CULTURE BUILT BY CANONICAL WORKS FOR YOUNG TEENAGERS : THE ROLE OF PUBLISHING PROJECTS OF TRANSLATION IN JAPANESE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

在战后的日本，出现了一种新的读者群--Shonen-hojo(男孩和女孩)。他们被认为是《世界经典》的目标受众，按照语言和国家或地区进行划分。阅读这样的翻译丛书的目的是为了促进日本的文化教育(日语中的“Kyoyo”)，并为战后日本的民主社会奠定基础。偶尔会出现指导员来指导年轻读者如何阅读。几部电视剧的存在，特别是针对女孩的，意味着与男性读者相比，女性读者更需要文化教育。此外，这些翻译作品在某种意义上也是日本经济高速增长时期即将到来的当代儿童文学浪潮的跳板。

In postwar Japan, there emerged a new range of the readers 'Shonen-Shojo'(boys and girls). They were regarded as the target audience of 'The World's Classics" divided according to language and country or region. The purpose of reading such a translated series was to contribute to the cultural education ("Kyoyo" in Japanese) and to build the basis of democratic society in postwar Japan. There occasionally appeared instructors to guide young readers how to read. The existence of several series especially for girls meant that the female readers were more in need of cultural education in comparison with male readers. Moreover, these translated works were, in a sense, a springboard for the coming wave of contemporary children's literature in the period of high economic growth of Japan.