Since 2000 A.D.,lots of translated detective novels have being published in Taiwan,which demonstrates that detective novel is popular in Taiwan,but there are seldom local detective novels to be published.Through the t...Since 2000 A.D.,lots of translated detective novels have being published in Taiwan,which demonstrates that detective novel is popular in Taiwan,but there are seldom local detective novels to be published.Through the theory of field of cultural production by Pierre Bourdieu,the paper analyzed how the creators and cultural intermediaries’form of capitals and aesthetics construct the mechanism of the publishing industry,and how the market of detective novels in Taiwan are dominated by foreign products.The study adopted second documentary analysis and in-depth interview.The former is to calculate the published detective novels from 2001 to September 2015 sold in the dominant on-line bookstore,Books.com.tw,in Taiwan,while the latter is to interview 15 related agencies included writers,editors,translators,and a manager of bookstore.The results contain three following issues.Firstly,local production has re-started since 1980’s after a long-time decline.Considering the large cost to cultivate local writers,Taiwan Residents publishers prefer to produce well-known foreign works.Secondly,literary awards are the vital way in the production of local works.The writers receive symbolic capital through awards,and even obtain more opportunities to publish their works or cooperate with other related organization,which means the acquirement of social capital.Finally,the market of local detective novels is forced to be the field of restricted production as a result of supplanted by translated novels.As a consequence,the production of local detective novels becomes popular literature of niche market.展开更多
文摘Since 2000 A.D.,lots of translated detective novels have being published in Taiwan,which demonstrates that detective novel is popular in Taiwan,but there are seldom local detective novels to be published.Through the theory of field of cultural production by Pierre Bourdieu,the paper analyzed how the creators and cultural intermediaries’form of capitals and aesthetics construct the mechanism of the publishing industry,and how the market of detective novels in Taiwan are dominated by foreign products.The study adopted second documentary analysis and in-depth interview.The former is to calculate the published detective novels from 2001 to September 2015 sold in the dominant on-line bookstore,Books.com.tw,in Taiwan,while the latter is to interview 15 related agencies included writers,editors,translators,and a manager of bookstore.The results contain three following issues.Firstly,local production has re-started since 1980’s after a long-time decline.Considering the large cost to cultivate local writers,Taiwan Residents publishers prefer to produce well-known foreign works.Secondly,literary awards are the vital way in the production of local works.The writers receive symbolic capital through awards,and even obtain more opportunities to publish their works or cooperate with other related organization,which means the acquirement of social capital.Finally,the market of local detective novels is forced to be the field of restricted production as a result of supplanted by translated novels.As a consequence,the production of local detective novels becomes popular literature of niche market.
