@article{ART001876435},
author={SHIN MIN YOUNG},
title={Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2014},
volume={71},
number={2},
pages={211-246},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211}
TY - JOUR
AU - SHIN MIN YOUNG
TI - Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2014
VL - 71
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 211
EP - 246
SN - 1598-3021
AB - Wu Zhuoliu’s novel Orphan of Asia (1943~1945) was written inJapanese, the national language under Japanese occupation; the novel’sprotagonist is Hu Taiming, an intellectual from Taiwan during the colonialperiod. Existing studies on this novel have not gone beyond Han racialnationalism, interpreting Taiming’s transition as a recovery of Han racialconsciousness or as an overcoming of the consciousness of having beenorphaned. It should not be overlooked, however, that the novel was writtenin the 1940s, which means that about forty years had passed since colonializationtook place. Therefore, the issues about which the young intellectualsof the 1940s agonized over do not necessarily correspond withso-called nationalistic tendencies. They were not only the colonized but alsothe youth who desperately explored what to do and how to live in thegiven situation. On the other hand, it should not be ignored that the settingfor the novel is Taiwan, a nation which needs to be understood in termsof its relationship with imperial Japan and mainland China. Identities ofthe colonized Taiwanese show different aspects in and out of the islandof Taiwan, respectively. While the binary structure of the colonizer versusthe colonized and Japanese versus Taiwanese (Chinese) is noticeable inthe island of Taiwan, the situation becomes more complex outside of theisland with the intervention of the third component that is mainland China.
Taiwan was facing double exclusion and double surveillance, and wascompelled as an in-between being by both mainland China and Japan.
Through the protagonist, Hu Taiming, Orphan of Asia depicts a long journeyof seeking one’s self-identity and, simultaneously, shows aspects ofliberation beyond colonialism, imperialism and nationalism.
KW - Colonial novel of the 1940s;Taiwan;Wu Zhuoliu;Orphan of Asia;colonial identity;double surveillance;double exclusion
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
ER -
SHIN MIN YOUNG. (2014). Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 71(2), 211-246.
SHIN MIN YOUNG. 2014, "Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.71, no.2 pp.211-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG "Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71.2 pp.211-246 (2014) : 211.
SHIN MIN YOUNG. Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia. 2014; 71(2), 211-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG. "Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71, no.2 (2014) : 211-246.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG. Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 71(2), 211-246. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG. Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2014; 71(2) 211-246. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG. Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia. 2014; 71(2), 211-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
SHIN MIN YOUNG. "Identity Struggles of the Colonized in the Taiwanese Novel Orphan of Asia" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71, no.2 (2014) : 211-246.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.2.201405.211
