标题: | 世事在心: 柯吉尔的《双面少年》与《少年时》 Worldly Engagements: J. M. Coetzee's Boyhood and Youth |
作者: | 王姿文 Tzu-wen Wang 冯品佳 Pin-chia Feng 外国语文学系外国文学与语言学硕士班 |
关键字: | 柯吉尔;《双面少年》;《少年时》;自传体小说;世俗性;家国威权;后殖民;南非种族隔离政策;见证文学;J. M. Coetzee;Boyhood;Youth;Autobiographical novels;Worldly;Domestic authority;Postcolonial;Apartheid;Witness literature |
公开日期: | 2005 |
摘要: | 本文探讨诺贝尔文学奖得主柯吉尔(J. M. Coetzee)如何藉着他的两本自传体小说—《双面少年》(1997)、《少年时》(2002)—以他为孩童与青年时自身的生活经验连结并重新检视当时/当代世俗/世界议题。就文化产品的层次而言,《双面少年》与《少年时》已将自传文学的定位提升为可连结世俗/世界议题,而非只停留于撰写个人生活故事的层次。柯吉尔的两本自传体小说同时揭露书写世事的重要性:《双面少年》探究如何以个人记忆作为集体记忆的展现;《少年时》则强调对世事的体验与省思。 第一章简介本文的中心题旨、动机与柯吉尔两本自传体小说的生成脉络。文中并回溯柯吉尔孩童时期南非的历史情境,藉此将“柯吉尔”于文化上和社会上双重脉络化。文中并探讨,在殖民系统底下成长的小孩不仅只背负着过去殖民体系的印记,在未来自身也将具有去殖民化的潜力。 第二章检视柯吉尔如何再现南非种族隔离政策下的家国威权,也同时检视着他如何巧妙地运用小孩的叙事观点切入成人世界殖民野心的问题重重。文中探讨重心囊括家庭威权与国家威权。柯吉尔在《双面少年》里虽没有直接点出南非种族隔离政策的不是,却以建立个人记忆的方式,回顾式地提供了他对1950年代南非政治骚动的孩童记忆,呈现了另类的文化批评。 第三章探讨柯吉尔如何以他挫败的青年生活经验为读者揭示过世俗生活的重要性。“世俗性”在文中所指称的部分定义为人与人实际上接触的层面而非超越化的精神层次。《少年时》不仅是柯吉尔撰述自身青年时期于1960年代侨居在外的生活回顾,更着墨于作者与世界两者间紧密关系的批判性省思与探究。 第四章以讨论文学创作和历史见证间的互动关系为本文作结。就文学创作的层面而言,柯吉尔的《双面少年》以及《少年时》可谓提供了以自传书写作为见证文学的平台与典范。 This thesis is a study of how Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee with his autobiographical novels—Boyhood (1997) and Youth (2002)—uses his own lived experiences, first as a child and then as a youth, to connect with and re-examine worldly issues. Boyhood and Youth suggest that autobiography should be interpreted as a kind of the cultural product which is closely connected with the world instead of concentrating on one’s life story. I argue that Coetzee’s autobiographical novels reveal the importance of writing in relation to the world: Boyhood suggests the connection of personal memory with the collective while Youth emphasizes the worldly experiences. Chapter One is an introduction which reviews some crucial historical contingencies of South Africa, through which “J. M. Coetzee” will be contextualized within the colonial system culturally and socially. Under such a colonial context, a child not only bears the sign of colonization but also will be someone with a decolonized potential in the future. Chapter Two aims to examine not only how Coetzee represents the complicated domestic authority during apartheid but how he uses a child’s perspective to reveal the problematic nature of adult colonial ambition. The notion of “domestic” here refers to the familial aspect and the national dimension. I argue that instead of directly condemning the wickedness of segregation policy at that time, Coetzee offers a retrospective reflection of the national turmoil, particularly during the 1950s, and suggests an alternative way of presenting political critique. Chapter Three explores how Coetzee with his frustrating youthful experiences reveals the importance of living a worldly life. My use of the term “worldly” here refers to a physical state rather than a spiritual one. I argue that more than simply a retrospection on Coetzee’s youthful expatriate life, Youth is a critical reflection on the necessary interaction between the writer and the world. Chapter Four concludes this thesis with a discussion of the interplay between literary creation and historical witness. I argue that Coetzee’s autobiographical writing, as literary creation, projects a form of witness literature. |
URI: | http://140.113.39.130/cdrfb3/record/nctu/#GT009245508 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/77403 |
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