What is a fairy tale?

Fairy tales are a genre of children's literature. Through rich imagination, fantasy and exaggeration, stories suitable for children's appreciation are written.

From the perspective of expression, fairy tales can be roughly divided into three types: superman fairy tales, humanoid fairy tales and normal fairy tales. But these three are not completely separated, and sometimes they are interrelated. In other words, in a fairy tale, there may be both normal and humanoid expressions. Wait, wait.

Fairy tales can be divided into scientific fairy tales and literary fairy tales from the perspective of subject matter. The usual "fairy tale" defaults to "literary fairy tale".

Four fairy tales: Andersen's fairy tale, Grimm's fairy tale, Happy Prince, Arabian Nights (also known as Arabian Nights).

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Fantasy is the basic feature of fairy tales, and it is also a special artistic means for fairy tales to reflect life. Fairy tales mainly describe virtual things and realms, in which the "characters" are not real imaginary images, and the stories told are impossible. But all kinds of fantasies in fairy tales are rooted in reality and a reflection of life.

The biggest feature of fairy tales is to endow animals, plants and other objects with rich imagination and feelings. At the same time, fairy tales always take evil and good to extremes. Generally speaking, bad people are bad and good people are good. Good people are kind, bad people are vicious.

Fairy tales are different from ordinary novels and stories. With the help of the power of fantasy, they can make all kinds of ordinary people and phenomena we usually see show extraordinary brilliance and open a "fantasy world" for young readers. The fantasy in fairy tales can transcend the limitation of time and space and move freely in a fairyland that is also virtual and real, and seems to be true or not.

The fantasy in fairy tales seems to be free, but it can be buried instantly. It can be written as a fairy, a devil, a resurrection from the dead, and immortality. Even insects, fish, birds and animals can have human thoughts and behaviors ... which are impossible in our real world. But in fact, fairy tales are fantasy in one hand and real in the other. There are wonderful stories that are full of temptations for children and add more colors to childhood.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Fairy Tales (Story Style)