英文摘要 |
Although the internationally award-winning Ching-wen Cheng is one of themost established writers alive in Taiwan, his contributions have not been sufficientlydiscussed. Cheng has been seldom recognized as a contributor to the modernist literaturein Taiwan. Also, his representations of the disabled, arguably some of the earliestsamples in Taiwan literature, have attracted little academic attention. The article arguesthat the traces of modernism and representations of disabilities in Cheng’s short storiesare yoked with each other from time to time throughout Cheng’s career. Cheng’s workscould be expected not only to provide a previously ignored repertoire for discussionsof local modernism but also to serve as basic materials for the developing discipline ofdisabilities studies in Taiwan. However, it should be clarified that the article prefers theterm “stigmatized body,” a usage inspired by Goffman’s Stigma, to “disability,” the standardizedusage in the American context, for the former, with a more versatile definition,is closer to the local context where Cheng’s works are situated. |