《中国童话史》研究方法述评

Review of the Research Methods to “History of Chinese Fairy Tales”

吴其南先生的《中国童话史》是一本具有开拓意义的童话理论著作。该书既有史的描述,又有论的阐释,是一本有着相当理论分量的著作。儿童文学理论包括童话理论的研究具有心理学、教育学、历史学(童年史)人类文化学、生物学、语言学、民间文学、美学艺术等跨学科的内容。因此,在对童话的研究中多层次、多学科的研究方法相互交融,成为研究童话理论和童话创造的重要方面。该书除了采用了历史的美学的研究方法之外,还开始有意识的采用了诸如中西美学比较、人类文化学、儿童心理学的研究方法,从而使该书具有强烈的理论色彩和思辨特点。

Mr. WU Qinan＇ s ＂History of Chinese Fairy Tales＂ is a theoretical work upon fairy tales of great importance, where the content includes both history and analysis. Child literature theory mainly covers the discipline of psychology, pedagogy, history （childhood history） , ethnology, biology,linguistics, folk literature, fine arts and so on. Therefore, the related research methodology is an interaction of multiple subjects. WU ＇ s works, in addition to the method of historical aesthetics, also employ the methods used in the study of Eastern-Western aesthetic comparison, ethnology, and child psychology, which endows this work theoretical color and speculative characteristics.