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文艺理论研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 97-108.

• 西方文论与美学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

从“可知的儿童”到“难解的童年”——论儿童问题与当代西方儿童文学理论批评的演进

赵霞   

  1. 浙江外国语学院教育学院

  • 出版日期:2022-04-25 发布日期:2022-05-04
  • 作者简介:赵霞，文学博士，浙江外国语学院教育学院副教授，主要从事儿童文学与童年文化研究。
  • 基金资助:

    本文系国家社科基金青年项目“当代西方儿童文学理论批评研究”[项目编号：16CWW029]的阶段性成果。

From “Knowable Children” to “Elusive Childhood”: Children’s Issues and the Development of Contemporary Western Theory and Criticism of Children’s Literature

Zhao Xia   

  1. the school of Education at Zhejiang International Studies University

  • Online:2022-04-25 Published:2022-05-04
  • About author:Zhao Xia， Ph. D.， is an associate professor in the School of Education at Zhejiang International Studies University. Her research interests include childrens literature and culture of childhood.
  • Supported by:

    This article is supported by the Youth Project of the National Social Science Fund (16CWW029).

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摘要：

儿童问题是考察当代西方儿童文学理论批评演进的基本线索。从20世纪30年代至今，西方儿童文学理论批评在儿童观念的反思与革新中实现了意义重大的发展。20世纪70年代前，一种“可知”的儿童观构成了西方儿童文学理论批评的观念基础。20世纪70年代后，围绕着“不可知的儿童”与“不可能的儿童文学”的争论、反思，促成了西方儿童文学理论批评在观念与方法层面的双重革新。从“可知的儿童”到“难解的童年”，“儿童”既为西方儿童文学与文化的研究提供了重要的理论和方法论资源，其自身也代表了一种重大而深刻的批评精神。

关键词:

儿童； , 西方； , 儿童文学； , 理论批评

Abstract:

Children’s issues are a lens to glimpse the development of contemporary Western theory and criticism of children’s literature, which has experienced significant development through revolution of their perception of children since the 1930s. In the West, while the idea about “knowable children” offered a basis for the theory and criticism of children’s literature before the 1970s, the discussions and reflections on “unknowable children” and “impossible children’s literature” from the 1970s onwards brought about great innovations in concept and methodology. From “knowable children” to “elusive childhood”, “children” not only provide important theoretical and methodological resources for the research on Western children’s literature and culture, but also represent a crucial and profound spirit of criticism.

Key words:

children,  the West,  children’s literature,  theory and criticism