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渥坦貝克《解剖新義》中異鄉人與待客之道的變異 / The Concepts of Strangers and Hospitality Reconsidered in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s New Anatomies黃新雅, Huang, Hsin Ya Unknown Date (has links)
渥坦貝克的劇作《解剖新義》聚焦於法國殖民北非時期,伊莎貝拉(Isabelle Eberhardt)的旅行經驗。伊莎貝拉女扮男裝以歐洲冒險家身份旅行,設法爭取個人自由,致力於破除父權社會加諸於女性身上的性別刻板印象。本劇涵蓋了空間位移、遊牧旅行以及與他者相遇的概念。大多數的批評家對於此劇的討論,多著眼於角色如何跨越性別、地理疆界,而鮮少碰觸旅行議題本身。本論文試圖細讀《解剖新義》,進而探討其中的旅行議題,以及旅行伴隨而來的外來者問題。
本論文的第一章涵蓋《解剖新義》的相關評論,以及論文的主題。第二章說明旅行必要的條件,進而帶出本論文關切的旅行要素。第三章引用茱莉亞·克莉斯蒂娃 (Julia Kristeva)對外來者的見解,點出外來者的問題。本劇呈現旅行者與當地居民彼此間心理的矛盾衝突;同時,也提供不同例子說明個人如何能夠緩和自我與他者間的不合。第四章將以雅克·德希達(Jacques Derrida)的「待客之道」(hospitality)理論延續討論個人將如何面對與他者相遇的問題。第五章為本論文的總結,提供新
的解讀《解剖新義》方法。即便「待客之道」的概念在《解剖新義》中的某些場合被曲解誤用,卻也隱含「待客之道」在不同論述中,可能以不同概念呈現。 / Timberlake Wertenbaker’s New Anatomies (1981) is a play that centers on Isabelle Eberhardt’s traveling experience during French colonialism in North Africa. Isabelle, who endeavors to break the gender stereotype that is imposed on women in the patriarchal society, manages to strive for her own freedom by setting out for a journey as a European cross-dressed adventurer. The play deals with the ideas of displacement, nomadic traveling, and the encounter with the other. Critics’ responses to the play often focus on how the characters cross the gender and spatial boundaries; however, few of them seem to touch upon the issue on traveling itself. I intend to grapple with the issue on traveling by having a close reading on New Anatomies, and to deal with the accompanying foreigner question in a voyage.
Chapter One of the thesis contains the literature reviews of New Anatomies, and carries out the concern of the thesis. Chapter Two presents the essential element in traveling and further maps out my concern about traveling. Chapter Three brings out the foreigner question by elucidating Julia Kristeva’s notion on strangers. The play reveals the psychological conflicts between a traveler and the locals; meanwhile, it also presents diverse examples on how one is able to reduce the estrangement between one and the other. To proceed with the discussion on how one shall react in response to the encounter with the other, I employ Jacques Derrida’s concept of hospitality in Chapter Four. Chapter Five is the conclusion of the thesis that points out how the thesis can be treated
as a new way of study on New Anatomies. Though the meanings of hospitality are in some occasions being deformed in New Anatomies, they imply that there are different concepts of hospitality that is authorized in different discourses including traveling.
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重訪偉大故事:《微物之神》中的純潔神話 / Revisiting Great Stories: the Myth of Purity in The God of Small Things梁曉菁, Liang, Hsiao-ching Unknown Date (has links)
阿蘭達蒂•羅依的第一部長篇小說(也是目前唯一一部)《微物之神》迄今已出版了八年之久。由於書中所觸及到的議題繁多,包括印度賤民階級所受到的不平等待遇,施加在婦女身上的肉體與精神上的暴力,或是在全球化下地方文化的邊緣化,所以至今仍贏得許多不同領域的研究者的關注。有些研究者將這本小說視為一個表現後殖民時期印度社會的文本;有些則將其視為將正規英文轉化為實驗性語言的絕佳典範;另外有些則將其視為一本宣揚女性權利的小說。
以上這些議題我在這本論文中或多或少都有所涉及,並以「純潔」典範的角度來探討。這裡所謂的「純潔」典範,指的是一種只接受特定受認可特質,並排斥任何在認可範圍外的存在,具將其視為「不潔」的系統。因此在文中「純潔」一字的指涉範圍含括衛生方面的乾淨,儀式上的潔淨,以至於在種族以及文化意含中的純淨。在第一章中,我會對文本做一個背景知識的介紹。在第二章,我將表明羅伊在小說中刻意破壞「大論述」的目的,並說明羅伊行文中表現出「大故事」的單薄度,以及這些大故事如何造成弱勢主體的隱没。在第三章中,討論將延伸到維魯沙這個角色上。首先我會解釋及解讀他賤民身份所被賦與的本質,接下來我會分析他所帶有的「不潔」意涵是如何及為什麼使他成為是代罪羔羊。在第四章中,我同樣的運用「純潔」與「不潔」間的對立關係來解讀小說中女性角色的處境。如同維魯沙一般,瑞海兒與阿慕也同樣在「純潔」符碼的宰制之下。它的標準支配了女性以及母性的合宜行止的內含。這些女性主角們也因此受限於「純潔」意涵的羅網之中。最後,我會在第五章中回頭總結前面幾章所提到的議題。此外,我會對於羅伊小說內容中所反映出來的當代印度社會與歷史的角度做一些討論,因為這點曾經引起爭議,並以此做為這本論文的尾聲。 / Arundhati Roy’s prestigious first novel (and maybe the only novel), The God of Small Things, has already come out for eight years. It contains such exuberance of topics, such as the inequality towards the untouchables, the physical and mental violence abuse upon woman, or the marginalization of the local culture under the influences of globalization, that it has earned the attention of many researchers from different fields even till now. Some of researchers consider the text as a fiction which presents postcolonial India, others find the book as a perfect demonstration of how proper English is transformed into a more experimental form; still others treat the novel as an assertion of female rights.
In this thesis, I more or less touch all of the above topics, and investigate them in the light of “the model of purity,” the system which only recognizes the approved essence and wipes off anything that is not. Thus in this thesis the term purity refers to concepts of the hygienic purity, ritual purity, and also the purity in the ethnic and cultural aspect. I will give background knowledge to the book in Chapter One. Then, in Chapter Two I declare Roy’s intention to mime the grand narrative in her novel, and how Roy’s writing lays bare the fragility of The Great Stories and how they work to ensure the invisibility of the minor subjects. In Chapter Three, I extend my discussion to the character Velutha. Firstly I explain and interpret his essence by his untouchable background; then I will analyze how and why his impure essence makes him a victim of others’ irrational malice. In Chapter Four, I also apply the opposition of purity and impurity to read the situation of the female characters in the novel. Like Velutha, the heroines Rahel and Ammu are also under surveillance of the purity code. The criterion of purity dictates not only the context of decent womanhood but also motherhood. The female protagonists are thus caught in the inescapable network of purity. Finally, I will have a retrospective look on my thesis in Chapter Five. Apart from this, I will have a brief discussion about the social reality reflected in Roy’s text as this issue once brought about controversy. This small debate will serve as my finale.
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