真杉靜枝與蘇偉貞的「島嶼」臺灣書寫研究

Abstract

本研究以當代廣受討論的群島思維為方法，考察二位不同時代與族群身份，卻皆有過以臺灣為端點移動經驗的女性作家：真杉靜枝（1901-1955）與蘇偉貞（1954-），如何在作品中創造分身，使小說角色通過島嶼移動，建立女性的主體意識，解答自身存在意義的困惑。

本研究首先爬梳島嶼論述與群島思維的發展脈絡，釐清海洋觀點、邊界思維的視角，有助於拓展既有論述對於島嶼封閉性的單一認識，進一步形成強調「島」與「島」相互作用與關聯的群島思維，這一思維亦與解嚴後臺灣社會逐漸興起的島嶼史觀產生對話。

奠基於對群島思維的脈絡性認識，本研究挑選真杉靜枝作品中，以臺灣—日本為主要移動空間，改寫一九三八年的真實歷史事件「莎韻事件」的〈囑咐〉、〈理歐．哈庸的溪谷〉二篇小說，以及與蘇偉貞以臺灣—香港為主要移動端點，於一九九五年獲第一屆時報文學百萬小說獎評審團推薦獎的《沈默之島》，將三部作品並置參照，分析「島嶼」臺灣成為移動空間的原因與特性，「分身」策略提供小說家面對自身臺灣經驗的方法，嘗試找出不同時代與身份下的女性之自我追尋歷程的共通性。本研究通過分析、歸納二位女性作家以「臺灣」為移動端點的寫作策略的異同之處，希望能形構並推展臺灣文學與群島思維的對話空間，並釐清臺灣在西方理論推展之際所扮演的角色。

In this thesis, using Archipelagic as a source, focusing on the works by two female writers Masugi Shizue (1901-1955) and Su Wei-Chen (1954-), who, despite different ages and racial identities, share Taiwanese experiences. This thesis discuss how they create characters’ “double” in their writings and by making characters travelling over the island, construct female subjective awareness and respond to their curiosity for existential meaning.

First, this thesis reviews Island studies and archipelagic context of development and clarify how marine framework and thoughts on boundaries expand the existing discourse on “Island closure property”. This discussion is formulated to respond to the concept of Archipelagic: emphasizes the interaction among “island” and “island”. This concept is also in dialogue with “Chronicle of Taiwan island,” which was developed since the end of Martial Law era of Taiwan society.

Based on the cognition of archipelagic context, this thesis select Masugi Shizue’s “Enjoined” and “Sayon’s Valley” as research target. These works both take “Taiwan-Japan” as their characters’ moving spaces and rewrite the historical event “Sayon’s Bell,” which happened in 1938. In addition, Su Wei-Chen’s Island of Silence chooses “Taiwan -Hong-Kong” as its characters’ main moving endpoint. This novel won Shi-Pao First Million Literature Award in 1995. This thesis analyzes how these works transform “island Taiwan” into characters’ moving spaces and how the literary strategy “double” provides novelists with a way to conceptualize their Taiwanese experience. In this way, this thesis intends to explore similarities among women’s self-pursuit of different ages and identities.

By analyzing the similarities and differences of the two female writers’ writing strategies in their positioning “Taiwan” as moving endpoint, this thesis hopes to construct and promote the dialogical space and function between Taiwanese literature and Archipelagic, also clarifies the role that Taiwan plays in the promotion of Western theories.