| 摘要: | 民雄，在台灣史上，是清代漢人開台的根據地，現更為嘉義縣人口最多的鄉鎮，不僅有台灣「大學之鄉」的美稱，更是結合民風純樸及人文薈萃的鄉鎮，在此，有著豐富的人文資產。且台灣自明鄭時期、清領時期、日據時代至今，中華民國，歷經不少政權轉換，其曲折的歷史進程，人民的思想也從受到箝制，直至今日才獲自由展現。不過在此之前，詩人早已經透過作品表達時代特色及對人事物的欣歎，筆者尋其歷史軌跡及文化特色，期望能透過對民雄一地的文化探究，勾勒出民雄地區之文學脈絡，並重新為民雄地區文人（古典及現代）的作品做整理與研究，建構出民雄地區的文學面貌，期對地方文學有所貢獻，以利地方史料的編纂，了解台灣文學之風雅面。 本論文在前人有限的研究成果下，參考台灣、嘉義、民雄的地方志與史料，藉以探討民雄地區的地理環境、歷史沿革及文教概況，勾勒出民雄地區文學發展之時空及人文背景；並針對民雄地區之文學，分為兩個面向：傳統文學與新文學的發展作分析，包括傳統文學與新文學戰前與戰後的發展背景、傳統文學與新文學的重要作家與其作品，再綜合民雄地區作家的文學特色，說明民雄地區傳統文學及新文學兩者分別與嘉義、台灣文壇的關係，以總結本論文研究。 台灣在光復之後，著力於政治、經濟的發展，經濟成長過速卻消蝕了文化根基，所幸於2000年開始，在民雄地區有識之士的推動下，用書寫地方來凝聚向心力，展開文化復甦活動。筆者延續這份心力，希冀透過本篇論文的研究，重新為民雄地區文人（古典及現代）的作品做整理與研究，建構出民雄地區的文學面貌，期對地方文學有所貢獻，以利地方史料的編纂，為「嘉義縣文學史」的區域文學注入新的生機。
Ming-hsiung, in Taiwan’s history, was the base of the Han people to know Taiwan during the Ching Dynasty. It is now the town with the biggest population in Chai-yi County. Ming-hsiung has the name of “Country of the University.” Its people are known for their kindness, unsophisticated and humanities; besides, its humanity property is fruitful. From the Ming-cheng period, the Ching Dynasty, Japanese Period to the Republic of China, Taiwan had gone through many political power shifts. Its winding history progress limited people’s thoughts and freedom of speech. It is until today that Taiwanese people have freedom and rights to express their true feelings openly. However, many poets had illustrated their love to the people, the land and the issues through their literature works from long ago. The researcher followed the path of history and the culture features so as to get a clear picture of Ming-hsiung literature development, and to present the structure of Ming-hsiung literature, especially its elegant side. It is hoped that Taiwanese literature could be explored and understood at the same time, too. With limited researches, the researcher consulted the historical data and chronicles of Ming-hsiung, Chi-yi and Taiwan so as to explore the geographical environment of Ming-hsiung, the history development and the general condition of education and culture, and to draw the outline of Ling-hsiung literature development background. Ming-hsiung literature can be classified into two folds: traditional literature and new literature. The developing backgrounds of traditional literature and new literature before and after World War II and their representative writers’ works were discussed in this study, followed by the combination of Ming-hsuing writers’ features so as to triangulate the relationships among Ming-shiung literature, Chi–yi literature and Taiwan literature. After Taiwan restoration, Taiwan had put lots of efforts into economy and politics growth. However, the speedy growth of economy declines the foundation of culture. Luckily, starting from the year 2000, under the promotion of sagacious people, culture recovery activities were developed by means of writing local features. The researcher tried to continue the culture recovery activities by completing this essay. It is hoped that this study can organize the literature works of Ming-hsiung writers (both classical and modern), construct the outlook of Ming-shiung literature and inject new life into Chai-yi County literature |
