Nihilism of Taiwanese Youth in the 1950s and 1960s: Reinterpreting Modernism and the Left-Wing*

doi:10.3868/s010-006-017-0034-6

Front. Lit. Stud. China

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (4) : 598-636 https://doi.org/10.3868/s010-006-017-0034-6

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Nihilism of Taiwanese Youth in the 1950s and 1960s: Reinterpreting Modernism and the Left-Wing*

LI Na(

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Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732, China

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Abstract

This paper presents a comparative analysis on Chen Yingzhen’s “Wo de didi Kangxiong” (“My brother Kangxiong”) and Wang Shangyi’s “Ye gezi de huanghun” (“Wild pigeon’s dusk”) in the cultural-historical context of Taiwan in 1960s, in the aim of exploring the origin of “nihilism” which had been prevailed among Taiwan youth from 1950s to 1960s. Furthermore, the paper reexamines the hidden but intimate relationship between modernism and left-wing intellectuals.

Keywords Chen Yingzhen Wang Shangyi 1960s nihilism modernism left-wing

Issue Date: 06 February 2018

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LI Na. Nihilism of Taiwanese Youth in the 1950s and 1960s: Reinterpreting Modernism and the Left-Wing*[J]. Front. Lit. Stud. China, 2017, 11(4): 598-636.

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https://academic.hep.com.cn/flsc/EN/Y2017/V11/I4/598

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