A group of Taiwan's intellectuals embraced the people, became more engaged with the larger society, and returned to the land. Their change of focus resulted in a renewed interest in literary realism and a revival of the spirit of the Japanese-era New Literature Movement, with its sense of mission, its emphasis on social realism, and its depictions of the hardships of the poor.
知識份子擁抱人民、參與社會、回歸土地的熱流，使得寫實主義文學復興，可以說是日治時期新文學運動崛起以來，重視社會寫實、反映苦難人民生活為使命的文學傳統精神，再一次的復甦。