| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
''Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' (original title: ''Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer'') is a German children's novel written by Michael Ende. Published in 1960, it became one of the most successful German children's books in the postwar era〔Julia Voss, ("Lang lebe der König von Jimballa" ) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved July 31, 2011 〕 after having first been rejected by a dozen publishers.〔Verena Hütter, ("All the Best, Jim Button! The "fine little chap" turns 50" ) Goethe Institut Translation: Jonathan Uhlaner. (November 2010). Retrieved August 4, 2011〕 It received the German Young Literature Prize in 1961 and has been translated into 33 languages.〔 Its huge success later spawned the sequel ''Jim Button and the Wild 13'' (original title: ''Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13'').
Michael Ende grew up in Nazi Germany. His father, Edgar Ende, a painter, was banned as "degenerate" in 1936.〔(Book review of ''Darwins Jim Knopf'' by Julia Voss ) Kultiversum.de "Im Zickzack durch Lummerland" (2009). Retrieved August 4, 2011 〕 Ende began writing the story in 1956 to provide a contrast to the Nazis' racist ideology and their misuse of the theory of evolution.〔Julia Voss, ("Jim Knopf rettet die Evolutionstheorie" ) ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (December 16, 2008). Retrieved July 31, 2011 〕 In a 1991 radio interview, he stated, "The idea of racism and racial discrimination came from further consideration of Darwin's theories." Quoting Nazi euphemisms, he added, "The 'extermination of lives unworthy of life' and 'concentration camps'."〔
Ende did not see his book as a children's book,〔Martin Wittmann, ("Nazis raus aus Lummerland" ) ''Fokus'' magazine (August 9, 2010). Retrieved July 31, 2011 〕 but just wrote it for himself.〔("Auf der Insel mit zwei Bergen" ) ''Fokus'' magazine (August 4, 2010). Retrieved July 31, 2011 〕 He based the title character on Jemmy Button, a native Fuegian who, as a teenager in the 19th century, was sold for a mother-of-pearl button and taken to England. He later returned to his homeland on the HMS Beagle, by way of the Galapagos Islands, along with fellow passenger Charles Darwin, who later wrote about the episode.
That Ende's book was full of Nazi symbols and imagery turned on their head, and that its English references stemmed from his interest in Darwin was unknown until late 2008, when Julia Voss, a German journalist, published an article in the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' revealing the story's background. Voss cites aspects of Ende's book and of English colonialism, showing their similarity. Her examples of Nazi education and indoctrination, as well as information about Ende's own experiences with it, reveal the sources that inspired him.
== Plot ==
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|