Analysis of Fang e-zhen’s Creative Process and Works (1977-2007)

Abstract

Fang e-zhen has an abundant creative output. So far, she has two collections of poems, eight collections of prose and eight fictions, totaling eighteen collections. Her literature creation career can be divided into two stages. The first was the publication of her literature creations in Taiwan, Malaysia and other places before 1980, which were later collected and published in a book. The second stage was after September 1980. Fang e-zhen, Wen rui-an and others were deported by the Kuomintang government of Taiwan for some reasons and lived in Hong Kong. Thereafter, she re-created and published anthologies in Hong Kong. This article attempts to explore the different characteristics of her two creative stages from her creative process. From the analysis of Fang e-zhen’s poetry and prose, her early days, she liked writing in front of the mirror and fantasizing, but in the second stage, her creative psychology has changed greatly, and she has realized the "truth" in real life. From the perspective of fictions, "Painting the End of the World" in the first stage can be regarded as a masterpiece of coming-of-age fictions, while "Cremation" and "The Boy Outside the Window" in the second stage have further expanded the writing on human nature and passion. The most critical change in Fang e-zhen’s writing process was her arrival in Hong Kong. Most of her writings during her time in Hong Kong cast the shadow of being wrongly imprisoned in Taiwan. This article believes that although she also wrote popular fictions in her second stage, she still insisted on pure literature, and her overall achievements are still worthy of recognition.