Literary Taiwan (bungei Taiwan/wen-yi T'ai-wan) of such stories as The Volunteer Soldier (shigunhei/chih-yuen ping), by Chou Chin-po (b. 1920), The Way (mitsi/tao), by Ch'en Huo-ch'uan (b.1908), and other propagandistic poems and plays.

Disapproving of both the political stance and artistic orientation of Literary Taiwan (bungei Taiwan/wen-yi T'ai-wan), some well-known second-generation writers of Taiwanese New Literature, led by Chang wen-huang, left Taiwanese Literary Authors' Association (Taiwan bungeika kyokai/T'ai-wan wen-yi-chia hsieh-hui) and its organ Literary Taiwan (bungei Taiwan/wen-yi T'ai-wan).

Chang Wen-huan, together with Lu Ho-jo and Yang K'ui, organized Open Literature Society (keibun sha/chi-wen-she) and published Taiwan Literature (Taiwan bungaku/T'ai-wan wen-hsueh). The magazine was able to sail against the oppressive political winds, publishing articles reflecting pains of Taiwanese civilian societies and expressing resistance and criticism by passive as well as implicit methods.

Taiwan Literature (Taiwan bungaku/T'ai-wan wen-hsueh) published perhaps the most important works of the second-generation writers of Taiwanese New Literature: Capon (enkei/yen-chi) and Night Monkeys (yasaru/yeh-yuen) by Chang wen-huan; Wealth, Offspring, and Longevity (zai si ju/ts'ai, tzu, shou), Peace for the Entire Family (zenka heian/ho-chia p'ing-an), and Guava (sekiryu/shih-liu) by Lu Ho-jo; A Village Without Doctors(muison/wu yi ts'un) by Yang K'ui; and Rapid Torrents (honryu/pen liu) by Ch'ang-hsiung.

This magazine thus extended the fundamental spirit of Taiwan Literature under very difficult militaristic environment, but only for eleven issues.

1943
With evidences of Japanese defeat gradually building, literary circles formed Taiwan Literary Public Service Association (Taiwan bungaku hokokai/T'aiwan wen-hsueh fung-kung-huei) and held a Taiwan Decisive War Literary Conference (Taiwan ketsusen bungaku kaigi/T'ai-wan chue-jan wen-hsueh hui-yi) to discuss ways to establish Decisive War Systems (ketsusen taisei/chueh-jan tai-hsi) of the Island literature as well as to solicit writers' support for the war.

Nishikawa Mitsuru proposed dissolving all civilian associations including his Literary Taiwan (bungei Taiwan/wen-yi Taiwan).



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