The Study of Zhong Tei-Min’s Peasant Novels

• Main Authors: LI, HUI-YU, 李惠玉
• Other Authors: PENG, RUEI-JIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50706981184216856219

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 文化創意產業學系 === 102 === The works of Zhong Tie-Min are not discussed so much as his father - Zhong Li-He,the reason is that more or lesshis father’s reputation is more brilliant than him. In thisstudy, we will first sort outZhong Tie-Min’s family background and hisgrowth process suffered from diseaseand poverty. Then weenter our study object – Zhong Tie-Min’s peasant novels – mainly presents his hometown Meinung as storybackground, to do the research for the theme of his novels related with rural villages, peasants and peasant writings. Moreover,we will discuss Zhong Tie-Min’s narrative with gentle and plainwhich reflected the ruralvillage he understood and concerned. The content of Zhong Tie-Min’s worksareall aboutthe rural villages which he was familiar with. The first phase of the work, Zhong Tie-Min was the observer of rural village. The second phasehe went back to hometown and served as the teacher, whichwas completely different from the observer; he became a bystander who wasconcerned aboutthe peasants, rural villages and agriculture. The third phase is the commercialization of the land: afterlifting a restrictionand commercialization of land, the old peasants faced thestruggle. The fourth phase is the peasant movement – the protesting of anti-dam, he turned into the action from a bystander's pointof view, anddirectly involved in theanti-dam social movement whichis calling for village protection. Meinung, a traditional rural village, is the object of his observation. The changes of agriculture these years in Meinung are thereflection of the entire agriculture in Taiwan. We utilize the documentary analysis and text analysisas research methods in this study. We will describe respectively the concerned perspectivesfrom the three phase creation periodsinthe works of Zhong Tie-Min, Taiwanese writer from Meinung. There are threeconclusions as follows: 1. the peasant novel of Zhong Tie-Min is a Hakka rural song in Meinung mountain village. 2. the peasant novel of Zhong Tie-Min is also a mournful song for agricultural changes in Meinung mountain village. 3. the peasant novel of Zhong Tie-Min is the mind reflection of his perspective with concern.