"From Postcolonial Literature to World Literature" Performative Historiography and the Reinvention of Taiwan Literature in a New Age

被引:4
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作者
Chiu, Kuei-fen [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Chung Hsing Univ, Taichung, Taiwan
关键词
Le Moulin; Taiwan literature; world literature; experimental documentary; performative historiography;
D O I
10.1163/24056480-00404002
中图分类号
I [文学];
学科分类号
05 ;
摘要
Starting with an analysis of the award-winning literary documentary Le Moulin, this paper argues that the film's reconstruction of Le Moulin Poetry Society in colonial Taiwan suggests world literature as an alternative framework for studying Taiwan literature within cross-cultural contexts. Taiwan literature has been predominantly studied as "postcolonial literature" vis-a-vis Japanese literature and, more recently, "Sinophone literature" in relation to mainland Chinese literature. Instead of deliberating on the subjugated position of Taiwan literature in relation to dominant literatures, the documentary film celebrates the avant-garde experimentation by Le Moulin Poetry Society and underscores the connection of Taiwan literature to world literature through the mediation of Japanese writers. Its employment of what can be called "performative historiography" to fulfill this task raises significant questions about the reinvention of literature, literary canonization, and literary historiography in a new age.
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页码:467 / 487
页数:21
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