The article studied Taiwan fiction after the mid‐1980s. I argue that Taiwan fiction since the mid‐1980s has been characterized by postmodern writing style, this papers aims to study why the postmodern writing became vogue, while the relevance of this theoretical concepts applied to post‐martial law Taiwanese fiction. The articulation of dissident views during the Nativist Literary Debate paved the way for more intense struggles toward democratization in the early 1980s, some writers found the limitations of realism writing, furthermore Taiwan society have became changed under the circumstances, ‘beyond realism’ is in demand, while the Postmodern writing strategies fit well into the de‐mystification agenda of skeptical fiction. Beside, the media’s promotion does a good influence on the prevalence of postmodernism. I analysis the postwar third‐generations Writer’s fiction during this period, these fiction stands out in this aspects as well. Especially in ‘self‐reflexive’, ‘anti‐grand narrative’ and ‘living situation of modern‐day’.

The article studied Taiwan fiction after the mid‐1980s. I argue that Taiwan fiction since the mid‐1980s has been characterized by postmodern writing style, this papers aims to study why the postmodern writing became vogue, while the relevance of this theoretical concepts applied to post‐martial law Taiwanese fiction. The articulation of dissident views during the Nativist Literary Debate paved the way for more intense struggles toward democratization in the early 1980s, some writers found the limitations of realism writing, furthermore Taiwan society have became changed under the circumstances, ‘beyond realism’ is in demand, while the Postmodern writing strategies fit well into the de‐mystification agenda of skeptical fiction. Beside, the media’s promotion does a good influence on the prevalence of postmodernism. I analysis the postwar third‐generations Writer’s fiction during this period, these fiction stands out in this aspects as well. Especially in ‘self‐reflexive’, ‘anti‐grand narrative’ and ‘living situation of modern‐day’.

postmodern, Metafictional Practice, Taiwan fiction, market orientation