Between 1945 and 1987, as part of its efforts to impose a Chinese identity on native-born Taiwanese and to establish and maintain hegemony, Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT) government pursued a unilingual, Mandarin-only policy in education. This thesis studies the changing meaning of “becoming Taiwanese” by examining the school experiences of four generations of Taiyu speakers who went to school during the Mandarin-only era: 1) those who also went to school under the Japanese; 2) those who went to school before 1949 when Taiwan was part of KMT-controlled China; 3) those who went to school during the 1950s at the height of the implementation of KMT rule; and, 4) those who went to school when Mandarin had become the dominant language. Two data types, interviews and public documents, are analyzed using two research methods, focus group interviews as the primary one, and document analysis as the secondary one. This research found that there is no direct relationship between how people negotiated language, hegemony and Taiwanese identity. First, as KMT hegemony became more secure, people’s links to their home language became weaker, so their view of Taiwanese identity as defined by Taiyu changed. Second, as exposure to hegemonic forces deepened over time, people were less able to find cultural spaces that allowed escape from hegemonic influences, and this, along with other life-course factors such as occupation, had an impact on their contestations of language and identity. The study recognizes the role of human agency and highlights the interactive and performative aspects of identity construction. The results reflect the different possibilities of living with hegemony in different eras, and also show that Taiwanese identity is not fixed, nor is there a single, “authentic” Taiwanese identity.

This study reviews the changes in Taiwan's newspaper industry during its current period of transition. Contemporary newspaper development in Taiwan after the lifting of martial law in July 1987 is evaluated in relation to transformations in the newspaper marketplace, journalistic practices, labor relations, and freedom of expression. This study concludes that changes in Taiwan's newspaper business are closely related to changes in the country's political atmosphere. The lifting of the Ban of Newspaper brought freedoms for which journalists had fought for decades; however, journalistic quality has not improved at the same speed. Changes will continue in the journalism industry; whether it grows in a healthy way is a topic for future study.

In this work, I trace and reconstruct Taiwan's nation-formation as it is reflected in literary texts produced primarily during the country's two periods of colonial rule, Japanese (1895-1945) and Kuomintang or Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) (1945-1987). One of my central arguments is that the idea of a Taiwanese nation has historically emerged from the interstices of several official and formal nationalisms: Japanese, Chinese, and later Taiwanese. In the following chapters, I argue that the concepts of Taiwan and Taiwanese have been formed and enriched over time in response to the pressures exerted by the state's, colonial or otherwise, pedagogical nation-building discourses. It is through an engagement with these various discourses that the idea of a Taiwanese nation has come to be gradually defined, negotiated, and reinvented by Taiwanese intellectuals of various ethnic backgrounds. I, therefore, focus on authors whose works actively respond to and engage with the state's official nationalism. Following Homi Bhabha's explication in his famous essay "DissemiNation," the basic premise of this dissertation is that the nation, as a narrated space, is not simply shaped by the homogenizing and historicist discourse of nationalism but is realized through people's diverse lived experience. Thus, in reading Taiwanese literature, it is my intention to locate the scraps, patches, and rags of daily life represented in a select number of texts that signal the repeating and reproductive energy of a national life and culture.

abstract / Comparative Literature / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

