@article{ART003052819},
author={Cho Young Hyun},
title={Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2024},
number={71},
pages={309-338},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cho Young Hyun
TI - Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 71
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 309
EP - 338
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This paper takes The Stolen Bicycle by Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi as the object of study. The novel, which has "New Historicism" at the forefront, depicts the process of a narrator searching for a bicycle that disappeared with her father's disappearance one day, while at the same time reshaping the history of Taiwan in the 20th century. The novel first introduces the anecdotes of families involved with bicycles, and further describes Pacific War history, Taiwan's bicycle development history, zoo history, and butterfly craft history, and more. In particular, in describing the history of the war, the author recalls the forgotten "Takasago volunteer army" of indigenous Taiwanese into Taiwanese history. This paper examines instances of "thick description" under the umbrella of "New-Historicism" in which two themes - family history, which forms the basic history of the novel, and personal war memories, which are embodied in the author's extraordinary skill as a writer.
KW - Wu Ming-yi;The Stolen Bicycle;New Historicism;thick description;Sinophone;Magic Realism;Taiwaneseness;Microhistory
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
ER -
Cho Young Hyun. (2024). Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 71, 309-338.
Cho Young Hyun. 2024, "Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.71, pp.309-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun "Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 71 pp.309-338 (2024) : 309.
Cho Young Hyun. Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History. 2024; 71 : 309-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun. "Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.71(2024) : 309-338.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun. Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 71, 309-338. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun. Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2024; 71 309-338. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun. Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History. 2024; 71 : 309-338. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
Cho Young Hyun. "Wu Ming-Yi's The Stolen Bicycle and the Reconstruction of Taiwanese History" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.71(2024) : 309-338.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..71.011
