Abstract: Adults look at children and children's literature similar to colonists looking at colonial people and their culture.In order to confirm their civilized and rational identity of modern people,adults have created the other image of primitive man/ savage/child,who are barbarous,childish,uncivilized and undeveloped,in order to distinguish themselves and their literature from the created ones.This naturally endows children's literature with a certain conservative nature.Conservatism in children's literature is not always negative.The arrival of modern "metaphorical society" and "post-metaphorical society" also provides an opportunity for children's literature to break the fetter of conservatism.

Key words: children's literature, aesthetic conservatism, children literary theory