跨閱記憶，重劃連結：在 3‧11 災難後閱讀露絲‧尾關《時光的彼岸》

本論文旨在探討在 2011 年 3 月 11 日重創日本的地震、海潚，及核災以後，跨太平洋戰爭記憶與連結如何被跨閱及重劃的可能。本論文分為三個章節。第一章以隨著3‧11災難興起的「希望」的論述作為起點，闡明日本及美國政府用以合理化其跨太平洋軍事結盟的策略，並進一步討論包含亞美研究在內的知識生產如何擾亂該論述的運作及大眾對於「仁慈的美國」（benevolent America) 的想像。第二章聚焦於露絲‧尾關（Ruth Ozeki) 的《時光的彼岸》 (A Tale for the Time Being)，作為一本描述3‧11 災難及其跨太平洋的影響的小說，如何透過細膩地刻劃日本、美國及加拿大相互纏綿的帝國歷史及其延續，促使讀者重新認識各種生命跨越太平洋彼此接觸的另類可能。第三章總結此論文並試圖探究在台灣閱讀《時光的彼岸》的涵意：此一閱讀如何能夠介入主流社會對台灣與他者關係的認知、理解及想像？本章透過討論曾於國立臺灣大學發生的退役美國軍機保存事件，邀請在台灣或他處《時光的彼岸》的讀者，從自身處境出發，重新審視戰爭記憶及連結如何被跨閱及重劃的各種可能。

關鍵字

露絲‧尾關《時光的彼岸》； 3‧11 災難；亞美研究；跨太平洋連結；戰爭記憶

並列摘要

This thesis investigates how transpacific war memories can be unframed and connections remapped in the aftermath of the 3.11 disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. Chapter One takes as a point of engagement the rise of a post-3.11 discourse of “hope” to examine the tactics the Japanese and American governments have employed to render their transpacific military alliance justifiable. It investigates how other forms of knowledge, including those developed in Asian American studies, might unsettle such a discourse and the popular imaginaries of a “benevolent America.” Chapter Two explores how transpacific connections can be remapped by focusing on Ruth Ozeki’s novel _A Tale for the Time Being_, a key literary text representing the 3.11 disasters and its transpacific consequences. It analyzes the interwoven imperial pasts and presents of Japan, the United States, and Canada represented in _A Tale_ to argue that Ozeki’s novel can open up an alternative space for its readers to reimagine the ways lives across the Pacific can come into contact with each other. Chapter Three concludes this thesis and asks: how might a reading of _A Tale_ intervene in dominant ways of perceiving, knowing, or imagining how Taiwan is related to its others? By drawing attention to a historic preservation campaign at National Taiwan University that centered on a retired U.S. military aircraft, it invites the variously positioned readers of _A Tale_ in Taiwan and elsewhere to reflect upon how war memories can be unframed and connections remapped, starting from where they are.

並列關鍵字

Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being ； 3.11 disasters ； Asian American studies ； transpacific connections ； war memories

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