性別平等與兒童文學

Gender Equality and Children's Literature

林文寶(Lin Wei-Po) ； 邱子寧(Ciu Tzu-Ning)

《兒童文學學刊》 9期 (2003/05) Pp. 1-29

https://doi.org/10.6739/ttchl.200305_(9).0001

摘要

性別平等為當代重要的社會議題之一，近年來在法制面己可見成果，但仍必須透過各層面的教育才有可能將其意涵坐實。本文藉由兒童文學性別議題相關研究，說明存在兒童文學文本普遍的性別假設，進一步建立符合性別平等意涵的文本判準。此外，本文亦簡要例舉課室進行性別平等教育之策略，並附錄性別平等文本檢核表以提供教師便易揀選合適的讀物。本文認為：閱讀兒童文學作為兒童了解當代社會議題的方式之一，作家作品在敘事上即應一反傳統價值觀的單一，要深廣課題的涵蓋面；唯此，才能期待在多元文化環境中建構社會未來樣貌的兒童有實踐反思的能力。

關鍵字

性別平等 ； 兒童文學 ； 性別刻板印象 ； 性別認同 ； 敘事模式

並列摘要

Gender equality is one of the critical social issues in present days. Although lots of positive results achieved, there is a need to put theory into practice through aspects of educational systems. This paper shows distinct gender stereotypes in texts of children's literature through research reports concerning gender issues in children's literature. Furthermore, the indicators to tell the texts of gender equality would be established. Besides, this paper illustrates the strategies to carry out gender equality in the classroom and appends a checklist for sexism in children's literature for teachers to choice suitable reading materials. It is agreed that reading children's literature is a way for children to understand social issues in modem times . Writers for children should subvert the sole value of traditional society and expound profoundly the topics of their works. In this way; the children, living in multicultural society, creating the future , would be capable of rethinking.

並列關鍵字

gender equality ； gender ideology ； gender identification ； narrative models