The Columbia sourcebook of literary Taiwan / Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Ming-ju Fan, Michelle Yeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, Sung-sheng Yvonne.

Contributor:

Chang, Sung-sheng Yvonne, editor.

Fan, Ming-ju, editor.

Yeh, Michelle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese literature--Taiwan--History and criticism--Sources.

Chinese literature.

Literature and society--Taiwan.

Literature and society.

Chinese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Chinese literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1216 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Literary Taiwan-An East Asian Contextual Perspective / Chang, Sung-Sheng Yvonne

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 / Zhifang, Xia

2. Preface to Collection of Coral Branches / Mei, Zhang

3. Preface Number 5 (by the Author) / Fu, Zhang

4. Ars Poetica (Mid-nineteenth Century / Zhanmei, Lin

5. Elucidating the Meaning of Literature / Xueyu, Xie

6. Congratulations on the Founding of the Taiwan Literary Society / Qingde, Wei

7. On the New Mission to Promote Vernacular Writing / Chengcong, Huang

8. On Reforming Classical Chinese / Chaoqin, Huang

9. A Letter to the Youth of Taiwan / Wojun, Zhang

10. The Awful Literary Scene of Taiwan / Wojun, Zhang

11. On Reading "A Comparison of Old and New Literature" in the Taiwan Daily News / Yun, Lan

12. Diary / Na'ou, Liu

13. Advance / Yun, Lan

14. The Solitary Spirits League and the Anarchist Theater Movement / Qishi, Zhang

15. Why Not Promote Nativist Literature? / Shihui, Huang

16. Annotation on Three-Six-Nine Little Gazette / An, Xin

17. A Proposal on the Construction of Taiwanese Vernacular Writing / Qiusheng, Guo

18. On Reforming the Taiwanese Vernacular / Chunqing, Huang

19. The Prospect of Popular Literature / Qi

20. A Giant Bomb on the Old Poetry Scene / Fengyuan, Chen

21. Elegant Words / Yatang, Lian

22. Absolute Objection to Nativist Literature Written in the Taiwanese Vernacular / Minghong, Lai

23. On Taiwan's Nativist Literature / Kunhuang, Wu

24. Burning Hair-the Rites of Poetry / Yinping, Shui

25. Writing on the Wall / Shuitan, Guo

26. Manifesto / Zhou, Jie

27. Foreword: Understanding Folk Literature / Deshi, Huang

28. Art Belongs to the People / Kui, Yang

29. The Historical Mission of Taiwan Literary Arts / Shenqie, Zhang

30. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Literature-Two Types of Atmosphere / Heruo, Lü

31. Poetry Snippets: On Highbrow / Nao, Weng

32. Preface to Mountain Spirit / Feng, Hu

33. Youth and Taiwan (II): Ideal and Reality of the New Drama Movement / Rikuhei, Shima

34. A Chat with the Governor-General About Discontinuing Chinese Columns in Daily Newspapers / Anonymous

35. Why Can't Taiwan's Art Scene Advance? / Xu, Old

36. Criticism and Guidance Welcomed / Mansha

37. On the Future of Taiwanese Literature / Wenhuan, Zhang

38. The Prospect of Taiwanese Literature / Yingzong, Long

39. The Past, Present, and Future of Taiwanese Literature / Kinji, Shimada

40. On Building a Literary Scene in Taiwan / Deshi, Huang

41. Diary (1942-1944) / Heruo, Lü

42. Responsibility of the Literati on the Island / Wen, Yu

43. Taiwanese Theater in the Current Stage of Development / Teiji, Takita

44. A Conversation on Taiwanese Culture / Akira, Nakamura / Yingzong, Long

45. A Commentary on Current Literature / Mitsuru, Nishikawa

46. Kuso Realism and Pseudo-Romanticism / Min, Shiwai

47. An Open Letter to Mr. Shiwai Min / Shitao, Ye

48. Good Writing, Bad Writing / Xinrong, Wu

49. In Defense of Kuso Realism / Liang, Yidong

50. The Thorny Road Continues / Wenhuan, Zhang

51. Our Propositions / Hiroshi, Nagasaki

52. The Path of Bridge-Report on the Second Writers' Gathering / Lei, Ge

53. Questions and Answers Concerning Taiwanese Literature / Kui, Yang

Part II. Wading Through the Cold War Under Martial Law (1949-1987)

