea,” “The Shadow,” “Psyche,” and “Auntie Toothache”) delve into his endless personal challenges, involving pressure, anxiety, rejection, and mortality. “The Professor and the Flea” explores an adventurous relationship between an artist and his art. In this tale, the professor embodies the artist and the flea signifies the art (Lecture 13.2). Andersen’s initial struggle is mirrored when the artist and his art must stay together. This tale illustrates how the flea (art) supports the professor in order to survive. In this case, the professor (artist) has to rely on the flea, just like Andersen relied on his tales in order to become famous. This is where Andersen started to inform his readers how he felt pressured to create tales that would be …show more content…
“The Psyche” is one of the tales where Andersen shares the story of an artist trying to find the meaning of life, become famous and be loved. These goals are not easy to achieve as an artist, especially when artists are rejected. “The Psyche” is a “story where Andersen deals with the artist’s pain in a serious manner,” (Lecture 13.3) after being rejected by the people around him. The pain of being rejected affected him negatively, since he felt useless as an artist. Like the young artist in the tale, rejection led Andersen to believe that “[m]an belongs to the world of reality, not to the world of the imagination” (Haugaard, 790). Although Andersen believed this, his creativity left a legacy. His art established an impact he never
There are many writers that write poems and books with the same styles. This essay will compare the styles of Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle and the fictional Pet Fly by Walter Mosley.
Another example of Art's psyche coming out in the book is at his psychiatrist's, Pavel, office. Pavel is a survivor like his father and mother where, he helps Art to deal with issue that have come from being the child of a survivor.
---. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.. Ed. Chester G. Anderson. New York: Viking Penguin, 1977.
While his life was building up to the moment he became rich off of his creativity, it helped him become the man he is today. No matter how unique his life has been, one thing has been a constant in his life, along with many others; He was influenced by the color and personality shown through a piece of art, which was the intent in the first place.
Introduction Franz Kappus, a 19-year old student, wanted to solicit a career advice and a literary critique for the poems he had written (“Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet” 1). Kappus solicited the advice and critique of Rainer Maria Rilke, a pioneer Austrian poet (“Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet” 1). Rilke wrote ten letters in order to provide assistance to the needs of Kappus. These letters were in Rilke’s work, entitled, “Letters to a Young Poet. ” There are numerous advantages and complication in the humanistic approaches to the study of psychology.
Poe’s frightening stories acts as helpful inspiration for entertainment in the present, and for many years to come. The timeless relevance of his work, and its merciless scrutiny of the human condition, solidifies its place in history and its position of high admiration. In conclusion, the extraordinary-fleeting-tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe will forever remain on record as the tale of an orphan, a gentleman, a soldier, and one of the most prominent literary figures in American history.
Moldenhauer, Joseph. “Murder as a Fine Art: Basic Connections between Poe’s Aesthetics, Psychology, and Moral Vision.” PMLA. 83. 2 (1968): 284-297. Modern Language Association. Web. 28 March 2014.
Although difficult and challenging, I have compared and contrasted the works of two American Poets, Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson, based on literary elements used in their writings. Their differences both in style and subject are contradictory to the fact that both Poe and Dickinson are writers/poets of the same personal nature. The use of literary elements showcase the iconic statuses of the writings created by such reserved yet fame dependent poets such as Poe and Dickinson. To an extent, their chosen elements are what create their uniqueness. Further, it establishes a uniform perception that they are similar yet different poets of the personal essence. Through their writings, readers are able to grasp the concept that they are rarely drawn to the fact their lives were perfect. Dickinson seemed to be a writer of distinct but subtle characteristics. Poe, on the other hand, was considered to be a writer filled with a dependancy on fame and fortune.
A 1949 study of 113 German artists, writers, architects, and composers was one of the first to undertake an extensive, in-depth investigation of both artists and their relatives. Although two-thirds of the 113 artists and writers were "psychically normal," there were more suicides and "insane and neurotic" individuals in the artistic group than could be expected in the general population, with the highest rates of psychiatric abnormality found in poets (50%) and musicians (38%). (1) Many other similar tests revealed th...
In both Hans Christian Andersons “The Little Mermaid,” and Disney’s version of the story, the main character— a young and beautiful mermaid— waits anxiously for her fifteenth birthday to venture from her father’s underwater castle to the world above the water. As the story carries on the mermaids priorities change; her modest and selfless nature is revealed towards the end in Andersen’s version. However, Disney’s version encompasses a rather shallow ending and plot throughout. The theme found in comparing the two versions reveal that Andersen’s substance trumps Disney’s entertainment factor in fairy tales.
As many authors use other rhetorical devices to give a meaning to a work in many pieces of literature, a rhetor will use juxtaposition in order to enhance an idea or elicit a certain emotion which gives the main idea of the work support. When deciding on what would best fit his story, Andersen used juxtaposition in order to give an emotion of endearment for the two main characters, the tin soldier and the paper dancer. He also uses manipulative techniques to enhance his text, thereby avoiding the insipid droll of other playful writers of his time. An example of the use of juxtaposition makes itself known when Andersen describes the difference between the tin soldier...
Psychological criticism is known as the type of criticism that analyses the writer’s work within the realms of Freud’s psychological theories. Such approach can be used when trying to reconstruct an author’s position throughout their literary writings, as well as understanding whom the author was and how their mind created such works. When considering the work of Emily Dickinson, psychoanalytic criticism comes into play with the role of explaining the many meanings behind her poetry, as to make the reader relate to such poetry on a deeper level or not to who she was as a human being.
As James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man unfolds, the central theme of isolation and rejection becomes evident. From birth to adolescence, the protagonist of the story, Stephen Dedalus, responds to his experiences throughout life with actions of rejection and isolation. He rebels against his environment and isolates himself in schoolwork, family, religion and his art, successively. James Joyce uses Stephen Dedalus' responses of isolation and rejection to illustrate the journey that the artist must take to achieve adulthood.
Edgar Allen Poe was most notably recognized as an intellectual writer. Poe’s most famous works include “The Raven” as well as “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Poe had quite a few other pieces of literature that may not have been as prominent as the formerly mentioned works, but their Gothic moods and dark tones were certainly on par as a collective whole. This critical analysis will focus on just one of Poe’s literary works, “The Oval Portrait” and how the messages and themes presented within this work carry over into the modern society of today.
James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man presents an account of the formative years of aspiring author Stephen Dedalus. "The very title of the novel suggests that Joyce's focus throughout will be those aspects of the young man's life that are key to his artistic development" (Drew 276). Each event in Stephen's life -- from the opening story of the moocow to his experiences with religion and the university -- contributes to his growth as an artist. Central to the experiences of Stephen's life are, of course, the people with whom he interacts, and of primary importance among these people are women, who, as his story progresses, prove to be a driving force behind Stephen's art.