| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 565 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Literary Taiwan--An East Asian Contextual Perspective -- Part I: The Beginnings and Entry Into Modernity Through Colonial Mediation (1728-1948) 37 -- 1. Preface to Volume 1 of Jade Ruler Between Sky and Sea (1728) -- 2. Preface to Collection of Coral Branches (Eighteenth Century) -- 3. Preface Number 5 (by the Author) (1816) -- 4. Ars Poetica (Mid-nineteenth Century) -- 5. Elucidating the Meaning of Literature -- 6. Congratulations on the Founding of the Taiwan Literary Society -- 7. On the New Mission to Promote Vernacular Writing -- 8. On Reforming Classical Chinese -- 9. A Letter to the Youth of Taiwan -- 10. The Awful Literary Scene of Taiwan -- 11. On Reading "A Comparison of Old and New Literature" in the Taiwan Daily News -- 12. Diary -- 13. Advance -- 14. The Solitary Spirits League and the Anarchist Theater Movement -- 15. Why Not Promote Nativist Literature? -- 16. Annotation on Three-Six-Nine Little Gazette -- 17. A Proposal on the Construction of Taiwanese Vernacular Writing -- 18. On Reforming the Taiwanese Vernacular -- 19. The Prospect of Popular Literature -- 20. A Giant Bomb on the Old Poetry Scene -- 21. Elegant Words -- 22. Absolute Objection to Nativist Literature Written in the Taiwanese Vernacular -- 23. On Taiwan's Nativist Literature -- 24. Burning Hair--the Rites of Poetry -- 25. Writing on the Wall -- 26. Manifesto -- 27. Foreword: Understanding Folk Literature -- 28. Art Belongs to the People -- 29. The Historical Mission of Taiwan Literary Arts -- 30. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Literature--Two Types of Atmosphere -- 31. Poetry Snippets: On Highbrow -- 32. Preface to Mountain Spirit -- 33. Youth and Taiwan (II): Ideal and Reality of the New Drama Movement -- 34. A Chat with the Governor-General About Discontinuing Chinese Columns in Daily Newspapers -- 35. Why Can't Taiwan's Art Scene Advance? -- 36. Criticism and Guidance Welcomed -- 37. On the Future of Taiwanese Literature -- 38. The Prospect of Taiwanese Literature -- 39. The Past, Present, and Future of Taiwanese Literature -- 40. On Building a Literary Scene in Taiwan -- 41. Diary (1942-1944) -- 42. Responsibility of the Literati on the Island -- 43. Taiwanese Theater in the Current Stage of Development -- 44. A Conversation on Taiwanese Culture -- 45. A Commentary on Current Literature -- 46. Kuso Realism and Pseudo-Romanticism -- 47. An Open Letter to Mr. Shiwai Min -- 48. Good Writing, Bad Writing -- 49. In Defense of Kuso Realism -- 50. The Thorny Road Continues -- 51. Our Propositions -- 52. The Path of Bridge--Report on the Second Writers' Gathering -- 53. Questions and Answers Concerning Taiwanese Literature -- Part II: Wading Through the Cold War Under Martial Law (1949-1987) 159 -- 1. Inaugural Preface to Literary Creation -- 2. Declaration -- 3. Inaugural Preface to Military Literature: Establishing a Modernized, Populist, Revolutionary, and Combative National Literature -- 4. Poetry Is Poetry; Song Is Song; We Do Not Say "Poem-Song" -- 5. Explicating the Tenets of the Modernist School -- 6. To the Reader -- 7. A Critique of Peng Ge's Setting Moon and a Discussion of the Modern Novel -- 8. Newsletter of Literary Friends: Correspondence Between Zhong Zhaozheng and Zhong Lihe -- 9. Notes from the Editors of Epoch Poetry Quarterly -- 10. On Symbolist Poetry and Chinese New Poetry: A Rejoinder to Professor Su Xuelin -- 11. Five Years Later -- 12. To the Poet Ya Xian -- 13. Random Talk on New Poetry No. 4: Whither It Goes? -- 14. Taiwanese Writers Whose Works Burst with Local Color -- 15. Notes of a Poet -- 16. Introduction to Modern Literature -- 17. One Year of Modern Literature -- 18. Preface to Selected Poems of the 1960s -- 19. On Yu Guangzhong's Sirius the Dog Star -- 20. Goodbye, Nihilism! -- 21. Preface to the Japanese Edition of The Orphan of Asia -- 22. An Open Letter to Guo Lianghui -- 23. An Announcement from the Chinese Writers Association -- 24. I Do Not Value The Locked Heart