手边有两部《中国童话史》,作者分别是金燕玉和吴其南。都是儿童文学研究的卓有成效者,且是出生于 1945年的同龄人。这两部史著都出版于1992年,都只印了一千多册,待我有机会读到它时,又都是两年后了。 两部史著虽然是同一题材,但各人对“童话”的理解却不尽相同。金燕玉给童话下的定义是“供少年儿童阅读的幻想性叙事文学”,指出“童话具有叙事性、幻想性和儿童性,这三者相互依存,缺一不可”吴其南将童话界定为“以 There are two “Chinese fairy tales” at hand, the authors are respectively Jinyan Yu and Wu Qilan. All are fruitful children’s literature research, and were born in 1945 peers. Both of these two historical writings were published in 1992, and only printed more than a thousand volumes. It was two years later when I had a chance to read it. Although the two historical works are the same theme, the understanding of “fairy tales” varies from person to person. Jin Yanyu gives the definition of fairy tales as “fantasy narrative literature for children and adolescents to read,” pointing out that “fairy tales are narrative, fantasy and childhood, which are interdependent and indispensable.” Wu Qnan defines fairy tales as "