Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, No. 55 (Special Issue on A Reader of Taiwan Literary History Part II)

Kuo-ch'ing Tu and Terence Russell (eds.)

  • PublishedAugust, 2026
  • Binding平裝 / 21*14 / 296pages / 單色（黑） / 英文
  • PublisherUS-Taiwan Literature Foundation & National Taiwan University Press
  • SeriesTaiwan Literature：English Translation Series 55
  • ISBN978-626-7944-24-0
  • GPN1011500974
  • Price NT$530
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For the present volume, we have translated the final eight studies in A Reader. In comparison to Number 54, these studies deal with more recent historical eras, especially the postwar and post-martial law periods in Taiwan. Fiction and non-fiction prose figure more prominently here, as do themes of modernism and nativism. However, in designing A Reader, Professor Horng took pains to ensure that disenfranchised groups were appropriately represented, thus Chapter 14 explores issues in women’s and gay literature, while Chapter 15 outlines the history and nature of the Chinese language writing of Indigenous peoples in Taiwan. To round the volume out, Chapter 16 offers an overview of Taiwanese literature in the twenty-first century, noting the rise of a variety of new digital and internet-based literary forms. Taken together, we believe that issues Number 54 and 55 provide an important new resource for students of Taiwan’s literary history. We are grateful for Professor Tu’s foresight in conceiving this project, and for Professor Horng’s enthusiastic collaboration as we moved forward with our work.

【About the Editors】

Kuo-ch'ing Tu, born in Taichung, Taiwan. His research interests include Chinese literature, Chinese poetics and literary theories, comparative literature East and West, and world literatures of Chinese (Shi-Hua wenxue). He is the author of numerous books of poetry in Chinese, as well as translator of English, Japanese, and French works into Chinese.

Terence Russell is Senior Scholar in the Asian Studies Center at the University of Manitoba. He has an interest in contemporary literature in Chinese, especially the literature of Taiwan's Indigenous people. Dr. Russell has been a regular contributor to Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, and was the guest editor of Issue 24 on Taiwan Indigenous myths and oral literature.


Guest Editor

Shu-ling Horng holds a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature from National Taiwan University (NTU) and is currently a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at NTU. She previously served as director and adjunct professor at the Institute of Taiwanese Literature at NTU. Her research specializes in folklore, modern poetry, modern and contemporary literature, and women’s literature. She is the author of books such as The Skirt Hem of Thought: The Self-Inscription and Temporal Writing of Taiwan's Modern Women Poets.

Foreword to the Special Issue on A Reader of Taiwan Literary History Part II／Terence Russell
〈台灣文學史讀本專輯．下〉卷頭語／羅德仁

Studies

Chapter 9: The Development of Postwar Modern Prose and Themes of Emotion 戰後現代散文的發展與情感主題╱Liu Chien-chih（劉建志）
Chapter 10: Culinary Writing in Modern Prose 現代散文中的飲食書寫╱Liu Chien-chih（劉建志）
Chapter 11: Nature Writing in Modern Prose現代散文中的自然書寫╱Liu Chien-chih（劉建志）
Chapter 12: Postwar Modernist Fiction 戰後現代主義小說╱Yang Yaru（楊雅儒）
Chapter 13: Nativist Novels 鄉土小說╱Yang Yaru（楊雅儒）
Chapter 14: Gender Culture in Modern Novels 現代小說與性別文化╱Yang Yaru（楊雅儒）
Chapter 15: Indigenous People’s Chinese Language Literature 原住民族漢語文學╱Ma Yi-Hang（馬翊航）
Chapter 16: Prospects for Taiwanese Literature in the New Century 新世紀臺灣文學的展望╱Tu Shu-wei（涂書瑋）
Postface to the English Translation of A Reader of Taiwanese Literary History╱Shu-ling Horng（洪淑苓）
《臺灣文學史讀本》英譯本後記╱洪淑苓

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