Abstract
The prose theory has developed for more than half a century in Taiwan, with "modernity" as the principal axis. In the process of prose theory transformation, Yu Kwang-Chung's call for "cutting off the pigtail of prose" became a symbolic slogan with far-reaching influence, and his modernist approach of "poeticizing" prose established itself as the predominant principle. In the recent three decades, however, scholars shifted their research focus to the generic essence of prose, trying to define the generic style by deconstructing the style, while at the same time advocating the imagination and fictionality in prose which challenges the conventional concept of prose as a non-fictional and factual genre. The theoretical reflection and experimental writing practice of the new generation authors expand the field of aesthetic experience and promote the research of the aesthetic modernity in prose.
First Page
59
Last Page
68
Recommended Citation
Cai, Jiangzhen. 2013. "Aesthetic Modernity Forms of Contemporary Taiwanese Prose Theory." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (6): pp.59-68. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss6/5
