Authenticity and Decontextualization: A Preliminary Survey of Zhang Ailing's Views on Love, Life, and Literature

“真實性”與“去脈絡化”：張愛玲對愛情、生命、及文學的觀念之初探

陳雅書(Ya-Shu Chen)

《教育暨外國語文學報》 3期 (2006/07) Pp. 61-68

https://doi.org/10.6372/JEFLL.200607.0061

摘要

本論文旨在針對張愛玲對愛情、生命、及文學創作「真空」、「無污染」的潔癖，做初步探討。筆者提出「真實性」及「去脈絡化」此兩個關鍵的觀點，以闡明張對待文學與人生幾乎一致的態度。筆者以爲，無論是張的愛情哲學，她孤僻絕決的一生，她對文學創作的理念，都俱備了這兩個特性。「真實性」意謂著遠離現實世界，也就是「去脈絡化｣。她的愛情故事中的「真愛」不能在真實世界裡成長發展，正如她本人一直主張好的文學作品，必須與現實環境保持一定的距離。更有甚者，她如孤島的生活方式，也加強了她與現實脫鉤的立場。筆者通過一系列對張作品的文本分析，尤其是她作品中的愛情；以及對張的一生做細緻的探討，意欲證明「真實性｣及「去脈絡化｣最能彰顯出張愛玲人如其文，對其個人的一生，以及其寫作的信念，皆能堅守原則，毫不妥協。

關鍵字

張愛玲 ； 真實性 ； 去脈絡化 ； 愛情觀點 ； 現實世界 ； 孤島

並列摘要

This paper aims to preliminarily survey the ”vacuum-like” and ”pollution-free” views of love, life, and literature of Zhang Ailing, one of the most popular women writers in the history of modern Chinese literature. The paper uses ”authenticity” and ”decontextualization” as the key concepts to demonstrate that, for Zhang Ailing, notwithstanding the referent is her life, her concept of love, or her belief in literature, to be authentic means to be apart from the real, that is, to be decontextualized. In her tales of love, an authentic love cannot grow and develop in the real world, just as a good literary work should maintain a distance from reality. Her gudao (isolated island) lifestyle further displays her detached attitude toward life. Through a series of textual analyses of Zhang's works, and a detail look of Zhang's life home and abroad, the present author would like to proof that ”authenticity” and ”decontextualization” are the two concepts which best characterize Zhang as a person, and as a writer of artistic as well as personal integrity.

並列關鍵字

Zhang Ailing, authenticity ； deconstextulization ； concept of love ； reality ； detachment

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