Dialectics of Postmodern Adolescence：A Study of the Trilogy of Da-chun Chang's Teenage Novels

• Main Authors: Mu-HsuanLai, 賴穆萱
• Other Authors: Chao-Chen Ling
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36636995029108244155

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 中國文學系碩博士班 === 99 === Da-chung Chang is a distinguished novelist in the field of Taiwanese literature. His writing techniques are always innovative and subject matters are diverse. In 1991 he published 「Weekly Journal of Teenage Da Tou Chun」, which not only soon became a best-seller at that time, and virtually aroused a wave of imitation. Subsequently, he continued to publish 「My Sister」 and 「Wild Kids」 on the subject of adolescence. Most critics analyze and interpret these three texts mainly from two aspects: one is Chang's unique ironic and sarcastic tone presented throughout the text, while the other is the discussion of self-growth problems youth may conquer. In addition to these two features, Chang also reveals postmodern elements in his works, eliminating his writing motivation and methods. Thus, his novels are both youth and writer's enlightenment. This thesis will start with Chang's unique literary tone, and then manifest the postmodern concepts disclosed in his trilogy of teenage novels, and how it enlightens the youth as a growth novel. Namely, it explores the process of literary creation. Besides, it concludes that growing up is a process of constant dialogizing, debating, constructing and deconstructing, with which young people can form their subjectivity. Every age has its special controversy. Chang's philosophy of writing is to think deeply about the controversy and keeping questioning about them. He reveals such dialogizing and dialectic features in his literary works which is worth reading again and again.