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The author believes that the recent literary scene in Taiwan has been so dazzlingly varied that any attempt to sum it up succeeds only in seizing certain aspects at the expense of others. The article examines the significant changes in the island's literary scene in the 1980s. Its purpose is to show how the cultural/literary scope widened in Taiwan during the 1980s, especially in the post-martial law era, and how this has provoked arguments on the politics of representation, and the treatment of literary products as consumer goods. (DÜI-Sen)

According to the author, the last decade has witnessed a phenomenal boom in mainland Chinese literature. The flourishing of literature in the "new era" resulted in epoch-making reforms in literary production which have been conducive to a dramatic literary revival after the Anti-Rightist Movement of 1957 and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). He examines the monumental development of literature - chiefly fiction because of its spectacular output in the new era. (DÜI-Sen)