自法國哲學漢學家朱利安「間距」觀念－研讀余光中詩內的抒情結構

論文起首稍回顧各種關於余先生的重要的評論，發現當年的論戰與爭議，可以再度思考：余光中很難用分類法，他不古不今、又中又外。各時代各議題可能是矛盾的，但他顯示了一種生命的真相，隱隱覺得，或有一個內在的動力根源。於此，我們嘗試用一些更新的論述，例如法國哲學漢學家朱利安（François Jullien，1951－）「間距與之間」的觀念。探討余光中詩內那些中、英文語法；美國民謠與宋詞小令；遠方戰爭與情慾身體；愛情追尋與詩觀論戰；「中國」與「自我」的碰撞「之間」，余光中如何由朱利安「間距」的動能而生出「孕育力」，以致他個人成功造出的，完全異於其他現代詩人的「抒情結構」。論文借余光中這番遙遠交錯又平衡的力量，去理解這個結構，進而更新我們對「抒情傳統」之認識。

關鍵字

余光中；朱利安；間距；抒情結構；抒情傳統

並列摘要

This essay begins with a comprehensive literature review of Yu Kwang-chung's works and their related debates and controversies, and tries to reconsider Yu's poetry based on the above scholarship. Yu's poetry is neither entirely traditional nor modern, but yet is oriental and occidental at the same time, and thus is difficult to categorize into existing theoretical frameworks. Based on the above, this paper attempts to utilize French philosopher and sinologist François Jullien's insights, the concept of ＂L'écart et l'entre＂ (distance and interspace), to re-examine Yu's poetic creation. By analyzing the following features of Yu's poetry, including syntactic elements of Chinese and English languages, American folk songs and Song lyrics, the juxtaposition of faraway wars and lovers' bodies, the pursuit of love and debates on poetics, the encounter between ＂China＂ and ＂self＂, this paper explores the ways in which Yu’s poetic dynamism generates what Jullien calls the fertility in his theorization of ＂L'écart＂ (distance), and how the poet creates his own ＂lyrical structure＂ that differs from other modern poets. Through the analysis of the lyrical structure formulated by the intersected dynamism in Yu's poetry, this essay aims to renew our understanding of ＂lyrical tradition＂.