博士 / 國立臺灣師範大學 / 台灣語文學系 / 104 / In this thesis, I take the standpoint of “China as a Tool” to treat the subject of how Taiwanese intellectuals along with Japanese colonizers, during the Japanese colonial period, used the image of “China” in their discourse-making process. The starting point of the thesis is to first set the notion of “China” as a strategic tool for these discourses. To make this possible, it will prove useful to tie together theories of culture translation, of identity connections and of knowledge transmission. Through this process, I will seek to answer the questions of: how both Taiwanese intellectuals as well as Japanese colonists during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan used the image of “China” for their discourses?; from what point of view did they observe China?; how were they responsive to world knowledge? and finally; what are the problems entailed with the notions of the identity of the Taiwanese and of the thinking process of the Taiwanese?
This research concentrates mainly on Syue-Yu Sie, Yi-Tao Li and Ciyng-De Uei—all three Taiwanese men of letters active during the Japanese colonization of Taiwan—through their records of travels abroad, in their novels of sinology and in their translations of foreign works. In these works, four common traits are found, the first being their mention of a specific “China-Taiwan-Japan” space-time trope. The second being about China and the context created by its culture and history; the third being their observation and comparison of world knowledge and the last one being the four authors’ views of the identity of Taiwan.
This research will be structured as follows: first of all, setting the scope as the time spanning from the First Sino-Japanese War to the early part of the Japanese colonial period, I will analyze the origins of symbols and depictions of China and the history behind the way that these images were created. In so doing, I will be able to consider what type of identity of Taiwan the Taiwanese themselves were exposed to and what type of discursive stance they had adopted. In particular, I will inquire into the question of whether the Taiwanese, after having been colonized, had revised their way of reading and thinking about China, given the circumstances they were now facing and the knowledge transmission imposed by the ruler. Secondly, by focusing on the relationship between society and these Taiwanese intellectuals’ works (the abovementioned records of travels abroad, novels of sinology and translations), I will shed light on readers’ perusals of the time. Thirdly, by way of the above discussions, I will investigate into how the Taiwanese intellectuals’ self-awareness and how their take on the identity of Taiwan came to be.
This thesis begins by raising the question of “China as a Tool.” However, the final goal is the search for and the ascertainment of the identity of the Taiwanese people. With this in mind I will, as a researcher, strive to add a new research method in the field of Taiwanese identity-formation. Moreover, by investigating how Taiwanese intellectuals during Japanese colonization responded to world knowledge, via the strategic process of using China—whose existence had grown vague and distant—as a tool, I will give a new reading of the identity of Taiwan. Over and above these goals, I am hoping for this new research method to become one of the building blocks needed for Taiwan to be able to reflect upon its present-day problems with China.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/104NTNU5642007 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Wang, Shao-Chun, 王韶君 |
| Contributors | Lin, Fang-mei, Tai, Pao-Tsun, 林芳玫, 戴寶村 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 254 |
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