幼児の絵本受容過程にみける登場人物と読者のかかわり

抄録

The present study was carried out to investigate the changes occuring while listening to a picture book. Two picture books based on the book “A DUCK AND A FOX” were made. One was constructed from the viewpoint of the duck, and the other from the viewpoint of the fox. The children could talk freely to each other in the test sessions. The main results were as follows.(1) Both the viewpoint of the book and the personality of the characters affected the viewpoint of the children. But children themselves often changed their point of view.(2) Children talked about many episodes concerning the duck while only a few episodes were given concerning the fox. It seemed that the duck was more appealing to the children showing a certain identification and a more sympathetic feeling with the duck than with the fox.