1949年，在中國現代史上是翻天覆地的一年。抗戰勝利後的喜悅並未延續，內戰四年，經濟體制崩解、人民生活困苦。而原本握有統治權的國民黨，失去土地、人民、資產而撤守台灣，為當時的台灣社會建立了一個反共內戰的政府體制；以「土地革命」起家的中共，打著「解放」的口號旗幟，多元的利用宣傳戰術而佔領大陸。 而退守台灣的國民黨，開始建構反共的體制與教育，更擴及文藝界，進而有「反共文藝」的出現，然而這股「反共文藝」浪潮，雖有佳作，最終因制式化而喪失初衷，趨於沒落。然而隨著時代演變，政府不再干涉文藝的走向後，也開始有作家們將自身經歷以回憶錄的形式記載。將此類作品與五○年代反共文藝的作品加以深究，作家們在作品中表現的反共懷鄉與同仇敵愾，已不再是政府的導向所致，而是將歷經抗戰、國共內戰所引發的出自內心的創痛，投射在作品中，具體地呈現當時的人民生活、戰爭離亂的場景、對政府的觀感。 本研究即以《巨流河》等五本台灣文藝作品為研究材料，期能對於國共雙方的互動、勢力的消長有更完整的解讀，而作品中呈現的生活樣貌，多是作家真實的生活經歷；作品中對社會人事所做的批判，實是作家對於動盪時代的控訴與反思，也為抗戰至國共內戰時期的社會面貌作具體的呈現，以不同於官方檔案的角度，站在民眾的眼光，完整訴說了國共戰爭下人民的想法、社會的觀點，也為時代的悲劇做出新的詮釋。1949 is the year that marks the most earth shaking event in the history of modern China. The joy felt by the Chinese people at their liberation and freedom from Japanese tyranny was short lived as the country was soon embroiled in a civil war. The economic system had collapsed, and the peasant farmers were starving, the agrarian revolution had begun and with it the communist parties push to liberate the peasantry from the rule of the KMT. After losing their lands and grasp on the mainland of China the KMT made a tactical retreat to the Island of Taiwan, and began work on their anti-communist system. Anti-communist sentiments extended into all facets of life, from the education system to literary works and art. During this period some anti-communist masterpieces were penned but the style declined after some time due to lack of interest and less pressure from the government. Some authors began to write their own style of anti-communist works, inspired by a longing and homesickness they chronicled their personal ordeals, as well as the plight of the common people. They also detailed the chaos of such a civil war and the governments perception of the war and the people fighting it. Using five such works of historical fiction such as Juliu River and Blue and Black, I attempt to interpret and chronicle the interaction between the KMT and the CPC. The unbiased and real life accounts put forth by those authors present a more accurate, realistic and unbiased account of what happened during the Chinese civil war.