1. Inaugural Preface to Literary Creation / Daofan, Zhang

2. Declaration / Xian, Ji

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" / Xian, Ji

5. Explicating the Tenets of the Modernist School / Xian, Ji

6. To the Reader / Ji'an, Xia

7. A Critique of Peng Ge's Setting Moon and a Discussion of the Modern Novel / Ji'an, Xia

8. Newsletter of Literary Friends: Correspondence Between Zhong Zhaozheng and Zhong Lihe

9. Notes from the Editors of Epoch Poetry Quarterly / Mo, Zhang

10. On Symbolist Poetry and Chinese New Poetry: A Rejoinder to Professor Su Xuelin / Zihao, Qin

11. Five Years Later

12. To the Poet Ya Xian / Qin, Shang

13. Random Talk on New Poetry No. 4: Whither It Goes? / Xi, Yan

14. Taiwanese Writers Whose Works Burst with Local Color / Dingjun, Wang

15. Notes of a Poet / Xian, Ya

16. Introduction to Modern Literature

17. One Year of Modern Literature

18. Preface to Selected Poems of the 1960s / Mo, Zhang / Fu, Luo / Xian, Ya

19. On Yu Guangzhong's Sirius the Dog Star / Fu, Luo

20. Goodbye, Nihilism! / Guangzhong, Yu

21. Preface to the Japanese edition of The Orphan of Asia / Zhuoliu, Wu

22. An Open Letter to Guo Lianghui / Bingying, Xie

23. An Announcement from the Chinese Writers Association

24. I Do Not Value The Locked Heart and Membership in the Writers Association / Lianghui, Guo

25. Cutting Off the Prose Braids / Guangzhong, Yu

26. Lower the Flag to Half-Mast for May Fourth! / Guangzhong, Yu

27. Message from the Editors / Hengtai, Lin

28. Postscript to Carefree Wandering / Guangzhong, Yu

29. Toward a New Departure in Modernism: Thoughts on the Recent Production of Waiting for Godot / Yingzhen, Chen

30. The Girl with Long Black Hair: The Author's Preface / Zi, Ouyang

31. The Evolution of Modern Poetry in Taiwan / Fu, Huan

32. Epigraph to the Inaugural Issue / Fangming, Chen

33. On the Predicament of Modern Chinese Poets / Jieming, Guan

34. On the Special Issue of Retrospect / Shan, Ye

35. Not Our Paradise / Wenbiao, Tang

36. Benchmarks in Fiction Criticism: Reading Tang Jisong's "Autumn Leaves by Ouyang Zi" / Xianyong, Bai

37. Qideng Sheng's "Polio" Style / Shaoming, Liu

38. Take Pains to Read, Take Care to Evaluate Family Catastrophe / Yuanshu, Yan

39. Looking Forward to a New Kind of Literature / Yuanshu, Yan

40. Two Kinds of Spirit in Taiwanese Literature: A Comparison of Yang Kui and Zhong Lihe / Zaijue, Lin

41. Author's Preface / Chunming, Huang

42. She Is a True Student of China: On Reading Zhang Ailing on Reading / Xining, Zhu

43. Should the Ban on May Fourth and 1930s Writings Be Lifted? / Xining, Zhu

44. Grassroots Manifesto / Qing, Luo / Nan, Li

45. The Past Decade of Taiwanese Literature (1965-1975)-with Remarks on Wang Wenxing's Family Catastrophe / Shaoming, Liu

46. The Pursuit and Disappearance of Utopia / Xianyong, Bai

47. Random Thoughts: Author's Preface / Ruoxi, Chen

48. Starting from the Flaws of Taipei People: On the Method and Practice of Literary Criticism / Zi, Ouyang

49. Looking Back / Xianyong, Bai

50. Preface to Three-Three Journal / Tianwen, Zhu

51. It Is Realist Literature, Not Nativist Literature- A Historical Analysis of Nativist Literature / Tuo, Wang

52. Introduction to the History of Nativist Literature in Taiwan / Shitao, Ye

53. The Blind Spot of Nativist Literature / Nancun, Xu

54. Where Is Literature Without Human Nature? / Ge, Peng

55. Xiangtu Wenxue: Its Merits and Demerits / Wenxing, Wang

56. Impressions Gleaned from the Conference on Literary Arts Organized by the Armed Forces: The Bugle of Unity / Xiangduo, Zeng

57. Notes on the Publication of Essays on Nativist Literature / Tiancong, Yu

58. Two Types of Literary Mind: On Two Short Stories That Won the United Daily Fiction Contest / Hongzhi, Zhan

59. Ten Years of Flowing River / Haiyin, Lin

60. Foreword to Anthology of the Modern Chinese Essay / Mu, Yang

61. Preface to Thirty Eventful Years: The Predicament Facing the Newspaper Literary Supplement in Taiwan at Present and a Way Out / Xian, Ya

62.

