想像與越界：論黎紫書小說的主題與敘事策略

Abstract

本文針對黎紫書的小說作一研究初論，先陳述兩個局部觀察，一是有關其小說主題，二是探討其敘事策略，末再爬梳作家本身的離散書寫。黎紫書以甫現文壇便囊括多項文學大獎的鋒芒，以及跨度近廿年且涵蓋微型、短篇和長篇小說類型的寫作資歷，成為當代馬華文學重要的作家之一。她的小說以獨特的陰冷氣質見稱，且善於營造綿密稠膩的危疑氛圍，但題材的雜沓多貌與形式手法的變換，使其一直沒有固定的風格。 本文力圖從中釐清多變風格底下的作品脈絡，進而討論其創作發展軌跡的多層向度，以期對黎紫書作為馬華文學異類作家的特色，提出較具體的分析觀點。她在書寫主題上所呈現出來的幽黯想像，透過失落、情欲、病疾與死亡等元素，層層探進人物角色的內在；而她在敘事上的調度手法亦往往營造了越界的效果，加之其對文學語言的探索與自我互文的趨向，更使得拓展書寫空間的可能性有著深度的意義。

This article aims at exploring two major observations about Li Zi Shu’s fictions. The first part is about the theme and the second part is the narrative element. The author’s writing diaspora is then sorted out accordingly. Li Zi Shu has earned many literary awards during the start of her writing career. With nearly twenty years of writing experience, her works including flash fictions, short fictions and full-length novel. These achievements make her one of the present-day Malaysian Chinese leading writers. Her fictions are known for the dark tonality, and good at creating a disturbed atmosphere. But there is no fixed style could be found in the fictions because of her various theme and narrative situation. This article attempts to capture the kernel of Li Zi Shu’s varied style, and to discuss the development vein of the different dimension in her writing career, in order to provide a further analysis of her uniqueness among present-day Malaysian Chinese writers. The darkness imagination that probes into the heart of character appeared in her fictions through the themes such as losing, erotic, disease and death. Her narrative tends to create a cross-border effect. Moreover, the pondering about literary language and the tendency of self-referential intertextuality are both remarkable elements in shaping her works. All these characteristics can potentially lead her to an even more expanding space for future writing.