Modernism came to Taiwan when a group of professors from National Taiwan University (NTU) began calling for the importation of avant-garde Western literary theories, techniques and works. They were not advocating positions on sensitive political and economic issues, but rather were calling for the use of new and improved writing techniques to raise the standard of Taiwanese literature.
一群台大教授主張引進西方前衛的文學理論、技巧和作品，不觸及台灣敏感的政經問題，但是運用一流技巧於創作中，以提升文學水平。