Another reason is that after martial law, social movements have risen in waves. Authors no longer need to use their pens but can march out of their front doors and throw themselves into movements to realize their political ideals, points out Hsiang Yang.
另一種不可忽略的原因，是解嚴以後，各種社會運動風潮洶湧，「一些抗爭性強的作家乾脆走出書房，不再以筆代言，直接投身到各種運動中，去體現自己的政治理念」，向陽指出。