Abstract
Abstract The publication of the “Chiu Miaojin Diary” provides a new method for studying Chiu Miaojin. We can observe the consistent writing strategies Chiu applied to her works such as diaristic novels, notes, epistolary, etc. As the origins of Chiu’s creationism, the diaries perform a more whisper-like discourse when compared to Chiu’s other works: Last Words from Montmartre and Notes of a Crocodile. To a certain extent, the diary starts a profound, circumspect, comprehensive dialogue with the same period of the Last Words from Montmartre and its predecessor Notes of a Crocodile. This study is based on lesbian life course, LGBT writing and gender border-crossing. Focusing on Chiu Miaojin Diary as the research subject, this study investigates the "thought process", "sex and erotica", "existence and death", "reading and writing" and other underlying issues in Chiu’s diary, and tries to construct an image of Qiu Miaojin’s literature and life. This thesis will first comb through Chiu’s news reports, reviews and novels written during the time when she worked as a reporter at The Journalist magazine. This is to analyze Chiu’s perspective, attitude and stance on a “revolutionary generation” in the booming social movements after the lifting of martial law. Secondly, the thesis will explore the "self-body", "love politics" and "gender consciousness" in Chiu’s concept of love. Thirdly, this study will analyze Chiu Miaojin’s "survival consciousness" and "death consciousness", to discuss how Chiu’s view of life and death with a mutually dialectic approach and concludes its specific rhythm of life and death. Lastly, this thesis will summarize Chiu Miaojin’s reading map reflected by the diary. Using the intertextuality theory, this study will explore how Chiu’s thoughts and works were affected by her reading, as well as the significance writing posed for Chiu. The theories of “diary of aesthetics" and "epistolary" offer a method to discuss the significance of writing, as well as the aesthetic effect adopted in the forms of letters and a diary, and the association between Chiu’s diary and her desire writing. Key Words Chiu Miaojin, Chiu Miaojin Diary, Writing Desire, Subject, Subjectivity, Eros, Intertextuality