试论日本近代儿童文学观的形成与发展——日本明治期儿童文学的历史轨迹

On Naissance and Development of the View of Children's Literature in Modern Japan —A Historical Track of Japanese Children's Literature during the Meiji Period

日本近代儿童文学的历史,一般被认为是起步于进入明治维新时代之后。本文从时代发展的宏观角度,着重探讨了日本近代社会的儿童文学观的形成与发展,并基于此考察了日本早期儿童文学读物的特征与嬗变、创作型童话的诞生及其历史意义,揭示出明治时期萌芽的新的儿童文学的时代特征和发展的概貌,以及在世界儿童文学史上的历史地位。

It is generally accepted that the history of the modern Japanese children's literature started in the early Meiji Period. This paper, from a macro perspective of the social development, focuses on the birth and development of the view of children's literature in modern Japan. It explores thereupon the characteristics and evolution of early children's literature in Japan and the naissance and historical significance of Japanese original fairy tales, thus revealing the features of the budding children's literature in the Period, its track of development, and its status in the history of the world children's literature.