Taiwan 2002

		Literature
		Traditional Chinese literati, such as Chao Meng-fu (1254-1322), expressed themselves through poetry, creative writing, painting, and calligraphy. Early Taiwanese Literature Aboriginal Traditions Chinese Immigrant Literature Early Colonial Literature Taiwanese New Literature The Colonial Context Taiwanese New Literature Movement Maturation and Growth End of an Era Post-1949 Literature in Taiwan Shifting Literary Trends Mainland Emigre Literature: 1950s Traditionalist Prose Realistic Fiction Modernist Literary Movement: 1960s New Thematic Conventions Formal Innovations Nativist Literary Debate: 1970s Pluralism: 1980s Multiculturalism and Postidentity Politics: 1990s Online Literature The New Millennium Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian in Taiwan Taiwanese Literature in Translation International Poetry Contest and Festival Earliest Chinese Literary Traditions The Literary-Vernacular Split An Outline of Traditional Chinese Literature Early Antiquity Middle Antiquity Late Antiquity The Premodern Era Modern Chinese Literature The New Literature Movement The Early Period of the New Literature Leftism in the New Literature Charts, tables, and boxes: Further Reading
		To recognize the rich legacy of Chinese Literature and its significant impact on Taiwan's literary consciousness, a description of Chinese Literature before 1949 will follow that of Taiwanese literature per se. Copyright (C) July 2002, Government Information Office.   All rights reserved.   Site design by L.F. Lee Best viewed with Netscape 4.x or IE 5.x (medium font) at 800 x 600 True Color (32 bit) resolution