Abstract
This comparative literary studies study is based on Gan Yao-Ming’s novel Ghost Slayer and The Pangcah Girl. These two novel look back into two different generations of Taiwan’s history. The growth courses of leading roles represent any difficulties, possibilities of development that may occur in the growth courses of Taiwan, which national allegory is contained in the novels. “Growth writing” mainly discusses how the leading roles enlighten themselves from unknown to lost, and defining themselves on the growth courses. The novel Ghost Slayer and The Pangcah Girl are based on 1940’s and 1970’s. The stories are told as male and female growth writing, with different genders, and both present a multi-ethnic scene. This study hold the connotation of growth writing, and discuss with generations, genders and ethnicities. This study shows that the growth writing of Gan Yao – Ming’s novels actually indicate the difficulties and the morals of growth courses. The experiences of leading roles represent what Taiwan has been through. The growth courses of Taiwan have not finished yet. The reasons that Gan Yao – Ming restated the history of Taiwan are due to learning from history and look forward to the future of Taiwan.