A Study on Formosan Culture Magazine, The New Culture (“Taiwan Sin Wen Hua”), and The New Culture (“Sin Wen Hua”) (1986.6～1990.12)：the New Culture Movement and Taiwanese and Political Literature Discourse

• Main Authors: Ching-mei Lee, 李靜玫
• Other Authors: Jun-ya Xu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05008401082341468469

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 台灣文學研究所 === 94 === Since the rule of Japan, one of the most important strategies for Taiwan intellectuals to spread concepts and launch movements---be it political, social, or cultural---had been to run a magazine. These movements, however, had to take root first outside of Taiwan due to Taiwan’s peculiar historical background. Overseas intellectuals first ran unorthodox newspapers and publications, so that the movements could thrive back in the native land. Such had been the case in the Taiwan academic field not only during the rule of Japan, but also in the Pre- and Post-Martial Law era. In the Pre- and Post-Martial Law era, the birth of such publications as Formosan Culture Magazine, The New Culture (“Taiwan Sin Wen Hua”), and The New Culture (“Sin Wen Hua”), which was closely related to TAIWAN CULTURE, a magazine run by overseas Taiwanese Americans, led to the flourishing of Taiwan culture/literature discourse. The three publications started the highly political discourse inside the island, and the quick expansion of discourses on Taiwanese literature, human rights, and political literature directly influenced the literature sphere. However, mainstream academic researchers had been more inclined to look to newspaper essays and literary magazines for “literature” than to such cultural magazines as Formosan Culture Magazine, The New Culture (“Taiwan Sin Wen Hua”), and The New Culture (“Sin Wen Hua”).Therefore, in this study I set out from the overseas TAIWAN CULTURE to examine the interaction among Taiwanese Americans and native cultural workers. Next I explore the three magazines--- Formosan Culture Magazine, The New Culture (“Taiwan Sin Wen Hua”), and The New Culture (“Sin Wen Hua”)---in terms of inner structure, points of view, history, significance, and influence. And last, I probe into the three magazines’ Taiwanese and political literature discourses that lie at the heart of the Taiwan New Culture Movement, and evaluate their contributions at a time of political upheaval.