Human Desires and Their Influences on the Formation of Social Structure: Representations of Gender Roles in Children's Tales

人類渴望對社會結構形成之影響：性別角色在童書的呈現

林逸君(Yi-Chun Lin)

《長庚科技學刊》 17期 (2012/12) Pp. 63-73

https://doi.org/10.6192/CGUST.2012.12.17.6

摘要

故事有能力影響我們維持一個社會的原狀，攸關故事和社會結構間之關係，本研究將檢查Grimms' Fairy Tales（1996）這本書當中的兩個故事The Turnip和The　Golden Goose，說明故事藉由提供愉快和保證企圖影響我們渴望學習故事中性別角色的概念和特性，這些性別角色的概念和特性即是影響我們不知不覺建構性別歧視社會的來源之一。為了打破故事所提供的幻想，Belsey（1980）建議我們要閱讀不同觀點的故事，因此，本研究繼續探討Winterson's （2003）The King of Capri和Funke' s（1997）The Princess Pigsty這兩個故事，說明有些故事提供孩童不同的觀點，以期孩童能了解性別均等的重要，因而能為建構一個較均等的社會做努力。

關鍵字

人類渴望 ； 性別角色 ； 社會結構 ； 兒童故事

並列摘要

Stories have the ability to influence us to maintain existing social structures. To demonstrate this idea, this study examines two stories, The Turnip and The Golden Goose from Grimms' Fairy Tales (1996). Because tales give different pleasures and promises to boys and girls, they can trigger their desires. Through these effects, we can begin to learn gender-related traits. These are the traits that lead us to form social structures that we are not consciously aware of. To break away from the influences of fictional fantasies, Belsey (1980) suggests that adults offer alternative tales. This study thus explores how nontraditional tales can offer alternative viewpoints for readers to consider. So, the readers can have a chance to think about how they can challenge conventional gender roles. The nontraditional stories, chosen for this study to explain alternative perspectives, are Winterson's (2003) The King of Capri and Funke's (1997) The Princess Pigsty. By experiencing alternative stories, it is hoped that children can produce their own meaning regarding gender roles and transform the biased social structure.

並列關鍵字

Human desires ； gender roles ； social structure ； children's tales