Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract/Objectives

Since the 1990s, Taiwanese women’s literature has gradually become a significant field within Taiwanese literary studies. Contemporary Taiwanese women’s writing has flourished, producing abundant achievements in both the scope of research topics and the quality and breadth of texts. This course highlights key features of contemporary Taiwanese women’s literature by reading selected works by women writers as core texts, while also presenting concrete research findings by contemporary Taiwanese scholars on women’s literature. In doing so, the course responds to the distinctive characteristics and overall development of research on contemporary Taiwanese women’s literature. Special attention is given to the multiple dimensions involved in Taiwanese women’s literature and its diverse analytical perspectives, including transnational culture, theories of the body, consumption, and spatial mobility, with the aim of offering both a retrospective and a forward-looking view of contemporary Taiwanese women’s literature.

Results/Contributions

This course traces and outlines the development of women's literature in Taiwan since the post-war period, combining theoretical introduction with close reading of texts to present critical methods and research perspectives in women's literature. Starting from the history of Taiwanese women's literature and feminist criticism, the course gradually extends to topics such as feminine writing, postcolonial feminism, queer theory, local spaces and identity geography, the literary field of the 1990s, and feminist discourse. This enables students to understand how literature responds to social changes, power structures, and gender movements from diverse perspectives including transnational culture, bodily politics, and the migration of consumption and space. The curriculum includes both classic and contemporary texts and expands research perspectives and methodological awareness through guest lectures. Accompanied by text analysis, class discussions, and training in critical writing, students are guided to transform theoretical concepts into actionable reading frameworks, enhancing their argumentation skills and research sensitivity. Overall, this course centers around the core values of gender equality and cultural diversity, encouraging students to translate academic knowledge into sustainable reading, criticism, and public communication skills, and to apply these to understanding and advocating for social issues and teaching contexts.

Keywords

Taiwanese Women's literature,Feminist Theory, Comtemporary

Contact Information

臺灣研究教師在職進修碩士學位班，蘇淑芬
gpts@my.nthu.edu.tw