The Development of Peasantry Novels in Taiwan(from 1920s to 1990s)

• Main Authors: Hung, Peng-Cheng, 洪鵬程
• Other Authors: Yan, Ji-Hua Yan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/978x33

博士 === 中國文化大學 === 中國文學系 === 103 === This research attempts to investigate the decline transformation of Taiwanese peasantry novels, along with compiling the diachronic evolution and scrutinize the various stages of Taiwanese peasantry history, which Involving the image shaping of peasant, the portrayal of peasantry life, the aspects of rural society, the interpretation of peasant consciousness, and the expression of humanistic concern. Furthermore, this research inquires the impact of political and economic development, the social and cultural change, and literary trends pulsation to affect the Taiwan society and peasantry novels; observes the dialogue between literature and reality; identifies the characteristics of each novelist, and enunciates the zeitgeist and ideology in its particular time and space. On the start of the second chapter, this research discusses the peasantry novels foundation period in 1920s that is just the begun to the emergung of New Culture Movement under the intersection of colonization and modernity, and starts a new campaign literature and dialectical stage. The third chapter canvasses the progression of peasantry novels from flourishing to setback in 1930s, which experienced the war period and Japan's surrender. Chapter IV, reviews the latency of peasantry novels under the pressure of postwar atmosphere and the grand narrative of "anti-communist nostalgia". The fifth chapter discusses the recovery of peasantry novels in 1960s; it represents the rhetorical discourse of cultural hegemony in literary trend. The sixth chapter elaborates the peasantry novels changes that are closely related to the rapid environment change and raising of local awareness in 1970s. Chapter VII analyzes the decline of peasantry novels in 1980s and the characteristics in the period of post Native Movement. In chapter VIII, this research reviews and Identifies the Zeitgeist of the peasantry novels in Taiwan's literary evolution, and derives the value of reflection theory in literature.By prudently analysis and reinterpret these historical material of peasantry novels, and building an overview of the evolution of Taiwan peasantry novels, this dissertation expects to conduct a full-scale development of Taiwan peasantry novels, further with compiling its artistry, connotation, and represents its significance in history.