封建性與現代性的衝突日據時期台韓小說中的女性處境

The Conflict between Feudalism and Modernism: Position of Females in Taiwanese and Korean Novels during Japanese Occupation

崔末順(Mal-Soon Choi)

《女學學誌：婦女與性別研究》 23期 (2007/06) Pp. 1-34

https://doi.org/10.6255/JWGS.2007.23.1

摘要

It is commonly believed that the 1 0s was the beginning of modernization in Taiwan. Neo-intellectuals of the period generally believed that pan-culturalism was the global trend after World War I. They gave high importance to the trends of the time such as the self-determination of nations, equal rights for men and women, and labor-management cooperation, while at the same time accepting the spirit of the Enlightenment and modern values from the West to guide the general public towards a self-awakening. Modernism, however, with its core principles of human rationality and historical advancement, had developed a complex system of checks on the rights of women and the women's liberation movement. This occurred against the backdrop of colonial capitalism, and was compounded by lingering characteristics of feudalism in Taiwanese society. Female issues revealedin Korean novels during the Japanese Occupation were in large part also the result of female discrimination in traditional feudal society and were worsened by the exploitative nature of colonial capitalism. Women, at the bottom of the social strata, were subject to ethnic, class, and gender oppression in a society composed of colonialists, capitalists, and males. Educated new women would find it extremely difficult if they wished to pursue ideas and dreams, explore themselves, or master their own fate in a family system that was confined by feudalistic gender discrimination and a society that was neither mature nor open enough to accept their independence. This Study has chosen Taiwanese and Korean novels published during the Japanese Occupation in order to examine female issues in the two countries under the same situation of Japanese colon al control. This study focuses it's discussion on two groups, women of the underclass and new women, and explores the position and experiences of women at the beginning of modernization in the two countries from perspectives of multiple relations, such as the conflict between feudalism and modernism and the values brought by colon al capitalism.

關鍵字

日據時期台韓文學 ； 女性小說 ； 新女性 ； 社會底層女性

並列摘要

It is commonly believed that the 1 0s was the beginning of modernization in Taiwan. Neo-intellectuals of the period generally believed that pan-culturalism was the global trend after World War I. They gave high importance to the trends of the time such as the self-determination of nations, equal rights for men and women, and labor-management cooperation, while at the same time accepting the spirit of the Enlightenment and modern values from the West to guide the general public towards a self-awakening. Modernism, however, with its core principles of human rationality and historical advancement, had developed a complex system of checks on the rights of women and the women's liberation movement. This occurred against the backdrop of colonial capitalism, and was compounded by lingering characteristics of feudalism in Taiwanese society. Female issues revealedin Korean novels during the Japanese Occupation were in large part also the result of female discrimination in traditional feudal society and were worsened by the exploitative nature of colonial capitalism. Women, at the bottom of the social strata, were subject to ethnic, class, and gender oppression in a society composed of colonialists, capitalists, and males. Educated new women would find it extremely difficult if they wished to pursue ideas and dreams, explore themselves, or master their own fate in a family system that was confined by feudalistic gender discrimination and a society that was neither mature nor open enough to accept their independence. This Study has chosen Taiwanese and Korean novels published during the Japanese Occupation in order to examine female issues in the two countries under the same situation of Japanese colon al control. This study focuses it's discussion on two groups, women of the underclass and new women, and explores the position and experiences of women at the beginning of modernization in the two countries from perspectives of multiple relations, such as the conflict between feudalism and modernism and the values brought by colon al capitalism.

並列關鍵字

Taiwanese and Korean literatures during Japanese Occupation ； female novels ； new women ； females at the bottom of the social strata