Comments On The Prose Writing Of Lung Yingtai

Lung Yingtai entered the literary circle of Taiwan in the mid-1980 s, causing a sensation in the Chinese literary circle by virtue of Wild Fire. She upholds democracy and liberty and shows bravely her own identity, taking the responsibility for one’s country and expecting arousing the masses. As a fighter for democracy and a female writer with maternal instincts, she endows her words with both the straightforwardness and staunchness of a man and the sensibility and tenderness of a woman. Whether it be the former or the latter, her works shows no affectation, full of controlled feelings, reflecting the nature of a intellectual with conscience.This paper has Lung’s prose writing as its object of study and intends to inquire into the evolution of her prose writing and creative features, beginning with the historical background and her life experience, her magnum opus from different periods being the major subjects of research. The author believes her perspective of writing extends and the focus broadens through her critical works Lung’s Fiction Criticism、Wild Fire in the early stage, the kinship-themed works My Child,Just Take Your Time、My Dear Andrew、Gaze After when she became a new mother to A History About Chinese 1949 s, which shows her concerns about the present. In this evolution of focus from society to life and to history, Long’s prose embodies the concerns about and criticism of social issues from the perspective of an intellectual, reflecting her long-held belief of “ setting the heart for Heaven and Earth and setting life for people”.Long’s works’ content goes beyond Chinese Taiwan, covering also places like Chinese Hong Kong and Singapore. She is a quite productive and representative writer with much influence in Chinese prose writing. The author holds that Long’s prose works are representative of the creative features and achievements of Chinese prose writing in multiple levels, always upholding the respect for human nature, caring about one’s close kin, paying attention to the difference between the eastern and western cultures and concerned about the historical development of history.