The trend of cultural development can often reflect the strength and wisdom of a country, and the academic discipline "Taiwan Literature" is considered as one of the fundamental thoughts that make up the culture of Taiwan. On one hand, the promotion on the study of Taiwan Literature can help develop and explore the intrinsic cultural traditions of Taiwan; it can also help establish the prominent character of Taiwan among international culture.
With the approach of knowledge-based economy, the national educational policy has, as well, begun of adjustment. For quite a long period of time, the educational policy of Taiwan has, overtly, ignored the training of Taiwanese history, literature, language, and culture. In recent years, the educational quality of our local culture has received much attention and has been much strengthened. Therefore, the establishment of Graduate School on Taiwan Literature is the major adjustment that to echoes to the educational policy.
The College of Liberal Arts at National Chengchi University applied to the Ministry of Education in 2001 to establish a Master's program in the Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature. The application was approved in 2003, after which the college actively carried out planning and officially began student enrollment in 2005. In 2008, the institute established a doctoral program, fully promoting in-depth research and the sustainable development of Taiwan literature.
