Chinese Writing Of Taiwan’s Modern Poetry From1950s To1980s

Cultural identification is an issue controversial and difficult to resolve in the present society ofTaiwan. It is even worsen when the sound of de-chinization is ascending to bring the tremendous impacton the cultural field of Taiwan and make China, the mother body in which Taiwanese culture have beendeeply rooted, turn to be “the other”. The study of this dissertation focuses on the context of the modernpoetry developed in Taiwan by exploring how it, ever since the cross-strait antagonism in1949, has gonethrough a long way of historical changes, political intervention and foreign influence to form aconspicuous style featured with Chinese writing in different connotations of geography, history, culture,thoughts and politics. The studied period spans thirty years from1950s to1980s, crossing twogenerations of poets growing up respectively in the time of pre-and post-world war II, including twopoetry trends of Modernism and Realism.The study contents are involved with the concrete or abstract dimensions of Chinesecomplex/ideology embodied in the modern poetry written in Taiwan with four subjects categorized. Thefirst one is called “Political China”, referring to the government with political power, which was takenas the target of anti-communist and the antagonist of contending. The second one is “Diaspora China”, ahaunting country filled with nostalgia, where the poets’ ancestors were buried and family waiting forunion. The third one is “Classical China”, a fascinating country with long history and elegant culture,where is the poets’ spiritual conviction and hometown forever. The fourth one is “Virtual China”, avisible China, where some people returned to embrace their long-missing families or offer sacrifices totheir ancestors, and some to visit the historical scenes or make a tour of exploration. These differentlayers and connotations of Chinese feeling and consciousness constitute the subject matters anddialectical aesthetics of Chinese writing through different interpretation, introspection anddemonstration.