The Concepts of Childhood and the Development of Children's Literature-A Reflection on the West and Taiwan

童年概念與兒童文學發展之關係－對西方與台灣的省思

黃惠雅(Hui-Ya Huang)

《人文及管理學報》 1期 (2004/11) Pp. 223-246

https://doi.org/10.6177/lam.2004.01.18

摘要

Aries（1962）是第一位主張童年是人類發明出來的概念的社會學家，他也認為在西方世界到了十七世紀才有童年的概念。但是有許多人持以不同的看法。本研究目的在檢驗西方世界與臺灣的童年概念與兒童文學發展的關係。結果發現童年概念與兒童文學的發展有密切的關係。基本上童年的概念對兒童文學的發展頗有影響；但是在臺灣卻正好相反，從西方引進了兒童文學，同時也匯入西方童年的概念；但是另一方面，傳統中國的實用的價值觀也影響了童年概念，並阻礙了兒童文學的發展空間。兒童文學須假以教育的包裝才得以發展。

關鍵字

兒童 ； 童年概念 ； 兒童文學 ； 歷史回顧 ； 台灣兒童文學 ； 中國童年

並列摘要

Philippe Aries (1962) was the first sociologist to claim that the concept of childhood was invented, and that it did not exist until the 17th century. Since then many scholars began to discuss the concepts of childhood. This study is to examine the relationship between the concepts of childhood and the development of children's literature through a historical review both in the West and in Taiwan. It is found that the concepts of childhood and children's literature have been closely related to each other. Basically the concepts of childhood have effected the development of children's literature; however, in Taiwan the children's literature introduced from the West gave quite an influence to the development of the views of childhood. On the other hand, the Chinese traditional pragmatic value toward childhood also hinders children's literature from growing brilliantly. Consequently children's literature packed with didacticism finds it way to develop in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

children ； the concept of childhood ； children's literature ； historical review ； Chinese traditional concepts of childhood ； children's literature in Taiwan