Modernism and romanticism in Taiwan literature / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- Realism in Taiwan fiction : two directions / Shi-kuo Chang -- Taiwan Hsiang-t'u literature : perspective in the evolution of a literary movement / Jing Wang -- Images of suffering in Taiwan fiction / Cyril Birch -- A break in the chain : the short stories of Ch'en Ying-chen / Lucien Miller -- Rural stories of Hwang Chun-ming / Howard Goldblatt -- Form and tone in Wang Chen-ho's satires / Robert Yi Yang -- Obsession with Taiwan : the fiction of Chang Hsi-Kuo / Joseph S.M. Lau -- Fictional world of Pai Hsien-yung / Ou-yang Tzu -- Iconoclasm in Wang Wen-hsing's Chia-pien / James C.T. Shu -- Fancy and reality in Ch'i-teng Sheng's fiction / C.H. Wang -- Sense of history : reading Chen Jo-hsi's stories / Kai-yu Hsu -- Closing remarks / C.T. Hsia -- A selected bibliography of studies of contemporary Taiwan fiction / James C. T. Shu.

Chen, J.-H. The last performance -- Wang, W.-H. Flaw--Chen, Y.-C. My first case.--Qi Dengsheng. I love black eyes.--Wang, C.-H. An oxcart for dowry.--Yu, L.-H. In Liu Village.--Chang, H.-K. Earth.--Huang, C.-M. A flower in the rainy night.--Lin, H.-M. Cicada.--Yang, C.-C. Enemies.--Pai, H.-Y. Winter nights.

The fish.--The drowning of an old cat.--His son's big doll.--The gong.--Ringworms.--The taste of apples.--The two signpainters.--Sayonara, Tsai-chien (Zaijian).