英文摘要 |
With regard to the origination of “Case of Tainan Canal”, the names of the maincharacters and the occurring time are all along controversial. For example, the occurringtime can be in 1927, 1932, or 1937, these three different claims mainly. Actually, theyare all not the real occurring time of the origination of “Case of Tainan Canal”. Thispaper will first base on the related reports of Taiwan Daily News in 1930s to thoroughlysolve these basic questions. In addition, when “Case of Tainan Canal” happened, therewere some poems written, these can be also used to explore the origination of “Case ofTainan Canal”, really fascinating.Moreover, the popular literature adapted from “Case of Tainan Canal” is evenworthier to study, including a great sum of different editions of Taiwanese Ballads,and “Love suicide at Tainan Canal”(1956), the unpopular novel written by Wu, Mansha(1912~2005). Therefore, this paper will re-examine the content and developmentof the various ballads adapted from “Case of Tainan Canal”, and analyse the relationbetween ballads and novels, the two types of popular literature. |