Children’s Literature Adaptation Studies: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Resources with a Special Focus for Education

Abstract

Children’s literature adaptation research is an interface study between children’s literature study and adaptation studies. It has the common characteristics of two relatively marginalized research fields, and also shows distinct interdisciplinary attributes due to its interface nature. In the current situation where literary research is constantly seeking innovation and going in-depth, the interdisciplinarity and corresponding interdisciplinary practices of children’s literature adaptation research reflect its cutting-edge research directions, while also mapping out some development trends of literary research as a whole. This paper starts from the theoretical discussion of children’s literature adaptation studies, reflects on its conjunction points of education studies (with a special focus), narrative studies, cognitive studies, and digital humanities to scrutinize its interdisciplinary theoretical resources, and attempts to explore how the underlying attributes of children’s literature adaptation research combine with interdisciplinary theoretical resources to promote its own development.