The writing background of "Alice in Wonderland":
At the end of the 18th century, the German Sturm Movement internalized the Sturm und Drang spirit of the French Revolution into the ideological and cultural fields, emphasizing passion and respecting individuality. A call to break free from the shackles of reality in the spiritual realm. It is precisely in this way that under the influence of romanticism, children's literature has moved towards the liberation of emotions and imagination, making fantasy novels return to children's books.
The novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was written around 1864. It tried to break through the single model of European and American children's novels for the purpose of education at the same time, affirming children's imagination and creativity, and using children's passion and logic reveal a dream-like world. This unique perspective and concept determines the surrealist dream of this work. No matter from the pictures, lines to characters, reality and art are intertwined and dependent on each other.
Influence of the work
In 1865, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was published and became a great success. At the same time, it has epoch-making significance in the history of British children's literature. The British "Encyclopedia Britannica" believes that Carroll's fairy tales and "humorous epics" have raised the so-called absurd literature to the highest level.
Not only children like to read "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", but many adults also regard it as a classic, including the famous writer Oscar Wilde and the then-reigning Queen Victoria. This book has been translated into at least 125 languages ??and reprinted more than 300 times by the mid-20th century. Its popularity is second only to the Bible and Shakespeare's works. Carroll, who was originally a mathematics teacher, became a world-famous fairy tale. master.