Eexperiencing God in Borges' Short Stories

陳建志(Chien-Chih Chen)

《淡江外語論叢》 22期 (2013/12) Pp. 234-257

https://doi.org/10.29716/TKSFLL.201312_(22).0011

摘要

本文旨在探討波赫士如何透過短篇小說描寫並詮釋神，包括小說主角們如何經驗神，雖然主流論者只知道他是魔幻寫實或後現代作家。第一部分給予神秘主義的定義，並進而指稱波氏是個神秘思想家。第二部份則判斷波赫士的閱讀與泉源乃是東西方皆具。第三部分則披露波赫士的神秘經驗如眼盲之體會、做夢、與「死亡」接觸。第四部份則探討波氏關於「經驗神」或「與神合一」的經典短篇小說，在其中小說結尾主角皆經驗到神。第五部分則讓波赫士的「神」與賽斯思想中的「一切萬有」相互解說，也證明波赫士的「神」如何迥異於傳統的神。第六部分則探討波赫士在作為神秘思想家之外，也可被視為賽斯所謂的「說法者」，藉由現代化的短篇小說來敘述神的實相。

關鍵字

波赫士 ； 神秘思想家 ； 神秘主義 ； 說法者 ； 神的手跡 ； 神 ； 一切萬有

並列摘要

This paper explores how Borges describes and interprets God with his short stories in which the protagonists experience God, aiming at the mystical characteristics of Borge, though the mainstream critics know him only as a writer of magic realism or post-modernism. Part I gives the definitions of mysticism and terms him a mystic thinker. Part II then judges that Borges has absorbed the essential knowledge of both eastern and western mystical traditions. Part III explores the mystical Borges by discussing his personal mystical experiences such as living as a blind man, dreaming and encountering ”death”. Part IV explores Borges' classic short stories in which the protagonists have a direct experience with God or the ”oneness” with God. Part V lets the Borgian God and Seth's ”All That Is”explicate each other, proving how different ”God” in Borges' writing can be from the traditional God. Part VI then explores that on one hand how we can describe Borges as a mystic thinker, on the other how we may also term him as a Speaker (a term given by Seth) who keeps conveying the Reality of God to people.

並列關鍵字

Borges ； mystic thinker ； Speaker ； "The God's Script" ； God ； All That Is ； epiphany

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