Chińska literatura dziecięca od powstania Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej do końca lat 80. XX wieku

The paper aims to present a detailed analysis of Chinese children’s literature since the founding of the PRC in 1949 to late 1980s. It shows a transformation of children’s literature from Mao Zedong’s ideological battlefield into a “flourishing garden” in the post-Maoist era and its dependence on political situation in country. It also presents the ways that children were treated and understood in these times and main factors that changed the image of children in 1980s in China.