TAIWAN LITERATURE

English Translation Series, No. 4

Editors

Kuo-ch’ing Tu and Robert Backus

Contributors

林瑞明 Lin Jui-ming

彭瑞金 P'eng Jui-chin

詹明儒 Chan Ming-ju

洪醒夫 Hung Hsing-fu

蔡秀女 Ts'ai Hsiu-nu

劉克襄 Liu K'o-hsiang

陳千武 Ch'en Chien-wu

鄭炯明 Cheng Chiuan-ming

李敏勇 Li Ming-yung

莫渝 Mo Yu

利玉芳 Li Yu-fang

張芳慈 Chang Fang-ts'u

葉石濤 Yeh Shih-t'ao

陳萬益 Ch'en Wan-yih

Translators

Mabel Lee	Cynthia Chennault
Jack Jenn-Shann Lin	Sue Wiles
Simon Patton	Marshall McArthur
Linda G. Wang	Cathy Chiu
Robert Backus	Kuo-ch'ing Tu

卷頭語:台灣本土文學的聲音.................vi

杜國清

Foreword: Voices of Nativist Literature in Taiwan ......xi

K. C. Tu

Critiques

Literature Originates from the Land and People(文學從土地與人民出發)......................3

Lin Jui-ming 林瑞明
Translated by Jenn-Shann Jack Lin
University of Alberta

The Primary Issue for Taiwan Literature is Identifying with the Land (台灣文學應以本土化為首要課題)............9

P'eng Jui-chin 彭瑞金
Translated by Mabel Lee
University of Sydney

Fiction

The Story of Huannawa(An Excerpt form the First Prize Winning Work of Taiwan Literature Award)(番仔挖的故事〔節錄〕)...............15

Chan Ming-ju 詹明儒
Translated by Marshall McArthur
University of Texas at Austin

My Land (吾土)....................................23

Hung Hsing-fu 洪醒夫
Translated by Cathy Chiu
University of California at Santa Barbara

Rice Spikes Fallen to Earth(稻穗落土)...............51

Ts'ai Hsiu-nu 蔡秀女
Translated by Simon Patton
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Essays

Literature, You Are Human Nature's Best Banner to Rally the Spirits of the Dead (文學，您是人性最好的招靈幡).....75

Chan Ming-ju 詹明儒
Translated by Cynthia Chennault
University of Florida

Going to the Ends of the Earth with the Birds (隨鳥走天涯)..................79

Liu K'o-hsiang 劉克襄
Translated by Sue Wiles
Universiyt of Sydney

Poetry

Let's Give Mosquitoes an Honorable Name (給蚊子取個榮譽的名稱吧)..............90

Ch'en Ch'ien-wu 陳千武

Sweet Potato (番薯)..........................91

Cheng Chiung-ming 鄭炯明

Noises (噪音).................................93

Li Min-yung 李敏勇

Bitter Bamboo (苦竹)..........................94

Mo Yu 莫渝

The Remote-Controlled Airplane (遙控飛機).........95

Li Yu-fang 利玉芳

Sound (聲音) .....................................96

Chang Fang-tz'u 張芳慈

Translated by
K. C. Tu and Robert Backus
University of California, Santa Barbara

Studies

A Long Range View of Taiwan Fiction (台灣小說的遠景)...99

Yeh Shih-t'ao 葉石濤
Translated by Linda G. Wang
University of California at Berkeley

A New Stage in Taiwan's Historical Fiction: A Brief Critique of The Story of Huannawa(台灣歷史小說的新階段—簡評《番仔挖的故事》).........103

Ch'en Wan-yih 陳萬益
Translated by Marshall McArthur
University of Texas at Austin

Taiwan Literature:
English Translation Series, No. 4
ISSN 1097-5845

The publishers of this journal gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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TAIWAN LITERATURE

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