| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 台灣文學系碩博士班 === 98 === The theme in this thesis is mainly to study the forming and intension of the discourses on religious “superstition” during Japanese governance, and to prove how the topic of discussion is managed, defined, explained and varied which is influenced by the modern education of colonization, the ideological trend of western civilization, rationalism of science, and the national authority during different historical stages. Obviously, the people who discuss “superstition” usually come from the rules stratum and intellectuals, etc. So the subjects which are analyzed are the official documents and works, the literary works of Taiwanese intellectuals, and the newspaper, magazine publications, etc. Then focus on the topic about religious “superstition” to investigate how it’s imagined, explained and fought for again through the process of discourse on power and knowledge. Moreover, this thesis also proves that the speeches about “eliminating superstition” is not simply aimed how the “superstition” is reformed, but emphasize how the Others capture the believers of superstitious Taiwanese and make them to be the real Others- Japanese, the civilized people. So the ruler attempt to increase the common psychology and culture inclination of “respecting God and ancestry” by changing the inherent thinking of the assimilated policy, and actively promoting the social educational and training Movement. But with changing Taiwanese traditional folk faith, and changing the subject they believe in, the purpose of the ruler is to train the national spirit with deep faith, therefore the behavior of “superstition” hasn’t been destroyed in fact. This colonial strategy can be perceived for Taiwanese, but without the trial and the settlement of history, time, and the environment, they can’t realize the strong influence of faith which is closely related to daily life. The faith system built by colonial governance hasn’t been mixed with deep historical experience and emotion. Once the outside strength of control is removed, there’s not any existent meaning for such faith, and also prove that the faith transplanted from Japan is unable to take root in the heart of the people who has been colonized.
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