| dc.description.abstract | The theme of this thesis is to study “the local writings of Meinung writers“ through the views of literature to discuss all the aspects of Meinung. Combining the research methods of chorography, cultural geography, and collective memory, this thesis analyzes the writers’ Meinung memories and the local characteristics in their works. Meinung writers recorded the past in Meinung and discussed the future development. They combined the landscape with literature to let people know more about Meinung by cultural characteristics. Besides, their works presented the history of the development of Meinung and the specific life in Hakka groups.
Firstly, the content introduces Meinung writers and their works, including the writers in traditional literature and the writers in modern literature, and analyzes the characteristics of Hakka language in their different generations. Secondly, it describes the natural environment divided into four parts, including the ethnic memory of Meinung hills, the water area and the life memory of Meinung, the memory of distinct wet and dry seasons, and the observation record of natural ecology. Thirdly, it describes the writings of agricultural activities, including the transformation of rice growing, the rise and fall of tobacco planting, the management of industrial crops, and the rise and fall of hog industry. Finally, it presents the group cultures and analyzes the groups in Meinung by the aspects of traditional architectures, food writings, clothing and accessories, educational concepts, religious beliefs, life styles, recreational activities, and anti-dam movements.
Meinung writers wrote the local characteristics in their works intentionally or unintentionally to let more readers know about Meinung directly or indirectly. They recorded the landscape and the life styles of the different generations in their works, and successfully made Meinung the representative of Hakka groups in Taiwan. Meinung has become an important place of literature development in Taiwanese literature.
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