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Overview of Taiwanese Literature by Lance Joseph Murata is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Taiwanese literature refers to literature written in any language used in Taiwan, including Japanese, Taiwanese dialects of Chinese, and indigenous languages. A nativist Taiwanese literature movement emerged in the 1970s-1980s to establish a distinctly Taiwanese cultural identity separate from Chinese and Japanese influences. Authors in this movement sought to use Taiwanese languages like Hokkien as vehicles for serious literature and make Taiwan itself the center of historical and creative perspectives. Th

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Lance Joseph Murata

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