The Female Images in the Novels of Taiwan during the Japanese Colonial Period

• Main Authors: Hsing-yu Kao, 高幸佑
• Other Authors: Jen-nien Chai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34803371395385232552

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 中國文學系研究所 === 103 === The Japanese colonial period is the beginning of Taiwan New Literature and the modern novel. At the conflict of nations, classes, traditions and modernity, gender issue became one of the focuses. How the female images were unfolded in literature writing during the period is the subject of the essay. The thesis first discusses the females’ real situation and the contributing factors that made female a subject in writings at that time, then analysis the female images in novels in different stages, and explores the features of male and female writers in writing females. Critical realism in Taiwan novels were spread in the background of nonviolence resistance to Japanese government and the enlightenment flourishing in society, so the instrumentality of novels for reform and critique cannot be ignored. In many novels, writers often describe females’ situation for the purpose to criticize the colonial empire and for the thought of opposing colonial and capitalism oppress. Simultaneously, the applications of female subject were also connected and formed with various perspectives involving the writers’ life tracks, situations during the times and their writing styles. By observing the background of times, the characteristics of writers, and the female perspective, the whole female images could be viewed more clearly and completely. The composing of female images is a reflection of reality, a material and symbol for concepts, also a carrier of imagination and the ground for subjective self construction, is a result interwoven with the country, society and individuals.