Academic contexts an conceptual frameworks -- Political and market factors in the literary field -- Soft-authoritarian rule and the mainstream position -- The modernist trend and the aestheticization of the "China trop" in mainstream literature -- Localist position as a product of social opposition -- Fukan-based literary culture and middle-class genres -- High culture aspirations and the transformations of mainstream fiction -- New developments in the post-martial law period
Summary
Chang provides a comprehensive history of late 20th century Taiwanese literature by placing the vibrant local tradition within the contexts of a modernising economy, & a postcolonial, post-Cold War world order
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index
