Ouyang Tzu
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Ouyang Tzu is the penname of Hong Zhihui (洪智惠, Hóng Zhìhuì), a female Taiwan
ese writer. She, along with fellow students of National Taiwan University
Bai Xianyong, Wang Wenxing, and Chen Rouxi, created the literary magazine Modern Literature Xiandai wenxue
in 1960, under the guidance of Professor Hsia Tsi-an.
Ouyang Tzu's short stories are modernist in the sense that they employ novelistic techniques of literary modernism: stream of consciousness, multiple perspective narration, symbolism, probing of psychological depths instead of drawing social canvases. Such techniques flourished briefly in Taiwan during the 1960s and were in response to the socio-political "Recover the Mainland" trend of the 1940s and 1950s.
Ouyang Tzu's writing is experimental as well in terms of challenging social mores, especially concerning sex. Her stories are filled with violence, sexuality and abnormal psychology.
In terms of literary merit, her writing is easily digestible, soap-operatic, and melodramatic.
Ouyang Tzu is also a noted literary critic. She has produced a book-length study of Taipei People (see Pai Hsien-yung
).
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese writer. She, along with fellow students of National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
Bai Xianyong, Wang Wenxing, and Chen Rouxi, created the literary magazine Modern Literature Xiandai wenxue
Xiandai wenxue
Xiandai wenxue , was a Taiwanese literary journal created in 1960.The journal was the brainchild of several National Taiwan University students, including Ouyang Tzu and Pai Hsien-yung...
in 1960, under the guidance of Professor Hsia Tsi-an.
Ouyang Tzu's short stories are modernist in the sense that they employ novelistic techniques of literary modernism: stream of consciousness, multiple perspective narration, symbolism, probing of psychological depths instead of drawing social canvases. Such techniques flourished briefly in Taiwan during the 1960s and were in response to the socio-political "Recover the Mainland" trend of the 1940s and 1950s.
Ouyang Tzu's writing is experimental as well in terms of challenging social mores, especially concerning sex. Her stories are filled with violence, sexuality and abnormal psychology.
In terms of literary merit, her writing is easily digestible, soap-operatic, and melodramatic.
Ouyang Tzu is also a noted literary critic. She has produced a book-length study of Taipei People (see Pai Hsien-yung
Pai Hsien-yung
Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai , born July 11, 1937) is a writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer." He was born in Guilin, Guangxi, China at the cusp of both the Second Sino-Japanese War and subsequent Chinese Civil War...
).