日本創作故事繪本呈現之兒童形象探討

吳淑琴

《兒童文學學刊》 5期 (2001/05) Pp. 98-113

https://doi.org/10.6739/ttchl.200105_(5).0005

摘要

本文透過讀解日本本土的創作故事繪本呈現的兒童形象，試圖發現存在於一九九○年代初期日本社會的兒童觀。分析樣本是八冊優良且暢銷的創作故事繪本。分析時依循故事情節的展開，並讀解插畫的意含，從兒童主角與他人的主動關係中，考察兒童形象。分析結果發現，兒童形象呈現的兒童本質包括了「好奇的」、「自我中心的」、「自立發展期」、「忍耐力薄弱」，呈現的正向兒童特質包括「想像創造力豐富」、「友愛」、「友善」、「合作」、「願與人分享」、「勇敢」，由此可讀取一九九○ 年代初期，日本社會對幼兒時期兒童的認知與期待的內涵。

關鍵字

日本 ； 繪本 ； 兒童觀 ； 兒童形象

並列摘要

This paper attempt to investigate ＂the views on children＂ of Japanese's society in the beginning of 1990's by surveying eight excellent picture books which are created by Japanese native authors. The main stream of analysis is based on the scenario of the picture books. The illustrations inside the books also serve as a reference to understand the meaning behind the texts. By viewing the interaction between the leading role of children in the story and other people, one can easily find the ＂children image＂ which the authors try to build up. The results show that the young children had been provided several characteristics such as curiosity. self-center, independence and undulate. On the other hand, the young children also had been given boundless imagination, friendly, cooperation, sharing and bravery.

並列關鍵字

Japan ； picture books ； the views on children ； the image of children