전후 타이완에서 자유의 의미 — 천잉전의 ＜탕첸의 희극＞을 중심으로

Abstract

After the war, Taiwan opened up a space to construct its own modernity, including discussions on freedom. Chen Yingzhen(陳映真) showed that not only the incompetent and ideological freedom of Mainlander(外省人) liberals but also the American-style freedom that failed to overcome problems under material development and fell into decadence could not solve the problems which Taiwan faced at the time. On the other hand, he suggested building the subject who awakened national consciousness and tried to realize the ideal of historical development as the solution of problems. In postwar era, Mainlander Taiwanese liberals’ claim of individual freedom showed incompetence in historical reality, but it brought back individual independence and freedom, which had been erased by grand narrative, to the modern stage. But they were still elitist and isolated themselves from their mental wounds in the mainland China. But American-style freedom also couldn’t be a solution because of decadence and corruption of its subjects. Furthermore, China and the Chinese could be second-class citizens in the world built by the United States and finally be vanished. He also criticized lack of idealism in Taiwan at that time. In this situation Chen Yingzhen thought the people needed indentify themselves as Chinese, that is, awaken national consciousness of Chinese, and set an ideal for a nation to advance and strive for it. Overcoming the national crisis that still existed in the Cold War world by setting and pursuing ideals, it was the point for him to meet the Mainland China.