Buildingfromtheachievementsofacollaborativeprojectbegunin2011—aprojectsponsoredbytheTopUniversityOfficeofNationalChengKungUniversity,facultymembersattheDepartmentofForeignLanguagesandLiteraturehavecollectedtheresultsofourexplorationofthewaysinwhichliteratureandliteraryanalysisoperateacrossandinsideborders.Theseborderscanbegeographical,generic,temporal,political,theological,orculturalandcrossingthemcanleadtotransgressionordefinition.Theexchangeandtransferbetweenoldandnewforms,thoughts,ideologiesandimaginationsintensifyasbordersshiftandconverge.
Theninearticlescollectedinthisbookfollowatheoreticalmodelthatexaminesthemodesbywhichthediscourseofmodernityinformstheimaginationoftheborderandemployamethodologythatframestherelationbetweenliteratureandculturalpractice.Asawholethebookexaminestheemergingparadigmssurroundingthemovementsacrossborders.
