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Thought Of Enlightenment And Chinese Modern Children’s Literature From The Late Qing Dynasty To The May Forth Movement

Posted on:2013-03-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D Y ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330371976120Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Chinese modern children’s literature was an improtant inalienable part of the literature field.Germination and development of modern children’s literature in China were closely related to the Literary translation, modern media and Vernacular during the period that from the late Qing Dynasty to the May forth Movement.western power’s brought a plenty of sufferings to Chinese people by a series of aggressive military power---most of them wildly atrocious. China’s social situation was in the brink of national subjugation that lots of men of insight studied from the western countries in an attempt to save the motherland from extinction in the late Qing Dynasty.western ideologies and cultures brought to China and spread widely in china,chinese culture was becoming a process of communication and colliding between Eastern culture and Western culture, which promoted and/or accelerated the historical transformation of culture and politics in China.the enlighten of China were not only High attention in western culture and political system but also began to pay close attention to the problems such as education enlightenment. Meanwhile people who pay attention to children’s demand also began to focus on translation and introduction of western children’s literature as well as the arrangement of China folk fairy tale.Before and after the May forth Movement,. the enlightenment campaign became the Time theme, they launched The movement of women’s liberation,"save the children". As a result of the enlightenment favorable means, translation of children’s literature was concern by many writers, translators and scholars. finally formulated a children’s literature translation boom.Many researchers and literature creators advocating their lifetimes to the researches, creation, theory, newspaper editing and translation of children’s literature, and so on. These activities are an invaluable preparation and promotion on the development of Chinese children’s literature. At the same time, mass media added fuel to the flame. Exactly. by virtue of its Publishing, commentment, and spread, children’s literature could been Preservation, spread and development, which Producing a wide range of influences on the broad masses of the people as well as promoting Ethical Behavior of our society’s. QIU Ting-liang and LIANG Qi-chao’s called for advocating on" Vernacular Movement", establishing a modern nation state, that the dream is providing a premise for Language change such as "Language and characters are in agreement" as well as the May forth Movement smaking sure the dream would be coming true, Especially for children, writings in the vernacular that were popular and easy to understand. children’s literature had pushed a really significant piece of Children’s readers about linguistic forms..its not only Established the value of Chinese children’s literature, but also accelerate the children’s literature creation and propagating effects.Hu Shi Pointed Out "vernacular literature" was the authentic Chinese licterature, and then the New Culture Movement became a the national language or Mandarin of Chinese modern licterature.<Literature of human> was published by ZHOU Zuo-ren whom advocated the theory and was one of the represents in1918, defined "the campaign of the New Literature" as Rediscover the conception of "Human ". The more expanding and deepening of problem on the conception of,"Human", the more about Women and children were highly valued by the public. It was so attached great importance to the "Literature of human" that he payed great attention to the children’s literature. As a result, ZHOU Zuo-ren started a campaign about the children’s literature and the relevant theories’s thinking.In "the May4th", human definition was included the children, women, the laborers, the bottom of society, breaking the previous intellectual enlightenment range. Taking the enlightenment for the theme, meanwhile mass media added fuel to the flame, the children’s enlightenment thoughts reached its peak in this period. Through the vernacular movement, the chinese social new semantic system setted up gradually, thus culture ideology reform emancipated from the Classical Antiquity.New semantic system establishment, to adapt to the change of social mentality of China and the need to communicate with the outside world.The new areas for development and space opened as well as a new chapter in the Chinese modern literature opened from this Side, by the action of Chinese Vernacular Literature, in the modern children’s literature of the history of Chinese literature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Thought of Enlightenment, Chinese modern children’s literature, Literature Translation, modem media, Vernacular Movement
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