檔案是重要的歷史記憶，透過檔案，我們可以還原歷史的原貌。檔案所孕涵的意義與歷史教育有十分緊密的關連性。近年高中歷史教學相當注重學生的歷史思維，而檔案正是幫助培養歷史思維的最好教材，運用在高中歷史教學，正其時也。 隨著近年台灣意識的高漲，台灣史在歷史教育的地位與比重也隨著水漲船高，因此本研究便以檔案為基礎，台灣史為主題，期望能於本研究中，找出適合提供歷史教學使用的台灣史檔案，並藉此呼應現行教綱對於高中歷史教學的思維革新，為檔案創造出更具意義的加值空間。 本研究採用「內容分析法」與「訪談法」進行研究，在內容分析上分成兩個面向，分別針對現行高中歷史教材與現有台灣各檔案機關現藏檔案進行分析，分析出高中台灣史教學的重要議題、檔案以及檔案如何運用在高中歷史教學上。之後再針對舉有實際教學經驗的高中歷史教師進行訪談，借重其教學上的經驗，最後實際撰寫檔案運用在高中台灣史教學的主題教案。 研究結果有以下幾點發現：一、高中歷史教育的觀念與內容漸趨改變，由記誦之學轉為思辨之學；二、高中歷史教科書中開始出現檔案內容的運用；三、高中台灣史教學的比重將有所調整，跳脫以政治史為主體的觀念；四、台灣史檔案的典藏分佈於各檔案典藏機構，以清代、日據及政府遷台後三大部分為主；五、高中教師在備課時缺乏檔案資源之相關資訊；六、檔案運用在歷史教學上需增加檔案的「可親近性」。 根據研究結果，提出以下幾點建議：一、鼓勵檔案典藏機構可優先選取特定主題，逐步進行歷史教育方面的檔案加值工作；二、檔案典藏機構可與高中歷史教師加強合作，主動提供相關資訊；三、建置中學歷史教師教材資源整合的資料庫平台。 / Archives are the important historical memory. We can return to the original history by archives. The meaning of archive is a large relationship with history education. History education in high schools make a point of students’ historical thought in recent years. Archives are the best material to develop historical thought, so it’s the moment to use archive in the history education for high school. With the rising of Taiwan consciousness, Taiwan history is getting more and more important in history education. This thesis based on the archive as the foundation, with the subject of Taiwan History. To creative a suitable archive for history teaching Taiwan History is expected, echoing the high school history teaching of the innovation, and more valuable space for archives. This thesis applied “the content analysis method” and “deeply interview approach” to find the application of archives in Taiwan history teaching of the high schools. There are two aspects of content analysis method, one is about high school history teaching material, and the other is about archives as far as information goes. These analyses will find the important subjects and archives of Taiwan history teaching in high school. Then, deeply interviews were conducted to high school history teachers experienced in order to draw up the “teaching plan” about the subjects of Taiwan history teaching in high school. Based on the research findings, the conclusions of this study are: 1. High school history education idea gradually changes the memory learning by rote to intellection . 2. the archives is beginning to use in high school history textbook. 3. The high school Taiwan history teaching proportion adjusted with takes the political history away as the main body. 4. Taiwan history archives preserve from various organizations. 5. High school history teachers lack of the information about archive resources 6. When we use the archives in history teaching, we should increase simplicity of archives. Finally, according to the results of the study, several suggestions are provided: 1. Encourage the archive institution to proceed to work about increase the values of archives. 2. The archive institution can strengthen the cooperation with high school history teacher. 3. Establish information base platform to conform the teaching sources of high school history teachers.

