现代性中的“儿童话语”——从中国现代儿童文学的起源谈起

The "Discourse on Children" in Modernity——the origin of Chinese modern children's literature

新时期以来关于中国儿童文学的"发生论"主要有四种观点:"晚清"说、"清末民初"说、"五四"说和"古已有之"说。但究其实际,诸观点皆是从现代性的"内部"看儿童文学的起源。作为其理念支撑的"现代性"意识恰恰遮蔽了儿童文学的起源。儿童文学的产生不是先有儿童,才有为了儿童的写作,而是儿童文学本身即为现代性中"儿童"的一种生产与建构方式。儿童是立法者的一种文化想像,是成人世界的一个"他者"。

There are four major views on the origin of Chinese children＇s literature since the new era 1980s： from Late Qing Dynasty; from Late Qing and beginning of Republic; from May 4 period and from the Ancient time. However, all the four views came from the same angle of view, namely, the inner side of modernity. As a result, it is the modernity consciousnese blurring the origin. We argue that children＇s existence is not the premise of children＇s literature. The children＇s literature itself is one way of constructing children in modernity. Children are the cultural imagination of legislators and ＂the other＂ in adult world.