In this issue we take as a theme literary works on historical subjects to reflect the correspondence and resonance between literature and history developed in Taiwan. Any creative work that refers to or reflects upon a great event that occurred in Taiwan and expresses the related thoughts or emotions, either as fiction or as a short essay, is considered a historical work in Taiwan literature.....................more>>
 

 

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卷頭語﹕台灣文學與歷史
Foreword: Taiwan Literature and History

杜國清
K. C. Tu
Critiques
When History Goes Astray, Literature Brings Us Back to
歷史迷路•文學引渡 
 Port
P’eng Jui-chin
彭瑞金
Translated by Margaret Hillenbrand
University of Cambridge
 

What is “Great River Fiction”?
淺談「大河小說」

Chung Chao-cheng
鍾肇政
Translated by Vincent Wen-Shan Lien
University of Essex, United Kingdom
 
Fiction
 
Ghost Hunting
尋鬼記
Li Ch’iao
李喬
Translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin
University of Notre Dame