and Membership in the Writers Association -- 25. Cutting Off the Prose Braids -- 26. Lower the Flag to Half-Mast for May Fourth! -- 27. Message from the Editors -- 28. Postscript to Carefree Wandering -- 29. Toward a New Departure in Modernism: Thoughts on the Recent Production of Waiting for Godot -- 30. The Girl with Long Black Hair: The Author's Preface -- 31. The Evolution of Modern Poetry in Taiwan -- 32. Epigraph to the Inaugural Issue -- 33. On the Predicament of Modern Chinese Poets -- 34. On the Special Issue of Retrospect -- 35. Not Our Paradise -- 36. Benchmarks in Fiction Criticism: Reading Tang Jisong's "Autumn Leaves by Ouyang Zi" -- 37. Qideng Sheng's "Polio" Style -- 38. Take Pains to Read, Take Care to Evaluate Family Catastrophe -- 39. Looking Forward to a New Kind of Literature -- 40. Two Kinds of Spirit in Taiwanese Literature: A Comparison of Yang Kui and Zhong Lihe -- 41. Author's Preface -- 42. She Is a True Student of China: On Reading Zhang Ailing on Reading -- 43. Should the Ban on May Fourth and 1930s Writings Be Lifted? -- 44. Grassroots Manifesto -- 45. The Past Decade of Taiwanese Literature (1965-1975)--with Remarks on Wang Wenxing's Family Catastrophe -- 46. The Pursuit and Disappearance of Utopia -- 47. Random Thoughts: Author's Preface -- 48. Starting from the Flaws of Taipei People: On the Method and Practice of Literary Criticism -- 49. Looking Back -- 50. Preface to Three-Three Journal -- 51. It is Realist Literature, Not Nativist Literature-- A Historical Analysis of Nativist Literature -- 52. Introduction to the History of Nativist Literature in Taiwan -- 53. The Blind Spot of Nativist Literature -- 54. Where Is Literature Without Human Nature? -- 55. Xiangtu Wenxue: Its Merits and Demerits -- 56. Impressions Gleaned from the Conference on Literary Arts Organized by the Armed Forces: The Bugle of Unity -- 57. Notes on the Publication of Essays on Nativist Literature -- 58. Two Types of Literary Mind: On Two Short Stories That Won the United Daily Fiction Contest -- 59. Ten Years of Flowing River -- 60. Foreword to Anthology of the Modern Chinese Essay -- 61. Preface to Thirty Eventful Years: The Predicament Facing the Newspaper Literary Supplement in Taiwan at Present and a Way Out -- 62. Looking Back at the Chinese Literary Arts Association -- 63. Taiwan Consciousness of the Taiwanese People -- 64. Influence and Response! From Concern, Engagement, and Action to "We Have Only One Earth" -- 65. Footprints, Sort Of: Superfluous Words on the Launch of the Newsletter of Literary Friends -- 66. Eternal Quest (in Lieu of a Preface) -- 67. The Question of Nativization in Taiwanese Literature at the Present Stage -- 68. House of Salt--by Way of Introduction -- 69. Flaws and Mercy--Preface to The Mulberry Sea -- 70. The Translingual Generation of Poets: Beginning with the Silver Bell Society -- 71. Heralding a Taiwanese Dawn: Introducing Lin Shuangbu, Novelist of the New Generation, and Appraising Taiwan's Enfeebled Fiction -- 72. Sacrificing a Life to Literature Is Nothing to Boast About -- 73. A Painful Confession -- 74. Something Out of Nothing: On Improvisation and Theater -- Part III: The Era of Democracy and Globalization (1987-2005) 375 -- 1. Preface to Series in Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers: Replies to Inquiries -- 2. Coming Together for a Long Journey Ahead: Celebrating the Birth of the Taipei Theater Fellowship -- 3. Preface to Heteroglossia -- 4. Writing a Literature with a Nationality -- 5. Recovering Our Names -- 6. Preface to Complete Works of Taiwanese Writers -- 7. If the Poets Don't Die, the Thieves Won't Quit: The Predicament of Taiwan's Poetry Scene and How to Resolve It -- 8. She Waves the Flag: Preface to Ping Lu's New Collection Who Killed XXX? -- 9. Diary -- 10. Literature of the Military Family Village: The Inheritance and Abandonment of Homesickness -- 11. Discovering a New Taiwan: On Wang Qimei's Collage -- 12. Inaugural Editorial of the Taiwanese Poetics Quarterly 402 -- 13. The World of Mountains and Seas: Preface to the Inaugural