Briefwechsel zwischen Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm aus der Jugendzeit

This book explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. The book reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world—the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands of wonderful folk and fairy tales poured into books throughout Europe and have kept coming. The book looks at the transformation of the Grimms' tales into children's literature, the Americanization of the tales, the “Grimm” aspects of contemporary tales, and the tales' utopian impulses. It shows that the Grimms were not the first scholars to turn their attention to folk tales, but were vital in expanding readership and setting the high standards for folk-tale collecting that continue through the current era. The book concludes with a look at contemporary adaptations of the tales and raises questions about authenticity, target audience, and consumerism. The book examines the lasting universal influence of two brothers and their collected tales on today's storytelling world.

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DEUTSCHES WÖRTERBUCH von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm

Revista Letras ◽

10.5380/rel.v34i0.19305 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

Author(s):

Petra B. Romanus

Keyword(s):

Wilhelm Grimm

Es hat über 100 Jahre gedauert bis das "Deutsche Wörterbuch" von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm der Öffentlichkeitübergeben werden konnte. Am Wörterbuch, konzipiert und angefangen von den Brüdern Grimm, haben Generationenvon Philologen gearbeitet, bis es zum grössten und vollständigsten Nachschlagewerk der deutschen Sprachewurde. Es wird heute als das Jahrhundertwerk der deutschen Sprache bezeichnet.Aus den 6 Bänden und einigen Jahren Arbeitszeit, wie die Brüder das Unternehmen berechnet hatten, wurden über 30 Bände in einer Zeltspanne von mehr als 100 Jahren. Das Material zum Wörterbuch stammt zum grössten Teü von den Brüdern, die schon zu ihren Lebzeiten mehr als 30 Helfer hatten. Andere Verpflichtungen von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, politische Unruhen, Kriege und Inflationen haben immer wieder die Fertigstellung des Werkes, 1839 angefangen, verzögert. 1852 konnte endlich die 1. Lieferungzum Wörterbuch erscheinen. Die Brüder selbst konnten nur die Buchstaben A B C D und F bis zum Wort Furcht fertigstellen; dann nahm ihnen der Tod die Feder aus der Hand.Das vollständige Werk, eine gewaltige Leistung von Wissenschaftlern aus dem Westen und Osten Deutschlands, besitzt in 38 Bänden die Bundesuniversitat von Paraná, vielleicht als einzige in Lateinamerika.

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Karel Štrekelj and His Unpublished Collection of Slovenian Folktales

Fabula ◽

10.1515/fabula-2017-0026 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 58 (3-4) ◽

Author(s):

Monika Kropej Telban

Keyword(s):

Folk Songs ◽

Folk Tales ◽

Folklore Studies ◽

Arduous Task ◽

Scientific Edition ◽

History Of ◽

Scientific Attention ◽

Historical Grammar ◽

History Of Literature ◽

Wilhelm Grimm

Abstract:Karel Štrekelj (1859–1912), a prominent Slovenian folklorist and philologist, published among other a scientific edition of Slovenian Folk Songs and was also the first to introduce the term »folklore« to Slovenian humanities. He focused his scientific attention on dialects, etymology, historical grammar, and history of literature but his greatest contribution was to the field of folklore studies and ethnology. While he published the collection of folk songs, the manuscripts of folk tales have remained unpublished. These tales had been sent to him by collectors from different parts of the Slovenian ethnic territory. Although Štrekelj did intend to publish them in a critical edition of Slovenian folktales and legends his untimely death prevented him from starting to organize this extensive material. He already created some basic criteria for such an arduous task, and intended to contact his Czech colleague Jiři Polívka in Prague for further instructions. In comparison with other major yet older collections of this type, for example those published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksander Nikolaevič Affanasev, and Vuk Karadžić it may be said that Slovenian folktales from Štrekelj's legacy are unquestionably of great importance for the Slovenian nation though.

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