영어로 읽는 고전 _ 앤드류 랭의 갈색 동화책
"갈색 동화책"(앤드류 랭 저)은 19세기 후반에 편집된 동화 모음집입니다. 이 책은 전 세계 다양한 문화권의 매혹적인 이야기들을 특징으로 하며, 어린이와 성인 모두에게 호소력 있는 다채로운 민간전승을 선보입니다. 이야기들은 모험, 사랑, 그리고 도덕적 교훈이라는 주제들을 아우르며, 독자들을 마법과 경이로 가득한 환상적인 세계로 이끕니다.
"갈색 동화책"의 도입부는 모음집의 기원을 소개하는 서문을 담고 있으며, "장미가 사이프러스에게 한 일"과 "볼-캐리어와 나쁜 자"와 같은 이야기들이 아메리카 원주민, 호주, 아프리카, 페르시아 민간전승을 포함한 다양한 문화권에서 어떻게 수집되었는지 설명합니다. 이는 지리적 차이에도 불구하고 이야기들이 아이들에게 보편적인 매력을 지닌다는 점에 주목하며, 문화를 초월한 스토리텔링의 매력을 강조합니다.
첫 번째 이야기는 사랑에 이끌려 위험한 모험을 떠나는 용감한 타흐마스프 왕자를 소개하며, 아름다운 미흐르-아프루즈 공주가 제시한 수수께끼와 관련된 운명, 가족, 비극의 요소들도 함께 엮어냅니다.
Classics Read in English _ The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
"The Brown Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang is a collection of fairy tales edited during the late 19th century. It features enchanting stories from various cultures around the world, showcasing a diverse array of folklore that appeals to children and adults alike. The tales encompass themes of adventure, love, and moral lessons, drawing readers into fantastical worlds filled with magic and wonder. The opening of "The Brown Fairy Book" contains a preface that introduces the collection's origin, explaining how tales like “What the Rose Did to the Cypress” and “Ball-Carrier and the Bad One” were gathered from different cultures?including Red Indian, Australian, African, and Persian folklore. It highlights the charm of storytelling across cultures, noting that despite geographical differences, the stories have universal appeal to children. The initial story introduces the brave Prince Tahmasp, who embarks on a perilous quest motivated by love, while also weaving in elements of fate, family, and tragedy related to a riddle posed by the beautiful Princess Mihr-afruz.
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At the place where the prince intended to hunt he saw a most beautiful deer. He ordered that it should not be killed, but trapped or captured with a noose. The deer looked about for a place where he might escape from the ring of the beaters, and spied one unwatched close to the prince himself. It bounded high and leaped right over his head, got out of the ring, and tore like the eastern wind into the waste. The prince put spurs to his horse and pursued it; and was soon lost to the sight of his followers. Until the world-lighting sun stood above his head in the zenith he did not take his eyes off the deer; suddenly it disappeared behind some rising ground, and with all his search he could not find any further trace of it. He was now drenched in sweat, and he breathed with pain; and his horse’s tongue hung from its mouth with thirst. He dismounted and toiled on, with bridle on arm, praying and casting himself on the mercy of heaven. Then his horse fell and surrendered its life to God. On and on he went across the sandy waste, weeping and with burning breast, till at length a hill rose into sight. He mustered his strength and climbed to the top, and there he found a giant tree whose foot kept firm the wrinkled earth, and whose crest touched the very heaven. Its branches had put forth a glory of leaves, and there were grass and a spring underneath it, and flowers of many colours.
