摘要
在传统欧洲儿童文学中,“成长”呈现了儿童从天真到经验的动态发展历程,在这一过程中,儿童需要平衡的是个体内在独特价值和社会规约间的矛盾。然而,努力摆脱欧洲文化钳制、构建民族特色文化的美国,将反叛与沉思同样根植于儿童文学之中,儿童通常质疑成人世界的价值规范。21世纪的美国儿童文学进一步扩大了这一反叛精神,凸显儿童能动性与身份认同这两个重要成长主题。反乌托邦儿童文学构建起一个不受世俗标准制约的想象空间,儿童在这一空间中成为构建新世界的希望与力量。在一系列的变化中,儿童也开始重新认识多元文化语境下的自我身份的主体性,在接受自身独特属性的同时也实现了对民族身份的认同。
In traditional European children’s literature,growth is described as the dynamic developing process of children from innocence to experience,in which the contradiction between the unique value of individuals and social conventions should be properly balanced.However,in striving to escape the smothering control and influence of European culture and to construct its own national identity,the United States has planted the spirit of rebellion and self-examination in its children’s literature.Children usually question the values and norms of the adult world.Twenty-first century American children’s literature further expands this rebellious spirit and highlights children’s subjectivity and identification as its most prominent theme.Dystopian children’s literature constructs an imaginary space not restricted by secular standards,in which children become the hope and power to construct a new world.Children begin to recognize their identity in the context of multiculturalism,accepting their uniqueness and realizing their national identity.Faced with a series of changes,children also begin to re-recognize the subjectivity of self-identity in the multicultural context,acknowledging their national identity while accepting their own unique attributes.
作者
刘江
张生珍
Liu Jiang;Zhang Shengzhen(Nanjing Normal University,Nanjing,China,210023;the English Department,Beijing Language and Culture University,Beijing,China,100083)
出处
《当代外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2024年第1期5-12,共8页
Contemporary Foreign Literature
基金
2023年度教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目“当代美国成长小说传统承袭与艺术创新研究”(23YJC752012)
国家社科基金重大项目“《世界儿童文学百科全书》翻译及儿童文学批评史研究”(19ZDA297)的阶段性成果。
关键词
儿童文学
成长
能动性
身份认同
children’s literature
growth
agency
identity
