本文以Norman Fairclough所提出的批判論述分析(CDA),對於甘治世(Candidius)牧師在1628年所書寫的〈原住民概述〉’ Account of the Inhabitants’一文進行檢驗分析,探討當時原住民婦女實施婚姻與墮胎習俗敘事內容,辨識其語言使用問題並追蹤其文本的後續發展,其論述內容如何被製造、產生實踐,並且改變福爾摩莎社會的過程。Candidius的書寫自十七世紀以來,不但影響西方世界對於福爾摩沙原住民的認知,而且不斷再現而產生歷史流傳現象。台灣本身自1987年解嚴與政治轉型以來的平埔研究熱潮,也產生對荷蘭殖民時期史料引用的文本化與再製的文化與社會現象。本文嘗試以CDA的語言分析導向與社會學理論結合的的研究取向,做為歷史研究的新試探,將之應用於荷據殖民文本,以及後續西方與台灣的歷史再現的文本脈絡的分析。依據其分析結果,凸顯出Candidius書寫文本語言所潛藏的意識形態問題,揭露殖民環境下語言權力結構與社會不平等運作的關係,進一步採後現代史學角度,質疑Candidius書寫的文本作為台灣史研究一手史料的合理正當性。
Abstract This thesis employs the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology proposed by Norman Fairclough to examine the colonial text, ‘Account of the Inhabitants’, written in 1628 by the Dutch missionary, Georgius Candidius (1597-1647), focusing, in particular, on narratives related to women’s marriage and abortions customs. The aim of the research is to identify the problematic usage of language and to trace the development of the written text and the accompanying discourse, showing how this was produced and practiced, as well as how it influenced Formosa’s Aboriginal society. Candidius’ written words influenced the Western world’s perception of Formosa’s Aboriginal people and have generated a series of historical representations since the seventeenth century. In Taiwan itself, after the lifting of martial law in 1987 and the transformation of political power, the so-called “Pingpu Studies” became, for a while, a main strand of academic research: Dutch-Formosan archival material was drawn upon and the phenomenon of textualization and reproduction emerged on the island. CDA is employed as a linguistic and sociological research method for the historical text and for its later usage in the Western and Taiwanese context. Based on the results of this analysis, the author highlights the ideology implicit in the account provided by Candidius, revealing the structures of power relations and the social inequality. Ultimately, the research doubts that the unchallenged legitimacy of Candidius’ text as a first-hand resource in Taiwan historical studies by a perspective of Postmodern.