Issue of the Culture of Mountains and Seas Bimonthly -- 14. Who Is Going to Wear My Beautiful Knit Dress? -- 15. Summer Mist -- 16. Postscript to On the Island's Edge -- 17. On Ku'er: Reflections on Ku'er and Ku'er Literature in Contemporary Taiwan -- 18. Preface: Just Who Is the Devil with a Chastity Belt? -- 19. Wandering in Gods' Garden (in Lieu of a Preface) -- 20. Saving a Boatload of Starlight: The Story of How Mr. Wang Tiwu Gave Financial Assistance to Young Writers -- 21. The Activist Character of the Literary Supplement to the United Daily -- 22. Newspaper Literary Supplements and the Nobel Prize in Literature: A Personal Reflection -- 23. On Bai -- 24. Retrospect on Thirty Years of Taiwan Literary Arts -- 25. Foreword II: On Taiwan's Literary Canon -- 26. To the Reader: Preface to the Unitas Edition of Complete Works of Luo Zhicheng -- 27. Broken Chinese and Good Work -- 28. Like a Road Sign That Looks Ahead and Behind: Introduction to Compendium of Taiwanese-Language Literature -- 29. The Brave New World of the Mother Tongue: Taiwanese-language Literature Under Construction -- 30. A Flower Recalls Its Previous Incarnation: Remembering Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng -- 31. The Mysterious Revelations of Nature Writing -- 32. Building a Bridge for Taiwanese Literature: Foreword to the Newsletter of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature -- 33. A Perspective on Prose -- 34. My Story of the Chinese Language--Roaming -- 35. A First Step out of "Migration Literature" -- 36. Hakka Literature, Literary Hakka -- 37. The End of the Military Family Village -- 38. Interview with Wu He -- 39. Zhang Xiaofeng on Prose -- 40. Preface to the New Edition of Born Under the Twelfth Star Sign -- 41. Ocean Tide Loves Me Best: A Dialogue Between Sun Dachuan and Xiaman Lanpoan |
| Summary |
This sourcebook contains more than 160 documents and writings that reflect the development of Taiwanese literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Selections include seminal essays in literary debates, polemics, and other landmark events; interviews, diaries, and letters by major authors; critical and retrospective essays by influential writers, editors, and scholars; transcripts of historical speeches and conferences; literary-society manifestos and inaugural journal prefaces; and governmental policy pronouncements that have significantly influenced Taiwanese literature. These texts illuminate Asia's experience with modernization, colonialism, and postcolonialism; the character of Taiwan's Cold War and post-Cold War cultural production; gender and environmental issues; Indigenous movements; and the changes and challenges of the digital revolution. Taiwan's complex history with Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese colonization; strategic geopolitical position vis-à-vis China, Japan, and the United States; and status as a hub for the East-bound circulation of technological and popular-culture trends make the nation an excellent case study for a richer understanding of East Asian and modern global relations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Chinese literature -- Taiwan -- History and criticism -- Sources
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Literature and society -- Taiwan
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Chinese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Chinese literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Chinese literature
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Literature and society
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Taiwan
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Chang, Sung-sheng, 1951- editor.
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Yeh, Michelle, 1955- editor.
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Fan, Mingru, 1964- editor.
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| ISBN |
0231537549 |
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9780231537544 |
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