论童话的本质及其当代意义

On the Nature of Fairy Tales and its Contemporary Importance

从理论角度对 2 0世纪中国儿童文学界一直热切关注的一个美学命题——“童话的本质”给予了全新的理解。认为传统的以成人为中心的童话立足点与思维方式所产生的童话观片面狭隘 ,没有透彻把握住童话的本质属性。突破这一思维定势的局限 ,应当从两个观察点重新切入 :考察童话的历史发生、追溯其原初艺术品质 ;以儿童视角切入透视童话的现实生成。这样就会发现“童年精神气质”是童话一以贯之的、亘古不变的本质属性 。

The article gives a new theoretical understanding of the aesthetic topic—“the nature of fairy tales”,which has been paying close attention to by the twentieth century Chinese children's literature field.The author holds the opinion that the traditional fairy tales' standpoint which has been based oo the way of thoughts of adults is partial and narrow,and has not been clearly grasping the nature of the fairy tales.To break through the limits of the way of thoughts,we should begin from two points: first,to explore the historical origins and trace back to its original artistic nature; second,to study the fairy tale's actual formation from the children's points of view.We would clearly discover that “the childhood spiritual temperament” is the immortal and perpetual nature.This may produce important effect on the building of human being's spiritual home today.