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Title |
Looking for "Fan Lin Dun": Researching on the Dialectics of Thought and Literary Practice of Tian Cong Yu in the 1960s and 1970s |
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Author |
Huang, Chi-Feng |
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Associate Professor, Center of General Education, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology |
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Abstract |
Although Tian Cong Yu (1935-2019) was an important figure in postwar Taiwanese literary circles in literary activities such as the "Introduction of Western Modernist Literature" and the "Nativist Literary Debate." However, in the past, most of the attention paid to Tian Cong Yu in academic circles focused on the Wen-ji Literary Group, or on discussions of literary concepts such as "nationalism," "realism," and "anti-modernity," presenting a single-dimensional observation perspective. In fact, on the one hand, Tian Cong Yu proposed criticism and reflection on modernism and Westernization concepts; on the other hand, he still continued to pay attention to and conduct in-depth research on Western modern trends of thought. From Tian Cong Yu's literary activities and writings in the 1960s and 1970s, we can see that he accepted the ideas and writing style of existentialism to a considerable extent, and transformed them into important nutrients for his own literary thoughts, creations, and even his philosophy. From the study of Tian Cong Yu's various works published after the new century shows that he had continued thinking about modernism, existentialism, and left-wing ideals. Therefore, the relationship between Tian Cong Yu and existentialism should not be just that of opposites. By gathering his fictions from the 1960s, The Man Who Goes to Fan Lin Dun, and exploring the elements of literary trends and the literary aspects presented in the fictions, it is an important way to explore the development and meanings of Tian Cong Yu's literature. Therefore, this essay hopes to further examine the relationship between postwar Taiwan's left-wing literary community and world literary trends by re-examining Tian Cong Yu's literary activities, literary discussions, and literary creations in the 1960s and 1970s. |
