1969 年是馬來西亞政治發展的重要分水嶺， 前後兩個階段的不同也體現在教育、文化、文藝領域與日常生活中。1950~1969年的馬華文學在後國共內戰時期、區域冷戰與馬來E獨立建國運動的複雜歷史條件下，催生了一股非左翼南來文人新生力量。他們與之前的左翼文人不同，帶著飄泊離散情懷，嘗試在海外延續中華文化香火與道統，同時把民國文學遺風帶到新馬文壇。民國南來文人也在教育、報界與出版界扮演重要的角色，塑造了獨特的馬華文化場，在文學領域催生了馬華（民國）文學。他們繼承自民國時代的自由思想、審美旨趣與價值觀為1960年代馬華現代主義的濫觴提供了條件。文本意欲從文學史角度審視前述民國文學在馬華文壇的形成背景與轉化過程及其思想內涵與精神基調，從而嘗試再審視有意無意被現有文學史忽視的一面。

1969 was a significant watershed in the development of Malaysia politics. The two different phases prior and after 1969 is also reflected in education, culture, arts and everyday life. From 1950-1969, Sinophone Malaysian literature in the complex historical conditions of post-civil war in mainland China, Cold War in Southeast Asia region, together with the Malayan independent movement, had cultivated some sort of new force by south migrated literati of non -left. Different from previous left-wing literati, with self-exiled consciousness, this group of writers try to propagate Chinese culture and traditions overseas, at the same time bring along the literary legacy of Republican to Singapore and Malaya. The south migrated literati of Republican China also played an important role in education, press, publishing industry in Malaya, thus had shaping the unique ecology of Malayan Chinese culture. In literary field, it had facilitated the Sinophone Malayan literature of Republican favour or colours. They inherited the ideas and thought of freedom, aesthetic experiences and values of Republican era. Hence provide the conditions for the rise of modernism in 1960s. This research intended to survey the formation and transformation of Republican favour or colours in Sinophone Malayan literature from the perspective of literary history, as well as its ideas and the tone of writing, and also try to re-examine certain aspect which has omitted, intentionally or unintentionally, by the existing literary history.