Global Visions: Reo, Ahurea Research Seminar presents: Post-loyalism and Double Complex in Sinophone Taiwan
3pm, Friday 5 March, Elsie Locke 611
Presented by Chia-rong Wu.
This paper engages with the persistent discourse of post-loyalism, first presented by David Der-wei Wang and further elaborated and revised by Chien-hsin Tsai. The first section of the paper aims to survey the prolonged cultural history and theoretical framework of loyalism and post-loyalism.
This approach leads to a critical review of nostalgic longings and diasporic anxieties as observed in the literary geography of modern Taiwan. It continues to investigate the intellectual challenge imposed on the post-loyal discourse of Taiwan in recent years.
What lies underneath is a political and localist agenda of resistance against the China-centric ideology that permeates overseas Han Chinese communities.
The second part examines the recent literary works by two internationally recognized Taiwanese with reference to the representation of Japan Complex.
With a close analysis of ideological divide, this paper reinstates the contested identity formulation of Taiwan, where post-loyalism meets with postcolonialism and post-nativism.
