| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立師範學院 === 應用語言文學研究所 === 90 === A research of creative nursing stories by Taiwanese writers in 1990s
[Summary]
Fairy tale , a major type of children’s literatures, is the most attractive form of written work motivating children’s interest in reading. Fairy tale, a playground of mind, leads children to a world of fantasy. In these tales, children could also enjoy the exaggerated illusion and go freely with the wings of imagination. Thus, children’s mind is nursed and enriched by reading them.
This thesis is a study of the fairy tales published by Taiwanese writers in 1990s. The studied fairy tales include nine hundred and ninety-one stories published in one hundred and fourteen books. The expectation of having a better understanding of the trend of fairy tales’ development in 1990s of Taiwan is achieved through analyzing the subjects, the contents and the characteristics of creation.
In the first chapter, introduction, a statement is made toward the motivation and the purpose of this study, define the scope and the limitation of the research, and discuss the research methodology. The relevant references are also described and discussed.
The environment for creation of nursing stories of Taiwan in 1990s is introduced in chapter two. The significant phenomenon of created stories, the circumstance/status of publishing, and the outstanding writers with their works are included, too.
The classification of all the collected nursing stories is done in chapter three. According to different subjects and the characteristics of the created stories, all of them are divided into six categories:
1). Body and mind development.
2). Sharing.
3). Intelligence
4). Sociology
5). Philosophy
6). Entertainment
Further discussion is performed under the title of each category.
In chapter four, the point of view will focus on the subject of the stories. Thus, three different types of the subject of the story are made:
1). Subject of positive and active
2). Subject of happiness
3). Subject of loving tender, gentle and care.
Among all the creative works of nursing stories, the most commonly expressed subject is of happiness, which emphasizes the feelings of children without the exclusive purpose of education. A feel of happiness for children in reading is the major orientation of the work, without the restriction of educational purpose, the burden of tradition and the limitation of effectiveness. (?) Those free going creative works contribute to the diversity of products with the same subject of happiness. Look into this division, positive attitude, fearless of failure and caring others are also commonly mentioned. Altogether, the humanity is never pay less regard to.
Based upon the nursing stories created by Taiwanese writers in 1990s, an analysis of characteristics of individual work is enclosed in chapter five. Five points of view are specifically given thinking in depth, namely:
1). Revise the tradition
2). Dept the content
3). Reflect the contemporary era
4). Emphasize the entertainment
5). Retrieve the natural of children
To revise the tradition is to creatively rewrite old stories, reestablish a new logic thinking sequence and extend beyond the prelude of post modern. To dept the content mean to go through philosophical discussion, increase the depth and widen the field. To reflect the contemporary era present itself with the concerns of preserving the mother earth, more understanding of ecology and value the behavior of loving pets; to document the smell of fashion and strive for equal right of both sex. To emphasize the entertainment focus on the feeling of happiness of children, the joy of imagination and the illusive irrelevant thinking. The transformed entertainment effects are also the aim of creative work of nursing stories.
The last chapter is a conclusion, which provides a comprehensive review of previous chapters, offers a retrospective discussion of development of nursing stories and finally proposes a prospective view of further trend.
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