| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 進修部兒文所碩士班(台北夜間) === 104 ===
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author and illustrator of children’s books. She wrote Peter Rabbit series from 1902 to 1930. She created many lovable characters, such as Peter Rabbit and his animal friends. Mrs. Potter sent letters with sketches to her young friends to encourage them, and these letters became the basis of her Peter Rabbit series. By writing stories, Mrs. Potter wanted to bring children hopes and joys, and she also tried to comfort the lonely little girl inside her. She wrote and drew what she had closely observed. Children like to read her books. Even adults enjoy reading her stories because of the beautiful pictures in her books and her concise style of writing.
The characters, Peter Rabbit and his friends, which were created by Beatrix Potter will be first discussed in this paper. I will discuss how readers can interact with the characters and enter an imaginary world where fantasy and reality are mixed up, and thus find peace in mind by reading Peter Rabbit series. Furthermore, I will discuss how readers can be fascinated by the animal friends and project their hopes and dreams on them to create new stories during the reading process. The text analytic method is adopted. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the thera-peutic effect of Peter Rabbit series. Texts to be analyzed are “Beatrix Potter’s Fairy Tale Collection”, published by CHUNWUNSIAO in 1978, and “Peter Rabbit and His Animal Friends”, published by CHINGLIN in 1997.
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