A Study in the Characters of Chang‚ Wen－Huan's Novels
| Autor: | Ming-Chun Wu, 吳明軍 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 95 Chang, Wen-huan, a Taiwanese writer, who recorded the Taiwanese spirit during Japanese Occupation Period, went through war and 228 Incident. He was knowledgeable and hid works focused on “home”. “Home” became a guide to his spirit. Chang, Wen-huan’s literature is in his novels. The essay focuses on Chang, Wen-huan’s novels and the critics’ research on his novels. Through the words, the essay also tends to reveal the influences of space-time background and social consciousness on the characters and the meanings expressed by the characters in the transition of time and society. There are six chapters in the essay. Except introduction and conclusion, the other five chapters contain three points: the writer himself, the writer’s novels and the characters in his novels. With Chang, Wen-huan’s novels, we can explore his turn on literature and life experiences, analyze the concord relation between his works and the time, realize the spiritual state that he wanted to represent through his works and we can also understand Taiwanese people’s sorrow and bravery under the colonizing and the governing with the high pressure. The characters of his novels are analyzed from outer and inner aspects. Chapter one: introduction. It describes the motives and purposes for the research, the study on documents, the research approaches and restrictions, the research category and the outlines of the essay. Chapter two: Chang, Wen-huan’s background of creation. This is separately discussed from his educational experiences and the era background. His educational experiences include studying aboard in his childhood and becoming a famous writer in Tokyo. The era background includes the awakening of national consciousness, the birth of Taiwan new literature, and the promotion of imperializing the people and the return of political power to national government after recovering Taiwan. This part describes the influences of 228 Incident, caused by the wrong policy, and then the influence on Chang, Wen-huan’s speaking and acting during White Terror Period. Then Chang, Wen-huan’s life experiences and literary creation stages are described. His life experiences are explained first. He opposed the colonial rule by his literary activity. Later he turned his writing direction and calmed himself down. Afterwards he returned to the literary stage and at last he died. Through his life experiences, we can understand his devotion and contribution to Taiwanese literature. As for his literary creation stages it can be divided into three parts: the rudiment period, the peak period and the return period. His works will be generally introduced from the time, creation characters, background and plots of his novels. The characters of Chang, Wen-huan’s novels- analyzed from other aspects. The analyses will be approached with the ways to introduce the characters, the skills to arrange the characters and the images to mold the characters. Chapter four: the characters of Chang, Wen-huan’s novels- analyzed from inner aspects. The inner aspects include the research of the characters’ psychology, the analyses of the characters’ personality and the exploring of the characters’ humanity. Chapter five: arts of the characters in Chang, Wen-huan’s novels. The appeal of a novel to readers is the author’s thoughts and arrangement, the vivid characters and the moving writing skills. Therefore, the three parts mentioned above are going to be analyzed in this chapter. Chapter six: conclusion. Through the meanings expressed by the characters, Chang, Wen-huan’s position and value in literature is set. His literature life is footnoted by devoting all his passion and that is also the conclusion of this essa |
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