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Tsai Su-fen and Chung Wen-yin, two female writers born in the same generation, both rose to prominence in the 1990s through newspaper literary awards and studied at Tamkang University. In their novels completed within three years of each other, they independently chose to focus on Tamsui in the late 19th century, a significant period in Taiwan's 400-year history, while employing multiple narratives centered around female protagonists. What similarities and differences can be observed in their ideologies? This paper explores whether the integration of literary imagination into real historical narratives, along with the shifting of time and space and diverse female narrative perspectives, can break the traditional framework of historical novels and offer a unique female perspective. This paper analyses and compares the novels "Blue House" by Tsai Su-fen and "Missing You Until the Sea" by Chung Wen-yin. Through examining the narrative structures of the texts, the paper will explore their fantastical elements and postmodern narrative techniques, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of the cultural implications of ancient objects in the texts, as well as the human desires that emerge from them. Furthermore, a comparison will be made between the historical and ethnic imaginings of external places and space, and from there, the paper will delve into the women's consciousness that the authors intended to convey as the writing subjects. Through the intertwining of literature and history, these two female writers interpret stories in different ways. They use human desires in a state of confusion to reflect on the nature of the flow of time and the existence of space. Utilizing diverse cultural perspectives, they go beyond the confines of ethnicity and gender, focusing on the unique female historical perspectives presented in historical novels. It is hoped that this will contribute to the interpretation of the new field of historical novel writing by female authors in Taiwanese literature, revealing a more enriching portrayal.
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