英文摘要 |
"In 2010, the Taiwanese government passed new laws which allowed students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to pursue an academic degree in Taiwan. It has almost been ten years since the first group of PRC students arrived at the island. During this period, these students have published a considerable number of literary works which have had a significant cultural influence on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. This paper treats Cai Boyi’s I am in Taiwan, I am Young and Zhang Yiwei’s For Dreaming of Your Leaving as case studies, examining how these works present the authors’changing imaginings of Taiwan after moving there. It argues that their narratives of Taiwan have transformed from a Chinese utopia or a cultural model of China to a complex cultural entity with its own subjectivity. In Cai’s work, she underscores emotional ties across the Strait, yet doubts the applicability of Taiwan’s democratic system to the PRC. In Zhang’s work, she sees herself as an“outsider”along with other lonely minority groups on the island and interprets her Chinese character’s study experience in Taiwan as an unfulfilled dream. This paper argues that Cai’s and Zhang’s differing narratives of Taiwan help“disenchant”the over-positive impression of the Sinicized“Taiwan”that has prevailed in the PRC." |