The Origin and Comparison of New Literary Trends in Taiwan Strait

Author: Zhu Shuangyi / Zhang Yu
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: The new book The Origins and Comparisons of New Literary Trends across the Taiwan Strait by Zhu Shuangyi and Zhang Yu, professors at the Taiwan Research Institute and the Taiwan Studies Center of Xiamen University, is included in Xiamen University's Nanqiang Series and was published by Xiamen University Press in March 2006. The book consists of 16 chapters, which are:
Introduction;
The Emergence of "Modernity" in Cross-Strait Literature during the Late Qing and Early Republican Era;
The Popularization of Arts and Literature: A Main Thread Running Through New Literature on Both Sides;
The Debate between Old and New Literature: The Taiwanese Interpretation of the May Fourth Literary Revolution;
Enlightenment and Revolution: The Origins and Comparisons of Cross-Strait New Literary Themes;
Anti-Japanese Resistance and National Identity;
Early Modernist Creations in Cross-Strait New Literature;
Comparing the Cultural Fields of Occupied Taiwan and the Northeast;
Taiwan's Liberation and the Cultural Confluence of Both Sides;
The Main Contradictions and Literary Themes in Taiwan Society in the Early Post-Liberation Period;
Contemporary Taiwanese Cultural Trends and the Rise and Fall of "Anti-Communist Literature";
The Literary Current of Taiwanese Liberal Humanism and Its Origins;
Tracing the Origins of Taiwanese Modernist Literary Trends;
The Evolution and Development of Local Literature in Cross-Strait New Literature;
The Political Division of the Literary World and the Rise of Urban Literature;
Literary Presentations in the Context of "Post-Colonial Studies."
Followed by an "Epilogue": A Review and Outlook on Cross-Strait Literary Interactions in the 21st Century.