Prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan:Concept and Genealogy
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chao, Chen-Yu
Abstract
This paper focuses on the concept and genealogy of the prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan. In the past, “Prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan” as a research topic always had been ignored. To build up the research basis of this topic, I try to clarify the concept and genre of prose at that time. Furthermore, this paper tries to re-examine the tradition of poetic prose after War WorldⅡto reconstruct the Genealogy of prose in Taiwan Literature.
This paper is divided into six sections. The motivation, purpose, significance, areas, material, and methodology of research are included in the introduction. In Chapter 2, by examining the concepts of prose research, I try to find out the pluralistic context of the prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan. The concept of the prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan was influenced by the Taiwan classical literature, May 4th literature, and modern Japanese literature. Chapter 3 processes the mode issue by generalizing the previous research, the name of columns of magazines and the titles of prose works in Japanese-occupied Taiwan. We can find out more than twenty modes of prose at that time. In other words, we can find out more than twenty ways about how prose was recognized at that time. Chapter 4 and 5 are text analysis. Chapter 4 tries to examine the prose works by the Japanese authors who lived in Japanese-occupied Taiwan and then conducts the case study. A very important author called Sigeru Aoki (1893-1985) composed a lot of prose works and had high writing consciousness of prose. The prose of Sigeru Aoki is nature writing; it is as important as Tadao Kano’s works. Chapter 5 focuses on the tradition of non-poetic prose in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, especially the Jou Ding Shan’s prose works and the prose works published in the “TAIWAN MINPAO”. These prose works were very critical and aggressive; it cared about the community too. These works are very different from the tradition of poetic prose which is soft and focuses on the author’s inner world only. Because most authors of poetic prose after War WorldⅡ were women, this chapter also compares the Female prose in the Japanese-occupied Taiwan and that after War WorldⅡ. In conclusion, more attention and passion should be contributed to the prose study, especially the prose during the Japanese occupation. And I will devote my time and my whole heart in this field.
Subjects
日治時期臺灣文學
現代散文
散文觀念
散文類型
臺灣現代散文源流
青木繁
美文傳統
Type
thesis
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