Relationship Between Father and Daughter in the Juvenile Novels：An Example of Newbery Medal Prize Novels

• Main Authors: Hui-Chen Wu, 吳慧貞
• Other Authors: Wen-Pao Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bg3e4k

碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 兒童文學研究所 === 95 === American Newbery Medal Prize novels are associated with many inward relationships in a family. Most of these are concerning two-way relationships between Father and Son, Mother and Daughter, Mother and son, and the relationship between Father and Daughter is seldom seen. Although the proportion of heroines in novels is increasing, the percentage of texts describing the relationship between Father and Daughter is still low. In addition to the oppressive problems in men onto women and adults onto children, there may exist double oppressive problems and complex emotions in the relationship between Father and Daughter in juvenile novels, including including dependence and compliance, conflict and ambivalence, forgiveness and compromise, etc. The dissertation is proposed to study this topic. Ten texts concerning the Father-Daughter relationship, written by American female writers, are selected in this study. The purposes of this research are: (1) to search Father image, Daughter image and Father-Daughter relationship and hidden deep implication existing in the juvenile novels, (2) to discuss the writing policies based on the theme of “Daughter” so as to find the possible ways for children literature with the theme of “Daughter” in the future. The “textual analysis” is employed in this dissertation to study the relationship between Father and Daughter in Newbery Medal Prize novels. Three key types of Father -Daughter relationships are depicted: Strong Father vs. Strong Daughter (SFSD), Weak Father vs. Strong Daughter (WFSD), Weak Father vs. Weak Daughter (WFWD). Discussion will be conducted and emphasized on the Father Image onto Daughter, Interactions between Father and Daughter, and ego reconstruction of Daughter after the destruction of authority of Father. Finally, three parts of the ego growth of the female will be investigated: positioning of ego infra-structure, search process of ego infra-structure, and prospective welfare of ego development.