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Jewel Tsai is one of the most representative and important writers of modern dietary prose in Taiwan. This thesis analyzes the unique performance of her dietary writing, and discovers the artistic characteristics and aesthetic values of her creation based on her 6 books. There are several key points in this thesis. First, it discusses the background and concept of dietary writing from the perspective of human life, then analyzing her articles to prove that her creations are full of cultural messages and diversity styles. The thesis has 7 chapters as follows: The first chapter is "Introduction", including the research purpose, scope, methods, research steps and reference list. Chapter 2 is “the Background of Jewel Tsai’s Dietary Writing”, first discussing about the history of dietary prose in Taiwan, and then exploring Jewel Tsai’s life and development of creation to conduct the influence of life on her creations. Chapter 3 is "Jewel Tsai’s Emotion and Creation Concept in Dietary”, analyzing her diet emotion and the formation of creation concept. For examples, her life experiences and reactions to other writers’ works are all nutrients for her creation. Chapter 4 is "Cultural Message in Jewel Tsai's Dietary Writing". Humanity is an important issue in Jewel Tsai's creation, including dietary in personal life history, exploration of life and vulnerable groups cares. Jewel Tsai shows her vision of cultural studies by observing the customs and politics. Chapter 5 is "Diversity Styles of Jewel Tsai in Searching Life”. Jewel Tsai uses kinds of tastes and flavors to describe the life. Even though life is inevitable with regrets and bitter, it’s still worthy for expectations and efforts. Chapter 6 is "Artistic Features and Aesthetic Value of Jewel Tsai's Dietary Writing". Jewel Tsai's dietary writings are based on cultural perspective, such as tracing the origin of animals and plants, constructing life history through food and shows the customs and politics of the world. Chapter 7 is "Conclusions", reviewing the key points of each chapter and summarizing Jewel Tsai's backgrounds and characteristics of creation. Throughout this thesis, we can see that Jewel Tsai grew up in an era when dietary proses were gradually growing. Through her own life experience, multiple topics and descriptions, she becomes one of the most unique writers in dietary writing. She expresses the feelings of life and all things, expanding the meaning of life and culture in her proses, which gives an inherited value for dietary writing.
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