The historical ethnic division in Taiwan’s society has been between the Han people (Chinese, now the overwhelming majority) and the aborigines. The Han people themselves comprise two major groups: the Hoklo and the Hakka. The four-million Hakka in Taiwan, make up about one third of the total population. As the Hakka are the second largest ethnic group......more
 

 
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卷頭語﹕台灣文學與客家文化
杜國清
Foreword: Taiwan Literature and Hakka Culture
K. C. Tu


Critiques
Hakka Literture, Literary Hakka
客家文學、文學客家
  Lee Chiao
李喬
Translated by John Balcom
Monterey Institute of International Studies

 

Fiction

 

The Tapir
貘

Lung Ying-tsung
龍瑛宗
Translated by Robert Backus
University of California at Santa Barbara

 
The Magnolia
木蘭花

Lü Ho-jo
呂赫若
Translated by Robert Backus
University of California at Santa Barbara

 
Snake Fruit
蛇果

Cheng Huan
鄭煥
Translated by Sylvia Li-Chen Lin