在兒童文學的研究領域裡,兒童文學史料的蒐集、整理和正確的詮釋,是整個研究的基礎作業,亦是作為學術研究上不可或缺的重要工作,尤其是在回顧兒童文學的發展歷程時,這些史料不僅彌足珍貴,而且有助於展望兒童文學未來的發展動向。所以,兒童文學史料的彙整與兒童文學發展史的研究,有其必要性。本研究著眼於臺灣兒童文學近百年來的發展過程,亦即以二十世紀在臺灣發展的兒童文學為主要研究對象,包括日本統治臺灣時期(1895年~1945年)及國民政府播遷來臺後(1945年迄今)的兒童文學發展。論文主要由三大部分構成。第一部分是說明目前關於臺灣兒童文學發展的研究成果,並分析臺灣兒童文學發展的研究現況與史料彙整的特色。第二部分試著指出研究臺灣兒童文學發展史的三大問題點。第三部分則是提出今後有關於臺灣兒童文學發展史與發展年表的研究課題。
In the research filed of children's literature, the searching, categorize and correct interpretation about the historical materical of Children's Literature is the basic for the children's literature. And it is also an important job for the literature research. Especially, when we review the processing of children's literature's development, the Historical materical is quite precious and contributes the future development direction of children's literature. Therefore, the categorization about the historic al materical of Children 's Literature and the study about the developmental history of Children's Literature are quite necessary. The research focuses on the processing of children's literature's development in Taiwan for the past century which meant twentieth century, including the development for Taiwan reigned by Japan period( 1895- 1945)and the government moved to Taiwan from mainland China( from 1945 up to now). This thesis includes three chapters. Chapter One addresses the research result of current children's literature in Taiwan, and analysises the aspects of the current research status about the development of children's literature in Taiwan and the categorization about the historical materical. Chapter Two Iris to point out the three problems about the research of the developmental history of children's literature in Taiwan. Chapter Three points out the future research subjects about the developmental history and the deve loped-tab le of children's literature in Taiwan.