The Types of Biography and Their Development in Taiwan.

• Main Authors: Ching-yi Lee, 李靜宜
• Other Authors: Li Chi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53057405239723868469

碩士 === 南華大學 === 出版學研究所 === 91 === 　　Biography not only possesses historic significance, but it is also a plentiful and diverse type of books. Likewise, the relation between its development and social pulsation has a certain extent. This research aims at the biographies published by commercial publishers from Second World War to 2002 in Taiwan. A variety of biographies can be divided into several independent and recognizable types according to the classification, in order to make their entire outline articulate and simultaneously examine the condition of development with respect to these types identities, including a variation of quality and quantity. Moreover, an implicit significance behind them can be further probed. 　 　　The research selects the written personages of biographies as a norm of classification. The 6107 pieces of biographies which accord with the scope of research can be classified into 13 types. Furthermore, it examines the quantitative increase and decrease and the qualitative evolution. In addition, the research is further to observe the relation between social change and development of biography. Concerning the methodologies, this research adopts document research and cites the principal conceptions of bibliometrics, for giving an account of the developmental aspects in Taiwanese biography. 　 　　According to the research, it is fairly certain that in the last 57 years in Taiwan the publishing amount of biography has taken possession of entire publication of books by 1.09 percent, and there was not a gradual rise year after year with regard to a percentage of biography. Altogether, amongst various types of biographies in Taiwan, the proportions of the divisions of political and military personages and the divisions of literary and historical personages are highest. As to the proportions of others such as the divisions of commercial, entertaining and athletic personages, there have been also a marked increase, since Taiwan was after 1990 as well as the government announced martial law ended later.Finally, the research selects three dimensions to explore the relation between social change and development of biography.The three dimensions are emancipation of political power, enhancement of economical power, and diversification of values.