| 英文摘要 |
From the Second Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War, the Japanese Empire mobilized not only institutional, material, and human resources in its colonies but also promoted a form of spiritual mobilization through literature. However, the response of modern poetry in Taiwan to the wartime context during this era remains a relatively unexplored topic in current research. This paper investigates this response by examining various“war poetry specials”published in Taiwan Daily News and Bungei Taiwan, analyzing the evolution of war-themed poetry from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War. It explores how poetry shifted from individualistic themes to a collective ethos of the times that supported the empire’s mobilization efforts. The paper is organized into six sections. Following an introductory overview, the second section discusses how poets—distant from direct combat—viewed the war with a calm, detached perspective, as seen in the“War Poetry Special”of Taiwan Daily News in 1939. The third section turns to the“War Poetry Specials”of Bungei Taiwan from 1941 to 1942, where wartime themes intertwined with historical narratives from the Zheng Chenggong era and references to Taiwan’s landscapes following the outbreak of the Pacific War. The fourth section examines the“Poetry Collection: Greater East Asia War”published by Bungei Taiwan in 1942-1943, which vividly depicted various battlefront scenes and included Taiwanese people in roles of self-sacrifice. In the fifth section, the focus shifts to Ryuu Eizou, the only Taiwanese poet featured in all three of these war poetry specials, analyzing how his works aligned with Japanese-led efforts to mobilize modern poetry for wartime purposes. Finally, the sixth section concludes the paper. |