WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who considered their/his projects of collecting folktales and developing the German language as part of the wider effort to oppose French domination and create a German national identity?
A
The Grimm Brothers
B
Johann Gottfried Herder
C
Otto Von Bismarck
D
Duke Metternich
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Grimm brothers were born in the German city of Hanau in 1785 and 1786 respectively. They collected folktales and considered their projects of collecting folk-tales and developing the German language as part of the wider effort to oppose French domination and create a German national identity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two hundred years ago, two young German librarians by the names of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a collection of tales that would become one of the most influential works of folklore in Germany, Europe, and eventually the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Grimm brothers, namely Jacob and Wilhelm Grim, born in Hanau, a German city, wrote ‘Fairy Tales’ which became popular among children and adults. They brought the folktales to the public through their creations in German language which encouraged the feelings of the people to achieve freedom of the press.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Grimm Brothers in Germany met peasants and gathered folk tales for years before they compiled, edited, and published them in 1812. Q.

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