英文摘要
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This paper views Nian Dong's ocean novels as the redemptive text for "modern experiences in Taiwan" to unravel the cruelty and pain of modern existence in modern experiences in Taiwan and further reviews the redeeming approach provided by writer, Nian Dong. The short stories in the ocean novels by Nian Dong in the 1970s reveal the truth, that modern existence in Taiwan has reached the frightening status of "people eating people." Modern people resemble uncultivated barbarians whose purpose of existence is only "to live." When faced with the crisis of modern existence, redemption that humanity awaits only comes after all hope is lost. Therefore, waiting is the only redemption. The long stories of the nineties ocean novels by Nian Dong exploit "fables" to unravel and criticize the subjective goodness and evil as perceived by human beings to be illusion. Afterwards, human beings use "death" to overcome the constraint on individuals imposed by moral goodness and evil. "Ocean" is the consistent theme used throughout the seventies and eighties by Nian Dong with it being the the author's launching and concluding points. The initial works of Nian Dong intended to mitigate human crualty with compassion and understanding, which also serve as end points for his ocean fables. Nian Dong writes and exists for the ocean and in the face of desperation caused by modernity; he uses fables and other writing to inspire hope, compassion and understanding. Fables are his final redemption.
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