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The Merging of Myth and Modern Authors’ Works – Exclusive Study On Taiwan Indigenous Writer Rapongan Syaman’s novels

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2013, (33), pp.457-479
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2013..33.019
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : October 31, 2013

LEE SHUCHUAN 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

After the World War Ⅱ, disregarded and intruded by the dominant culture, the native culture of Taiwan aborigines have started to disappear gradually. In resistance to the crisis of culture decline, many indigenous literature works which include their numerous myths and legends have been published since the 80’s. Now, in less than just 30 years, Taiwan indigenous literature have presented abundant works of good quality. The myths and legends in these indigenous literature were not merely used to restructure their fading culture, but was meant to seek great derivative meanings. This paper focus on the aspects of myths and legends appeared in the literature works of Tau indigenous writer Rapongan Syaman and tries to analyze how the writer uses them to resist the intrusion of the dominant culture and establish the Tau’s identity.

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