Chapter One discusses the forming of aesthetic perception of Chinese children literature proposed by its initiators at the beginning of the 20th century.
The History of Critics on Chinese Juvenile Literature Theory, Written by Professor Fang Wei-ping, is the first systematical work on the history of critics on Chinese juvenile literature theory in the world, This paper makes an jective and precise comment on its theoritical contributions, academic characteristics and historical data value.
But become of the differences among the cultural background, the concept of the children literature and his personal miracle in his writings, Andersen's fairy tales is an unattainable model essay for the Chinese children literature.
China's children's literature in 1980s and 1990s witnessed great development and prosperity due to the joint forces of the following three factors: ① the inheritance of the traditional spirit advocated in children's literature during the May 4 Movement; ② the activation of writers' productivity as a result of the classification of children's literature into infancy literature, childhood literature and juvenile literature; ③ the promotion of the value of children's literature and the writers' humanistic resp...
The main frame of Chinese children's literature is the unity of thinking and art, the unity of education and entertainment, the unity of literary general law and the children's characteristics, the unity of the spirit of the times and the national characteristics. The healthy contents and great educative roles are established characteristics of Chinese children's literature, but it still shows some shortcomings such as insufficient interest, entertainment and etc..
In China, the modernization and nationalization of children's literature has always been a question that affects normal development of children's literature. In 1950s and early 60s, the great enthusiasm and the bright prospect of the future after the victory of the revolution marked an important historical turning point for the modernization of Chinese children's literature, and widened the road to its nationalization. In the new era,Chinese chidren's literature, owing to the opening up policy, deeply root...