本論文以五Ο年代創刊的《雲林青年》為研究對象，它是中國青年反共救國團在雲林縣出版的地方性文藝刊物，自1954年創刊以來，已滿一甲子了，多年來不僅提供作家文學發表的園地，並且培育了不少新世代的雲林現代作家，對雲林文學的發展貢獻良多，是研究地方期刊文學和青年文藝的良好題材，筆者因就讀學校的地緣關係，正好是臨近地方文藝發展興盛的雲林縣，加上對於期刊的研究具有濃厚興趣，且《雲林青年》又是地方文藝創作者的搖籃，是故筆者就針對《雲林青年》的文學特點和作者的創作風格，做為研究地方期刊文學的研究題材。 《雲林青年》雜誌從1954年到1989年之間的期刊內容，已在何美宜的努力下，進行深入的分析、比對、研究，獲得珍貴的研究成果；而《雲林青年》後半段資料（1989年-2010年），則由筆者進行相關的研究。此段時期是從解嚴後的八0年代後期，橫跨九0年代，一直到千禧年之後，在文學創作上，已然脫離威權統治的範疇，開始進入多元化、傾向後現代主義風格，並產生對臺灣本土之認同的文藝思潮。筆者試圖從《雲林青年》雜誌的編輯群編輯方向、作者群作品的內容分析中，解讀在八0年代末期之後的雜誌內容，藉此分析《雲林青年》雜誌後半期創作風格的嬗變過程，以及此時期青年的文學思潮的特徵，和對應當時文藝發展現況，所呈現出地方文學的價值與對於青年文藝創作的影響。 本論文先就雜誌的功能來說明期刊在文學推展上的價值，再就雜誌的特性做分類，依類別說明各類雜誌的特點和作用，最後歸納出較少為研究者探究的地方性雜誌的研究價值。接著筆者探討《雲林青年》發行概況與八○後之運作狀況，以做為分析期刊特色的背景資料。再者，筆者將《雲林青年》雜誌後期（1989年-2010年）的各項專欄、青年投稿的文藝創作和各類報導做出分析、比對和歸納，以探究雜誌後期的特色和文藝風格。筆者還針對《雲林青年》各文類主要的作者群分別解析這些作者的文章風格，先針對作者們個人創作歷程做簡單的介紹，接著比對這些創作作品與八○、九○到二○○○年的文學風格的關係，以了解各個時期《雲林青年》中青少年創作的特徵。最後，筆者在探究《雲林青年》後半段時期的編輯風格，以及文藝創作的特點後，依此做出結論，統整出此青年刊物在當時文學發展現況下，所呈現出對於地方文學和青年文藝創作的特殊貢獻及重要價值性。 The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the features of the writings and writing styles of the authors in a journal called Yunlin Youth, published in the 1950s by the Yunlin Branch of China Youth Corps. There are 2 reasons for choosing Yunlin Youth as the journal. First, the university I am studying at is near Yunlin, which is the literature prosperous county. Second, Yunlin Youth is a local journal and the cradle for local writers. For the past 60 years, the local journal provides the land for local authors to publish their writings and also cultivates many new writers for different generations. It is no doubt the journal is a good resource for doing research on local literature and youth literature. The contributions of the journal show its importance for Yunlin literature. The writings of Yunlin Youth from 1954 to 1989 were investigated, compared and analyzed by Mei-yi Ho in 2011, and she also presented some significant results as well. The latter period of the journal (from 1989 to 2010) were investigated in this thesis. The latter period crossed the 1980s to the Millennialism. The government of Taiwan abolished Martial Law in the 1980s. Since then, Taiwan is not governed under the Authoritarian regime anymore. Due to the abolishment, the literature has stepped to the stages of diversification and post-modernism. Moreover, literary trends focused more on the local culture. The thesis intends to explain the late-1980 writings of the journal with the analysis of editors’ editing styles and the writings during the period. By the analysis, the thesis then analyzes the significant changes of writing styles and the features of youth writings. The thesis discusses the following research questions. 1. Explaining the value of the journal with the descriptions of functions of the journal and concluding the research value which is less discussed in the field of local journals 2. Categorizing the writings and providing explanation of their features. The thesis discussed the publication and management information, which plays as a key role in analyzing features in different times. Then the thesis analyzed, compared and concluded the columns, youth writings and reports for investigations of features and writing styles in the latter period. The thesis gives a brief introduction of each author and their writing styles with their background information and compared their writings as well. Lastly, the thesis concluded the contributions and significance of the journal to the local literature and youth writings by investigating the editing styles and features of writings durings the period.
