This book is an anthology of research co-edited by Dr. Chia-rong Wu (University of Canterbury) and Professor Ming-ju Fan (National Chengchi University). Focusing on the new directions and trends of Taiwan literature, this edited book fits into Taiwan studies, Sinophone studies, and Asian studies.

Introduction: Taiwan Literature in the 21st CenturyChia-rong Wu and Ming-ju FanPart One: The Reconstruction of History and Politics1. Democracy Detoured and a Narrator Detached in the Political Fiction of Lai XiangyinMing-ju Fan2. A Venture into Taiwan’s Political Changes and Historical MemoriesThrough Li Ang’s “Beef Noodle Soup”Yenna Wu3. Homegrown Stories: Gan Yao-ming’s FictionBert ScruggsPart Two: Genres, Forms, and Ideas4. Clipping Wings: A Chronicle and Wang Wen-hsing’s ArtSung-sheng Yvonne Chang5. Xia Yu, the Supreme StylistMichelle Yeh6. Everything Everywhere All at Once: The New Taiwan in Egoyan Zheng’s Science FictionWen-chi LiPart Three: Reflections upon Gender and Sexuality7. Chen Xue, Missing Fathers, and Queer AlternativesCarlos Rojas8. Sexuality and Trauma: Zhang Yixuan’s The Love that is Temporary and A Farewell LetterLinshanJiang9. Liglav Awu, Child of the “Double Country”: the Clarion Voice of Indigenous Women in TaiwanFanny CaronPart Four: On Ethnicities and Races10. Through an Indigenous Lens: Syaman Rapongan’s Rewriting of Oceanic TaiwanChia-rong Wu11. Migrants of Today, Migrants of Tomorrow in Wu Ming-yi’s Literary WorksGwennaël Gaffric12. Anti-Japan or Becoming-Japanese: Li Yongping’s Writing on Japan in Postcolonial TaiwanMin-xu Zhan13. Huang Chong-kai and the Taiwanese Novel of IdeasNicholas Y. H. WongPart Five: Taiwan Literature in the Age of Globalization14. Escape and Return: Ghostly Representations of Home and Abroad in Kevin Chen’s “Summer Trilogy”Pei-yin Lin15. Sketches on a Blank Slate: Shawna Yang Ryan’s Future-oriented Memories of the PastIrmy Schweiger16. National Border on the Tip of Tongue: The Limit of Cosmopolitan Citizenship in Li Kotomi’s Count Down to Five Seconds of Crescent MoonSophia Huei-Ling Chen

This book is an anthology of research co-edited by Dr. Chia-rong Wu (University of Canterbury) and Professor Ming-ju Fan (National Chengchi University). This collection of original essays integrates and expands research on Taiwan literature because it includes both established and young writers. It not only engages with the evolving trends of literary Taiwan, but also promotes the translocal consciousness and cultural diversity of the island state and beyond. Focusing on the new directions and trends of Taiwan literature, this edited book fits into Taiwan studies, Sinophone studies, and Asian studies. 

Is a groundbreaking collection of research essays on Taiwan literature Provides useful source of scholarship for researchers and students in the field of Taiwan studies Offers a global vision of Taiwan literature study

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