A Study of Taiwan’s National Counter-Hegemonic Narrative:Trauma Narratives of the White Terror

• Main Authors: Craig Smith, 史峻
• Other Authors: 江寶釵
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27073446277994087374

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 台灣文學所 === 98 === This thesis examines the post-Martial Law period texts concerning the February 28th Incident and the period of White Terror. This burst of texts began in the 1980s and has continued for decades as writers on Taiwan have enjoyed a high level of creative freedom and these violent incidents have taken on a symbolic form. Of central interest is the importance of this historical memory in writing Taiwan; how the symbolism of this historical memory is constructed in relation to the processes of postcolonialism/decolonization and the construction of cultural trauma; and how this symbolism is then utilized by counter-hegemonic discourses in contemporary Taiwan. The symbolism of these violent events has been used by writers and academics on Taiwan to denounce injustices to numerous groups, including socialists, various ethnicities, women, and aboriginals. In order to examine such a wide range of counter-hegemonic narratives, a variety of different texts have been analyzed. The most important texts to this thesis include works by Chen Yingzhen, Tzeng Ching-wen, Li Ang and texts relevant to the rewriting of the life and death of aboriginal writer and activist Uyongu Yatauyungana(Gao Yisheng).