- 學位論文
女性言情小說讀者的閱讀愉悅及作品尋求行為之分析
A Study on Reading Pleasure and Seeking Behavior of Female Romance Readers
摘要
言情小說係一種常見的愉悅閱讀素材，作為一種通俗讀物，卻也受到不少批評，許多的批評在於言情小說的內容不恰當，包含過於公式化的劇情、性別刻板印象與大量情色描寫。儘管如此，言情小說還是吸引許多讀者閱讀，特別是女性讀者。此外，先前多數的言情小說讀者研究所探討的對象為青少女讀者，然而許多女性讀者直到成年以後，仍持續閱讀言情小說。本研究欲了解言情小說成年女性讀者為何喜歡閱讀言情小說？在現代數位閱讀盛行的時代，她們又是如何找尋與挑選言情小說來閱讀？ 本研究以深度訪談法蒐集了25位言情小說成年女性讀者的訪談內容，瞭解她們喜歡閱讀言情小說的原因，以及影響她們選擇言情小說的要素，並以紮根理論法分析訪談逐字稿。研究結果發現女性讀者喜歡閱讀言情小說的原因有七：為了放鬆而讀、藉由閱讀暫時脫離現實、享受閱讀帶來的甜蜜與溫馨、從故事來憧憬現實、透過好結局來獲得撫慰或救贖、閱讀文本帶來的情色刺激、不可告人的愉悅閱讀。此外，本研究基於言情小說女性讀者選擇作品時的脈絡情境、搜尋目的與選擇策略，提出了言情小說作品尋求行為的模型，在此模型中，讀者所處的脈絡情境會影響她們的搜尋目的，不同的搜尋目的也會考慮採取不同的選擇策略。 言情小說能夠帶給女性情感上的支持，同時也能夠讓她們轉換不同的身心狀態，因此言情小說的價值與功能應予以肯定。建議未來研究能夠嘗試建立以不同價值觀為分類的資料庫，期望能讓言情小說讀者更迅速地找到喜歡的作品。另外，從未成年到成年後的愉悅感的機轉過程，以及言情小說當中虐的元素的意義、訴求等，都是未來言情小說讀者研究可能的方向。
並列摘要
Romance novels are common pleasure reading materials. As a popular genre of fiction, it has received a lot of criticism. Many of the criticisms of romance have focused on its content, including its highly formulaic stories, gender stereotypes, and its excessive erotic descriptions. Despite such criticism, romance novels continue to attract many readers, of which most are female. In addition, previous romance readership studies have mostly focused on teenage readers. However, many female readers still enjoy reading romance well into adulthood. With this regard, this study aims to understand why adult female readers of romance like to read romance novels, and how they search and choose works of romance to read in the era of the digital reading. This research aims to understand the reasons why adult female readers like to read romance and the factors that influence their choice of romance novels. This study interviewed 25 adult female readers and transcripts were analyzed based on grounded theory. Results show that female readers like to read romance for seven major reasons: reading for relaxation, temporarily escaping from reality through reading, enjoying the sweetness and warmth brought by reading, yearning and envisioning real life experiences based on story elements, obtaining comfort or salvation through the happy endings, reading for erotic stimulation, and obtaining guilty pleasure. Additionally, this study proposes a model of seeking behavior in romance based on the contextual factors, search goals and selection strategies when female readers of romance choose works. In this model, the context of the female readers would influence their search goals of romance, and the readers would adapt different strategies according to different search goals. Romance novels can provide female readers with emotional support, and can help adjust their mental/physical conditions or states. Therefore, the value and function of the romance must be recognized. Finally, suggestions for future studies are proposed, such as building a database that is categorized based on different values and preferences, so that that romance readers could rapidly find works of interest. Furthermore, this study also suggests that future studies investigate the mechanisms of pleasure throughout the readers’ transition from teenager to adulthood, as well as the meaning and appeal of heart-wrenching elements in romance novels.