- 期刊
黃春明2016年短篇小說之研究
A Study on Huang Chun-ming's Short Stories in 2016
摘要
大病初癒以後，2016年黃春明陸續於《聯合報》發表了四篇短篇小說：〈尋找鷹頭貓的小孩〉、〈兩顆蛤蜊的牽絆〉、〈閹雞計畫〉及〈人工壽命同窗會〉。經分析這四篇小說的文本，除了〈尋找鷹頭貓的小孩〉仍與他經營多年的兒童題材／劇團有關之外，其他三篇：〈兩顆蛤蜊的牽絆〉、〈閹雞計畫〉還有〈人工壽命同窗會〉，皆與八、九○年代的《放生》有延續性的主題及作法。經文本分析後，筆者有以下心得：〈尋找鷹頭貓的小孩〉與黃大魚兒童劇團編〈新桃花源記〉頗有相似之處，指出了一個桃花源式的樂土，讓孩子們可以藏身其間與馳騁想像。〈兩顆蛤蜊的牽絆〉寫出「過時」老人的壓抑彆扭，他們需要喘息與得到共鳴的心理狀態。〈閹雞計畫〉具有社會意識與批判色彩，對於被遺棄鄉間的老人、與失落的傳統技藝，充滿敬仰及悲憫，此外對於到城市裡發展迷失的兒孫輩，則是既憐且恨。〈人工壽命同窗會〉帶有史詩般宏大的企圖，從日本統治的小學生活，到現代化發展後的台灣，一直寫到如今風燭殘年的老病之軀；藉著同窗相聚，表現出這些長者面對老死既不悲情、也無執著的豁達。
並列摘要
After recovering from severe illness, Huang Chun-ming had published four short stories: ＂A Child Looking for an Owl＂, ＂Concern for Two Clams＂, ＂Chicken Castration Project＂ and ＂The Reunion of Prolonged Lives＂. Among these four works, ＂A Child Looking for an Owl＂ still follows the subject-matter of children or theater which he has been working on for many years. The other three stories are an extension on his own writing from the 80s and 90s. This essay has been analyzed that the story ＂A Child Looking for an Owl＂ is quite similar to ＂New Peach Blossom Spring＂, which was adapted by his own children’s theater. That story describes a utopia where children can shelter and unleash their imagination. ＂Concern for Two Clams＂ is about elderly people’s repression and awkwardness. Moreover, their state of mind need a break and to resonate with others. ＂Chicken Castration Project＂ is endowed with social criticism. It shows sympathy and wholeheartedly respect for the abandoned elderly people in the countryside and their lost traditional artistry, while it also shows pity and loathing towards the new generations who have gone to live in the city but ended up getting lost. ＂The Reunion of Prolonged Lives＂ is an attempt in an epic. Beginning from the protagonist's elementary school life during the Japanese colonial period, through the modern development period of Taiwan and until his declining and sick old age. Through their reunion, the story reveals these open-minded seniors have neither self-pity nor recalcitrance.