论中国古代儿童文学的存在——以童谣为中心兼与朱自强先生商榷

关于中国儿童文学发轫期,学界主要有三派观点:“古已有之说”、二十世纪初叶“外国移植说”、五四新文化运动时期“《稻草人》说”.本文以童谣为中心,针对儿童文学理论家朱自强先生认为中国儿童文学就是中国现代儿童文学、中国古代没有儿童文学的观点,详细考察此观点的具体出处及其论证过程,反证中国古代儿童文学的悠久存在.

On the Existence of Ancient Chinese Children’s Literature—— The Nursery Rhymes as the Center and Discussion with Mr.Zhu Ziqiang

There are three main ideas in the academic community on the beginning of period on Chinese children’s literature:from ancient times,foreign transplants in the early tw entieth century and from the New C ulture Movement’s"Scarecrow ".Nursery rhymes as the center,points to Mr.Zhu Zi-qiang’sviews,who believes that Chinese children’s literatureis Chinese modern children’s literature,and there is no children’s literature in ancient China.T his paper examines in detail the specific source of this view,and its demonstration process,thus proving Chinese children’s literature’s long existence.