西線有戰事：豐收《西長城－新疆兵團一甲子》的邊疆敘事

The Cold War on the Western Front: The Frontier Narrative in Feng Shou's The Western Great Wall-Sixty Years of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

蔡林縉(Lin-chin Tsai)

《中國現代文學》 Issue 44 (2023/12) Pp. 107-139

Abstracts

本文透過「冷戰」與「邊疆」兩軸線開展問題意識：冷戰與邊疆在何種論述層次或意義上能夠產生交集？二十世紀中葉以降的全球冷戰結構如何對不同型態的邊疆造就實質或象徵意義上的影響？而「邊疆」作為地理實存以及論述概念，如何介入吾人對於冷戰既有的認知，提供冷戰研究不同的觀看視角與詮釋向度？本文藉由「邊疆」此特殊的論述視角與分析框架，聚焦位居中國西北地區的新疆維吾爾自治區，並透過中國當代作家豐收的文學作品《西長城－新疆兵團一甲子》為分析對象，特別是文本中對於「新疆生產建設兵團」的描繪，來論析此邊疆政策以及相關基礎建設於冷戰氛圍下所代表的戰略與象徵意義。本文認為，透過對中國邊疆（新疆）更深入且細膩的考察，方能對冷戰局勢底下美蘇所代表之兩大集團以及各自陣營內部存在的矛盾糾葛與競合關係，有更清晰而全面之理解，進而思索冷戰自上個世紀延續至今的諸多遺緒對當前華文文學與文化生產各種深遠的影響。

Keywords

冷戰 ； 邊疆 ； 豐收 ； 《西長城─新疆兵團一甲子》 ； 新疆生產建設兵團

Parallel abstracts

This paper addresses the following questions by examining the concepts of the "Cold War" and the "frontier": How can the Cold War and frontier studies be relevant? How did the Cold War structure beginning in the mid-twentieth century shape and influence various types of frontiers in physical and symbolic ways? In what sense can the concept of frontier, as both a geographical entity and discursive perspective, shed new light on our understanding of the Cold War and contribute to existing scholarship in this research field? Adopting the lens of "frontier" as a specific discursive viewpoint and analytical framework, I examine China's northwest frontier, Xinjiang (officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) , as depicted in contemporary Chinese author Feng Shou's work The Western Great Wall-Sixty Years of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, to explore such connections between the Cold War and frontier studies. I argue that a nuanced investigation of China's frontiers, specifically through the literary representation of Xinjiang and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, will further complicate our understanding of the dynamics between the Western and Eastern Blocs, as well as the intricate internal conflicts and tensions within each camp during the Cold War.

Parallel keywords

Cold War ； frontier ； Feng Shou ； The Western Great Wall-Sixty Years of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps ； Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

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