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

瘋狂是人類文明的產物，一直被視為另類、邊緣，與理性對立，因而受到排斥。然而，文學上的「瘋狂」卻有其寶貴的價值，往往是反思與批判固有價值與主流意見的工具，據此發出異議聲音。本文關注這種書寫策略在當代台灣文學場域中的出現方式、文學價值與文化意義，因此以分析小說作品與文學脈絡來說明「瘋狂」的文學脈絡，闡釋當代台灣文學的現象與特色。 / 解嚴(1987 年)是台灣近三十年來的重大事件，亦是近年來台灣文化與本土論述的焦點所在。其影響不獨改變了政治與社會生態，亦為台灣的藝術文化帶來巨大衝擊。戒嚴成為台灣民眾不能磨滅的歷史記憶，各種異議的思想與言論遭受壓抑，直至解嚴才出現新局面，自九十年代開展多元文化思潮。當時，不少作家藉著「瘋狂」書寫另闢膜徑，重新構想歷史，揭藥文化霸權下的種種不安。台灣文學己藉由不同形式搖動一元論述的霸權，加上西方後現代、後殖民思潮的引入，學院的主動引介和翻譯，民間白發的社會運動等，皆為解嚴後的文化現象埋下種種伏線。從文學史脈絡而言，台灣的文學生產的確迅速回應了政治解禁，並以獨特的方式透露社會文化上的騷動。 / 為了掌握上述的歷史脈絡，本文以解嚴為時間標竿閱讀當代台灣小說，藉此分析解嚴與文學現象的互動關係，指出文學如何展示解嚴前後的歷史想像。因此，本文以「瘋狂」為切入點，分析以瘋狂為題材的書寫如何與解嚴前後己解放的議題對話，包括性別認同、身分與族群認同，挑戰政治霸權以及後工業經濟環境下的都市文化等，目的在於驗證「瘋狂」對後解嚴文學所起的作用和價值。 / 本文共分為七章。首章為緒論交代研究動機及方法;第二章為文獻回顧與述評，點出當前的研究成果;第三章旨在交代後解嚴時期小說場域狀況的概述，並界定「瘋狂」的文學意義，藉此論證台灣當代文學與文化的互動關係。第四章題為「國族瘋言與都市病」，借助張大春、李渝與黃凡的作品，切入認同政治與都市化問題對文學書寫的影響。第五章為「虛幻實景與不存在之存在」，旨在察看兩位小說家賀景演與紀大偉，如何藉書寫科幻來展示對未來世界與歷史景觀的想像，以展望當下發展中的文化議題。第六章為「神聖瘋狂與不可能之可能」， 旨在檢視兩位將「瘋狂」書寫演繹得淋漓盡致的作家駱以軍與舞鶴，如何在作品中借助敘述肉體與心靈的瘋狂，探討在多元文化認同觀的氣氛下重思自我主體的問題。末章結論，以總結全文與展望將來的研究方向。 / 本文認為，後解嚴時期小說每以「瘋狂」的視角重新認知變動的世惰。這些作品透過創造各種怪誕場景與行為，呈現個體與權力之間的角力，反省語言與書寫策略的局限，以及批判自我主體的意識，因而為台灣當代文學場域帶來豐富的收獲。 / Madness has its own history among civilizations. From time to time, madness is not only simply a kind of pathological disorder, but also takes a significant cultural role to represent the voiceless, the minorities. As in contemporary Taiwan literature,madness gradually becomes a medium to express different opinions to the society. It inquires from margin to centre which is empowered by the political establishment. It is not only a common topic to be discussed, but also an important writing strategy forwriters to proclaim their historical imagination about the past, present and future. / In 1987, a significant political issue, the Martial Law, was put to an end in Taiwan. After that, due to the liberation of freedom of speech, a booming trend of multiculturalism appeared and brought out great influences to all parts of the society, especially the field ofliterature. Many writers started to change their narration style and inclined their focus on minorities. In order to have a good grasp of this forming trend, hence, this study aims to trace back to the development of Taiwan literature after 1987, and examine how novel writers make use of the narratives of madness to state their own opinion on several topics, including the relationship between the subjectivity of one-self and the identity of the communities. / There are seven chapters in this paper. The introduction states the framework and methodology of the study. In chapter two, a literature review gives an insight into the direction in current research and discussion on the post-Martial Law era, in addition to the narrative of madness. Chapter three investigates the field of Taiwan literature after 1987 in order to discuss the interaction of culture and literature. In the fourth chapter, it studies on the fictions written by Li Yu (李渝, 1941- ), Chang Ta-chuen (張大春, 1957- ) and Huang Fan (黃凡, 1950- ), related to the issue on national identity and their ironic practices. In chapter five, it discusses the science fiction by He Jing-bing (賀景濱, 1958- ) and Chi Ta-wei (紀大偉, 1972-), to find out the projection about future based on the up coming and shifting cultural trend. The sixth chapter focuses on how the writers such as Wu He (舞雀, 1951- ) and Luo Yi-jun (路以軍, 1967- ) contributes to sanctification and internalization of madness, as well as enhance its value for a reflexive purpose. The last chapter concludes the overall findings and projects further research directions of the relevant topics. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 鄺梓桓. / Sumitted date: 2011年11月. / Sumitted date: 2011 nian 11 yue. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-222) / Electronic reproduction. 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Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Kuang Zihuan. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究動機與目的 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 研究範團與方法 --- p.6 / Chapter 第三節 --- 篇章概述 --- p.15 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻回顧及評述 --- p.18 / Chapter 第一節 --- 前行研究述評 --- p.18 / Chapter 第二節 --- 相關文獻述評 --- p.25 / Chapter 第三章 --- 世紀末的瘋狂-解嚴後台灣小說場域的狀況 --- p.37 / Chapter 第一節 --- 何謂瘋狂 --- p.37 / Chapter 第二節 --- 解嚴後台灣小說場城的狀況 --- p.42 / Chapter 第四章 --- 國族瘋言與都市病 --- p.48 / Chapter 第一節 --- 張大春論:國族瘋言與譜妄 --- p.50 / Chapter 第二節 --- 李渝論:都市病 --- p.71 / Chapter 第三節 --- 黃凡論:政治躁鬱症 --- p.87 / Chapter 第四節 --- 小結 --- p.93 / Chapter 第五章 --- 虛幻實景與不存在之存在 --- p.94 / Chapter 第一節 --- 後解嚴時期的科幻小說 --- p.94 / Chapter 第二節 --- <李伯夢三部曲>的敘事實驗 --- p.101 / Chapter 第三節 --- <膜> 的性別與生命辯證 --- p.116 / Chapter 第四節 --- <去年在阿魯吧>的虛擬實境 --- p.128 / Chapter 第五節 --- 小結 --- p.138 / Chapter 第六章 --- 神聖瘋狂與不可能之可能 --- p.141 / Chapter 第一節 --- 駱以軍論:回歸自我之不可能 --- p.141 / Chapter 第二節 --- 舞鶴論:走在不可能的邊緣之上 --- p.167 / Chapter 第三節 --- 小結 --- p.196 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結論 --- p.197 / Chapter 第一節 --- 總結:讓瘋狂說話 --- p.197 / Chapter 第二節 --- 研究反思與前瞻 --- p.199 / 參考書目 --- p.203

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The national identity of Taiwanese people has been a topic under public debate and academic inspection since Taiwan’s democratization in the 1980s and the 1990s. In this study, I interviewed fifteen Taiwanese students studying in the United States and talked with them about their national identity. Interviews with the fifteen students reveal that an independent Taiwanese identity has taken shape, while a Chinese cultural identity still remains part of the Taiwanese identity. It was also discovered that although a Taiwanese national identity has formed, a Taiwanese ethnicity has not yet taken a complete form. Discussions with the Taiwanese students also indicate that studying in the multi-cultural United States renders them more aware of their Taiwanese national identity, as well as their Chinese cultural identity.