Memories and Heritage: Memories of Wartime in Postwar Taiwanese Literature

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23080
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Dokkyo University
• Principal Investigator: AKETAGAWA SATOSHI 獨協大学, 国際教養学部, 専任講師 (30844203)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 台湾 / 台湾文学 / 戦争記憶 / アジア・太平洋戦争 / 戦後 / 世代

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates “Memory of War” as described in writers and works in postwar Taiwanese literature. My first academic book, Literature, History and Society in Postwar Taiwan: A Look into Hakka Writer Lee Chiao and Taiwanese Literature in the 21st Century (Hyogo: Kwansei Gakuin University Press, 2022) is the initial result of the project “Memories and Heritage: Memories of Wartime in Postwar Taiwanese Literature”. Using works as a lens, this study considers memories with from comparison of generations. Narrative representations are examined to reveal the perspective of identity. New-generation writers who have no war experiences are no longer only limited to traumas caused by colonial victimhood, but also reveal cultural struggles, i.e. class, ethnic and provincial differences. With increasing vibrant globalization, it is argued that only through mutual understanding, can we go beyond the traditional framework of dual opposition between memories and history in East Asia.

Free Research Field

人文学　台湾文学　中国語圏文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年，日本と台湾では経済・文化面での交流が深まり，相互の理解も進んできた．ただし，アジア・太平洋戦争の記憶をめぐる解釈のちがいは，双方で誤解を生む原因にもなることが予想される．そこで本研究では，台湾で生きる人々の感情や意識をくみとることを目指して，台湾人作家の「戦争記憶」をめぐる作品を作家の世代でわけて読み解き，戦後に「戦争記憶」をめぐる台湾文学作品が多元的にあらわれた意義を解明した．「戦争記憶」を扱う台湾文学が，戦後の国民党による政治的禁制が続いた戒厳令期の時代，さらにはその後の民主化以降の新たな時代に，それぞれいかなる意味を持ったのかを，人と社会，歴史，文学の関係から考察したのである．