Looking Back at the Chinese Literary Arts Association / Xueman, Yin

63. Taiwan Consciousness of the Taiwanese People / Hongzhi, Zhan

64. Influence and Response! From Concern, Engagement, and Action to "We Have Only One Earth" / Han, Han / Yigong, Ma

65. Footprints, Sort Of: Superfluous Words on the Launch of the Newsletter of Literary Friends / Zhaozheng, Zhong

66. Eternal Quest (in Lieu of a Preface) / Zhenhe, Wang

67. The Question of Nativization in Taiwanese Literature at the Present Stage / Dongyang, Song

68. House of Salt-by Way of Introduction / Shu, Shi

69. Flaws and Mercy-Preface to The Mulberry Sea / Qiongqiong, Yuan

70. The Translingual Generation of Poets: Beginning with the Silver Bell Society / Hengtai, Lin

71. Heralding a Taiwanese Dawn: Introducing Lin Shuangbu, Novelist of the New Generation, and Appraising Taiwan's Enfeebled Fiction / Zelai, Song

72. Sacrificing a Life to Literature Is Nothing to Boast About / Zhaozheng, Zhong

73. A Painful Confession / Shitao, Ye

74. Something Out of Nothing: On Improvisation and Theater / Shengchuan, Lai

Part III. The Era of Democracy and Globalization (1987-2005)

1. Preface to Series in Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers: Replies to Inquiries / Feng, Guo

2. Coming Together for a Long Journey Ahead: Celebrating the Birth of the Taipei Theater Fellowship / Mingde, Zhong

3. Preface to Heteroglossia / Dewei, Wang

4. Writing a Literature with a Nationality / Ruijin, Peng

5. Recovering Our Names / Monaneng

6. Preface to Complete Works of Taiwanese Writers / Zhaozheng, Zhong

7. If the Poets Don't Die, the Thieves Won't Quit1: The Predicament of Taiwan's Poetry Scene and How to Resolve It / Yaode, Lin

8. She Waves the Flag: Preface to Ping Lu's New Collection Who Killed XXX? / Xiguo, Zhang

9. Diary / Miaojin, Qiu

10. Literature of the Military Family Village: The Inheritance and Abandonment of Homesickness / Bangyuan, Qi

11. Discovering a New Taiwan: On Wang Qimei's Collage / Tong, Jiao

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 / Dachuan, Sun

14. Who Is Going to Wear My Beautiful Knit Dress? / Awu, Ligelale

15. Summer Mist / Tianxin, Zhu

16. Postscript to On the Island's Edge / Li, Chen

17. On Ku'er: Reflections on Ku'er and Ku'er Literature in Contemporary Taiwan / Dawei, Ji

18. Preface: Just Who Is the Devil with a Chastity Belt? / Ang, Li

19. Wandering in Gods' Garden (in Lieu of a Preface) / Dingjun, Wang

20. Saving a Boatload of Starlight: The Story of How Mr. Wang Tiwu Gave Financial Assistance to Young Writers / Zhongming, Jiang

21. The Activist Character of the Literary Supplement to the United Daily / Ruiteng, Li

22. Newspaper Literary Supplements and the Nobel Prize in Literature: A Personal Reflection / Shusen, Zheng

23. On Bai / Dachun, Zhang

24. Retrospect on Thirty Years of Taiwan Literary Arts / Zhaozheng, Zhong

25. Foreword II: On Taiwan's Literary Canon / Yizhi, Chen

26. To the Reader: Preface to the Unitas Edition of Complete Works of Luo Zhicheng / Zhicheng, Luo

27. Broken Chinese and Good Work / Jinshu, Huang

28. Like a Road Sign That Looks Ahead and Behind: Introduction to Compendium of Taiwanese-language Literature / Yangmin, Lin

29. The Brave New World of the Mother Tongue: Taiwanese-language Literature Under Construction / Yang, Xiang

30. A Flower Recalls Its Previous Incarnation: Remembering Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng / Tianwen, Zhu

31. The Mysterious Revelations of Nature Writing / Mingyi, Wu

32. Building a Bridge for Taiwanese Literature: Foreword to the Newsletter of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature / Ruiming, Lin

33. A Perspective on Prose / Kexiang, Liu

34. My Story of the Chinese Language-Roaming / Yongping, Li

35. A First Step Out of "Migration Literature" / Shuo, Nanfang

36. Hakka Literature, Literary Hakka / Qiao, Li

37. The End of the Military Family Village / Weizhen, Su

38. Interview with Wu He / Tianxin, Zhu

39. Zhang Xiaofeng on Prose / Xiaofeng, Zhang

40. Preface to the New Edition of Born Under the Twelfth Star Sign / Yijun, Luo

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-518) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231537544

0231537549

OCLC:

890952293