Part I························································································································ 1
1. The Reinvention of Tradition: Alternative Modernity in Taiwan’s Modern Poetry of the 1970s2
2. Deviation and Return: Two Sides of the Same Coin about “Pioneering” Exploration ········· 15
3. Cultural Memory in the Wake of Political Trauma: The Historical Construction of “China
Image” in Taiwanese Modernist Poetry ······································································29
4. Avant-garde and Freedom: Lo Fu’s Poetry Since the 21st Century and Its Significance in
Literary History ···································································································43
5. The Mutual Influence and Integration of Heterogeneous Cultures： Yip Wai-lim and the
Modern Poetry Movement in Taiwan in the 1950s and 1960s···········································50
6. The Resonance of Misty Poetry in Taiwan’s Modern Poetry Scene: with a Discussion of
Cross-Strait Poetic Exchange in the 1980s·································································· 60
Part II······················································································································73
7. Inheritance and Transcendence: Ideological Resources of Hong Kong Modernist Fiction of
the 1960s in the Creative Consciousness of The Drunkard ···············································74
8. Narration, Imagination, and Identity Exploration: Representing “Self-image” in Hong Kong
literature of the 1960s···························································································· 86
9. Life Experience and Time Consciousness in Tao Ran’s Novels: The Survival Confusion
Revealed by Key Words························································································· 95
10. Re-construction and Writing Limits of Chinese Literary Historiography: Hong Kong
Literature from the Perspective of the Chinese Mainland ············································· 109
11. The Fading of “Hong Kong Consciousness” from Historical Discourse: Themes and
Narrative Strategies in Hong Kong Literature at the Turn of the Century ························ 120
12. The Emotion Still Flows in Your Heart: Life Stories along the River of Time ················ 133
Part III··················································································································· 144
13. “Taipei People” Who Lost in the Torrent of History: From Bai Xianyong’s Taipei People to
Zhu Tianwen’s Fin de Siècle Splendor······································································ 145
14. Writing the “Hidden” World in the City: An Interpretation of Shaojun’s Travel Essays·· 157
15. The Soul’s Watch in an Allopatric Time and Space: An Exhibition of Works by Francophone
Chinese Writers··································································································164
16. Lu Xun in Cultural Communication: The Excavation, Watch, and Spiritual Expectations of
Hong Kong Cultural Circles for Lu Xun ···································································171
17. “Love of the East” and the Poetic Expression of National Consciousness: The Significance of
Huh Se-wook’s Oeuvre in the Context of East Asian Sinology ········································ 178
18. Like the Dyer’s Hand: “A Memo for a Future Era” ················································· 191
19. “Awakening” the History in Texts: Zhang Songjian’s Research on Overseas Chinese
Literature ········································································································· 201
Chronology of Academic Development of Bai Yang ····················································· 213
1. The Reinvention of Tradition: Alternative Modernity in Taiwan’s Modern Poetry of the 1970s2
2. Deviation and Return: Two Sides of the Same Coin about “Pioneering” Exploration ········· 15
3. Cultural Memory in the Wake of Political Trauma: The Historical Construction of “China
Image” in Taiwanese Modernist Poetry ······································································29
4. Avant-garde and Freedom: Lo Fu’s Poetry Since the 21st Century and Its Significance in
Literary History ···································································································43
5. The Mutual Influence and Integration of Heterogeneous Cultures： Yip Wai-lim and the
Modern Poetry Movement in Taiwan in the 1950s and 1960s···········································50
6. The Resonance of Misty Poetry in Taiwan’s Modern Poetry Scene: with a Discussion of
Cross-Strait Poetic Exchange in the 1980s·································································· 60
Part II······················································································································73
7. Inheritance and Transcendence: Ideological Resources of Hong Kong Modernist Fiction of
the 1960s in the Creative Consciousness of The Drunkard ···············································74
8. Narration, Imagination, and Identity Exploration: Representing “Self-image” in Hong Kong
literature of the 1960s···························································································· 86
9. Life Experience and Time Consciousness in Tao Ran’s Novels: The Survival Confusion
Revealed by Key Words························································································· 95
10. Re-construction and Writing Limits of Chinese Literary Historiography: Hong Kong
Literature from the Perspective of the Chinese Mainland ············································· 109
11. The Fading of “Hong Kong Consciousness” from Historical Discourse: Themes and
Narrative Strategies in Hong Kong Literature at the Turn of the Century ························ 120
12. The Emotion Still Flows in Your Heart: Life Stories along the River of Time ················ 133
Part III··················································································································· 144
13. “Taipei People” Who Lost in the Torrent of History: From Bai Xianyong’s Taipei People to
Zhu Tianwen’s Fin de Siècle Splendor······································································ 145
14. Writing the “Hidden” World in the City: An Interpretation of Shaojun’s Travel Essays·· 157
15. The Soul’s Watch in an Allopatric Time and Space: An Exhibition of Works by Francophone
Chinese Writers··································································································164
16. Lu Xun in Cultural Communication: The Excavation, Watch, and Spiritual Expectations of
Hong Kong Cultural Circles for Lu Xun ···································································171
17. “Love of the East” and the Poetic Expression of National Consciousness: The Significance of
Huh Se-wook’s Oeuvre in the Context of East Asian Sinology ········································ 178
18. Like the Dyer’s Hand: “A Memo for a Future Era” ················································· 191
19. “Awakening” the History in Texts: Zhang Songjian’s Research on Overseas Chinese
Literature ········································································································· 201
Chronology of Academic Development of Bai Yang ····················································· 213
Wang Jin, Professor and PhD supervisor of English Language and Literature, at Faculty of Foreign
Studies, Jinan University (Guangzhou). His research interest mainly includes English literary-cultural
studies and literary translation.