| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 國語文學系碩士班 === 99 === Based on the rural novels during the Japanese colonial period, this
paper aims to analyze character and narrative under the realism of novels
regarding rural farmers against the background during the colonial period.
Most literature writers during the Japanese colonial period are from the
vast rural areas, which form part of their lives. They understand deeply
about rural area’ economic development, rural farmers’ living styles, and
crops’ growth patterns. Moreover, they have great affections towards
land. The colonial government''s authoritative power and the capitalist’s
occupation had led to the collapse of the rural economy. Farmers were
robbed of their land if they failed to pay huge amounts of rent and taxes,
which tragic situation continued to happen in the rural areas. Intellectuals
tried to write down the dire situation in the rural areas under the colonial
ruling in the form of novels to accuse the colonial government of its
brutality. This helped create one rural literature mainstream under the
colonial period with focus on farmers, addressing the unequal relationship
among farmers, land, landlords (the capitalists) and the police. Most rural
novels are in the short form. To improve the objectivity of the argument,
the author will incorporate the viewpoints of Tsai Qiu-tong, Yang Shou-yu,
and Chang Qing-tang to analyze the characters and narrative of the rural
novels.
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