The Changes In Dolls Under The Evolution Of Outlooks On Children

In our country, people often overlook the importance of toys in the past time, which used to be regarded as"odd and small skill"or"a game of woman and child". However, the adult know that the toys can not only promote the up-growth of children body, but also make children to learn the adult's world by playing them and start to go to the road to adapt the community. The close relationship between the toys and children has been known, but there is still short of systematic research between them. Based on a lack of research between the toys and children in our country, the dissertation investigates the relation between the toys and outlooks on children by studying the dolls. The author reviews a lot of references and reorganizes the key procedure of outlooks on Chinese and Western children evolving, and learns the influence of the evolvement history of outlooks on children on the development of dolls regarding as the change of doll's look.It is found that the dolls in special times own their characteristic times look and the look of dolls imply the essential attitude of people on children although there is relative close relation between the dolls look and technology in that times. There have appeared the dolls with baby face till 19th century after Rousseau found children in 18th century. Before that, the appearance of doll was mostly like"a miniature of an adult". The effect of the evolvement of outlooks on children on dolls is more deeply studied as the examples of the most forceful dolls in 20th century.After the study of the relation between dolls and outlooks on children, some conclusion are made and some questions being thought are given, which may be helpful to the related and following research.