Miyuan, (re)imaginings of the Japanese legacy, and the making of postcolonial discourse in 1990s Taiwan

This paper analyzes the reception of Li Ang’s 1991 novel Miyuan (The Lost Garden) in newspapers and literary magazines in Taiwan, exploring its articulations with the early localization of postcolonial theory. Indeed, while Miyuan is generally regarded as a token of 228 literature, my findings indic...