英文摘要 |
Both Japanese colonies before the end of World War II, Taiwan and South Korea each moved toward retrocession and independence after the war respectively. This study compares two works: My Mission to Korea: A Personal Record of Modern Sino–Korean Relations and Asian Poetry. The former is the biography of Shao Yulin, the first ambassador of the Republic of China to South Korea; the latter is a magazine founded by Peng Guodong, which advocated anticommunism and promoted Eastern cultures. From the aspects of politics and literature, this paper outlines the interpersonal network of Chinese poets in Taiwan and South Korea during the post-war period to reflect on the interactions between post-war Taiwanese and South Korean poetry communities. This analysis reveals the intertwined historical origins and interaction mechanisms of Taiwanese and South Korean Chinese literature which had previously seemed to be unrelated. Taiwan, under the context of retrocession, favored Chinese poetry that embodied patriotism; in contrast, South Korea, which was once a member of the East Asian cultural sphere, largely ceased its use of Chinese characters and developed its own language system to fulfill political needs and the increasing demand for independence. Whereas Taiwan established nationality through the production of Chinese literature, South Korea gathered the consensus of its people through de-Sinicization. The literary development of these two former colonies appeared to diverge; the former preserved Chinese poetry, whereas the latter suppressed the use of Chinese characters. The dynamic tension generated by the mutual influence between the Chinese poetry of Taiwan and South Korea unintentionally created a space for the production, dissemination, and interaction of Taiwanese and South Korean literature. Thus, the use of Chinese poetry to reconstruct the interactions between postwar Taiwanese and South Korean literature offers potential breakthroughs in relation to existing frameworks and scopes of research in both literary domains. |