Study on the Literature Development in the Huwei Area

[[abstract]] 筆者撰寫「虎尾地區文學發展之研究」動機有三：第一、「雲林文學步道」的啟發。「雲林文學步道」乃921 之後，文學與自然融合的典範，水文之利用渾然天成；「虎尾文學步道」設於「糖廠鐵橋」的構想，則是虎尾珍惜人文資源的典型。第二、身為虎尾人的一點心意與感動。筆者對虎尾文化充滿認同感，此時發現與發揚虎尾「人文價值」，成為一項刻不容緩的事。第三、有鑑於虎尾地區缺乏區域文學的專書，本論文希望成為拋磚引玉之作。 虎尾地區位於雲林縣的中心點，濁水溪大沖積扇上，自古以來農業發達。明治39 年（西元1906 年），日本在虎尾創設「五間厝粗糖工場」迄今，已屆滿一百週年。近代虎尾的發展是從「糖廠」設立開始，糖業是台灣近代產業的象徵，虎尾也成為台灣近代新興產業的代表城市之一。是故，虎尾文人活動頻繁，文學創作迭創佳績。 關於論文架構章節之安排，共分為五章： 第一章緒論：分別敘明研究動機與目的，前人研究成果與相關文獻探討，研究的文學範疇，研究方法與論文架構。第二章：參考虎尾地區相關的地方誌、史書和鄉土教材，藉以探討本區地理環境、歷史沿革及文教概況，並勾勒出虎尾地區文學發展的時空及人文背景。 第三章：探討虎尾地區傳統文學之發展。包括傳統文學之發展背景，重要詩人、詩社及作品、作品呈現之區域特色，與雲林、台灣文壇之關係。 第四章：探討虎尾地區新文學的發展。包括新文學的發展背景，重要文人與作品、作品呈現的區域特色，與雲林、台灣文壇的關係。 第五章結論：綜合虎尾地區文學特色的幾個面向以總結本研究。[[abstract]]The motives of this research are as follows: 1) from the inspiration of the Yunlin Literary Path: the path features the integration of literature with the nature with a natural utilization of hydrology after the 921 Earthquake; the thought of building the Huwei Literary Path at the Sugar Refinery Iron Bridge represents how people in Huwei cherish their humanity resources; 2) showing the writer’s tribute and touch from being a Huwei native. The writer has a full self-identification with Huwei culture and it is an urgent issue as the writer discovers and determines to promote the humanistic value in Huwei; 3) since there is a shortage of specialized books of regional literature in the Huwei area, due to the help of the Department of Literature of Nanhua University, the writer wishes that the completion of this paper would attract attention for more further studies in the future. The Huwei area is situated on the Choushui river alluvial fan, in the central part of Yunlin County. It has been an area of agricultural prosperity since ancient times. In 1906, Japanese established the Wujiancuo Sugar Refinery in Huwei, and now it has reached its centennial anniversary. The development of current Huwei began from the establishment of the sugar refinery. Sugar business has become the symbol of Taiwan’s modern industry, and Huwei has also become one of the representing cities of Taiwan’s emerging industry. Therefore, there are frequent cultural activities occurring in Huwei, and many works of literature creation have achieved fine acknowledgement. This paper is organized as follows: Chapter 1 Introduction: introduces the research motives and purposes, literature review, and the literature scope, research method and thesis structure of this research. Chapter 2: refers to local chronicles, history books and local teaching materials related to Huwei area to discuss this area’s geographic environment, historical background and culture and educational situation, and depict the time-space and humanistic background of literature development in the Huwei area. Chapter 3: discusses the development of traditional literature in the Huwei area, including the development background of traditional literature, important poets, poetry clubs and poems, regional features reflected in the works, and their relation with the literature circles in Yunlin County and Taiwan. Chapter 4: presents the development of new literature in the Huwei area, including the development background of new literature, important authors and their works, regional features reflected in the works, and their relation with the literature circles in Yunlin County and Taiwan. Chapter 5 Conclusion: gives concluding marks by summarizing the literature features in the Huwei area from several dimensions