星際迷航：近現代文學中的宇宙視野與自我意識

Lost in Space: Vision of the Universe and Self-Consciousness in Modern Chinese Literature

潘少瑜(Shaw-Yu Pan)

《中國現代文學》 34期 (2018/12) Pp. 65-83

摘要

清末時期西方天文學知識的傳入，顛覆了傳統的天人關係，也觸發了中國知識份子對於宇宙的嶄新想像和自我意識的重塑，在近現代的科學小說與詩文創作中，有著豐富多元的呈現。近現代中國文人如何面對西方天文學所傳遞的宇宙觀和生命觀？他們的生命體驗跟天文學知識發生了什麼樣的碰撞？其時空想像與自我意識產生了怎樣的變化？近現代時期翻譯和創作的諸多科學小說如何描繪浩瀚宇宙與人類世界的關聯？其中反映了什麼樣的時代議題？為了回答上述問題，本文將從西方天文學知識傳播的角度切入，以晚清至五四時期的著譯科學小說和詩文創作為研究對象，分析這些作品中所呈現的宇宙視野和自我意識，並探討其深層意涵與逐步遞進的軌跡。

關鍵字

天文學 ； 近現代詩文 ； 近現代科學小說 ； 宇宙視野 ； 自我意識

並列摘要

Due to the introduction of Western astronomy during the late Qing period, traditional Chinese idea of the ＂heaven-human＂ relationship was overthrown. New imaginations of the universe have inspired Chinese intellectuals and reshaped their self-consciousness. From the late Qing to May Fourth period, we can find abundant and diverse representations of these changes in science-fiction, poetry and essays. How did Chinse literati cope with the new vision of universe and human life that implied in Western astronomy? Was there any collision between their knowledge of astronomy and personal experiences? How did Chinese literati's imagination of space and time and their self-consciousness transform during the historical periods in question? How did the translated and written science-fiction depict the relationship between the immense universe and trivial human world, and what kind of contemporary issues did they respond to? In order to answer these questions, this paper investigates the dissemination of Western astronomy in China and interprets the vision of universe and self-consciousness manifested in science-fiction, poetry and essays during the late Qing and May Fourth periods.

並列關鍵字

astronomy ； modern poetry and essay ； modern science-fiction ； vision of the universe ； self-consciousness

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