简析儿童文学的审美功能

A Brief Analysis on Aesthetic Function of Children's Literature

儿童文学作为文学的一个特殊的分支,它承载的审美功能和教育功能的内容和关系一直是学术界讨论的主要话题。结合前人的观点,从内容和含义上来剖析,认为儿童文学的审美功能有广义和狭义之分,前者不仅包括后者,还包括教育功能;援引儿童文学和成人文学中的经典之作来阐明二者的区别:成人文学以真为美,儿童文学以善为美;最后举例说明儿童文学审美功能中涵盖的教育功能,即儿童文学对儿童承载着社会化教育和道德教育的任务。

As a special branch of literature,children's literature has aesthetic function and educational function,the content and relationship between which is a hot topic in this field.Considering predecessors'arguments and analyzing the content and definitions of each function,a conclusion is drawn that aesthetic function of children's literature can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense,with the former including the latter and educational function as well;quoting classics from adults'literature and children's literature,the difference between them can be seen:adult's literature treats'trueness'as beauty while children's literature,'kindness';finally setting examples to demonstrate the educational function included in aesthetic function,that is,socialization education and morality education.