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Format: 1 online resource (1216 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53754-9

Content: 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.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Literary Taiwan-An East Asian Contextual Perspective / , Part I. The Beginnings and Entry Into Modernity Through Colonial Mediation (1728-1948) -- , Introduction -- , 1. Preface to Volume 1 of Jade Ruler Between Sky and Sea / , 2. Preface to Collection of Coral Branches / , 3. Preface Number 5 (by the Author) / , 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) -- , Introduction -- , 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) -- , Introduction -- , 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 Quit1: 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 -- , 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 -- , Glossary -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Notes on the Translators -- , Notes on the Authors -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16576-5

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/chan16576