The colonial experience in Wu Zhuo- Liu’s novels: Perspectives from literary – sociology

• Main Authors: Mu-Yu Hsiao, 蕭牧宇
• Other Authors: 劉阿榮
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80463748117859220990

碩士 === 元智大學 === 社會暨政策科學學系 === 100 === Wu Zhuo-Liu (1900-1976) was one of Taiwan new-vernacular literature movement important writers. His life, has repeatedly gone through Japanese colonial rule and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)’s period, the writing theme also take this as the dividing line, the preliminary novel governs life of the time take the date as a background, after then later period primarily reflects recovering the Taiwan society. The representative novels like "Asia's Orphan", " The Fig" and "The Taiwan Lien-Giuo(Golden Dewdrop)", establishes him in the Taiwan history of literature important localization. The research aims at Taiwanese society from Japanese colonial rule to the initial stage of the recovery of Taiwan through the literary works written by Wu Zhuo-Liu. From that we can understand how Taiwanese writers, who grew up and experienced Japanese colonial rule and KMT authority, changed their mentality and writing concepts; and how they kept for the inspiration and believes. Wu’s works are taken as the objective of current research. By analyzing his writings, we understand that the critical thinking of Wu is not only staying in Taiwan on a plane, but beyond the limit between time and space. Therefore, in his writings, the question, such as searching on meaning of self-existence is embodied. In addition to the releasing of the economical persecution, the rule of unfair political social class, and terror of police during the period of Japanese colonial rule to the initial stage of the recovery of Taiwan, it is as well the key of triggering the thinking of economy, education, social status and politics. From Wu’s historical novels, the flowing of national consciousness from China to Taiwan is detected. This change is involved in Wu’s writing, and it forms a conversational relationship with social venation. From the series of Wu’s historical novels, we can also see the contrast between the historical and present Taiwan, and the track back that Wu’s searching for recognition in Taiwan history.