중국 현대 최초 백화문 아동잡지 『아동세계(兒童世界』소고­ 정전둬(鄭振鐸) 주편 시기를 중심으로 ­

Abstract

Since the May 4th New Culture Movement, literature for children has been established as an independent genre and formally started to call as 'children literature' in China. The movement changed Chinese traditional idea about children; it spreaded children-centric ideology and literature widely. In this period, some figures who devoted into the movement translated western children's story and published children-preferred poems and other children literature using colloquial form of Chinese. The Literature Research Union, one of the group performed those Children's Literature activity, issued The World of Children led by the editor-in-chief, Zheng Zhenduo. The World of Children had been published from January 1922 to June 1941. It was pure children's literature magazine when initially issued, however, it became the comprehensive publications after the third issue. The magazine was intended as child­centric magazine which suited children's interest and developmental stage, and its ideological foundation was originated from the theory of "child-centered" approach by John Dewey. In addition, it published various literature genre, reflecting children's interest and preference, and put an effort not only to translate foreign works but also to create songs, poems and stories for children. In sum, The World of Children was the 'child-centered' children's magazine which respected children's personality 'independently'.