一九八○年代香港確定將於1997年回歸中國，這個歷史事件讓各地關注起香港，有關香港的政治前景、經濟發展、文化論述與文學想像等各層面的討論，在當時形成一股香港研究的熱潮。如果我們先僅以香港文學作為討論範疇，1980年～1997年是一段曾經被大量注目的階段，在後九七以後雖然仍有陸續的討論，以及許多重要學者們的持續努力耕耘，但香港文學的研究或討論在後九七之後的確有慢慢消減的趨勢。香港回歸至今17年時間，臺港兩地的交流或社會發展在近年因為中國因素也產生多許可供參照的地方，現階段的我們，如果重新注目香港文學，一方面也許能避免當時在香港研究熱潮下，經常會把香港擺放在中英夾縫位置的單一想像，另方面也可擴大臺灣文學與香港文學的討論範疇。

In the 1980s it had been confirmed that the handover would take place in 1997. This historic issue brought Hong Kong to the focus of the whole world. There was a lot of discussion on Hong Kong about its political outlook, economic development, cultural discourse, and literary imagination, which facilitated the rise of Hong Kong studies. If narrowing down our discussion realm to Hong Kong literature, we can find that during the period of 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong literature had become the central issue. After 1997, some relative discussion and discourse about Hong Kong literature continued and the devotion of scholars was as significant. Nevertheless, the studies of Hong Kong literature has the tendency to decline. Now 17 years have passed since the handover, it is necessary to re-explore Hong Kong in this phase since the factor of China has become a common subject that Taiwan and Hong Kong both have to face. It will help us to find a new frame to explore Hong Kong literature and enlarge the range of discussion of Taiwanese literature and Hong Kong literature.