A Critical Study of John Fowles' "The Collector"

本篇小說刻劃了一位孤單的年輕男子，克萊格在市府當打雜的小伙子，喜愛在閒暇之餘收集蝴蝶，但他深深收受到中產階級米蘭達的吸引，進而綁架她使她也成為他的收藏品之一。小說的第一部分由克萊格本身的觀點為出發，但第二部分則從米蘭達所寫的日記來看整起綁架事件。作者傅敖斯巧妙的使讀者透過兩位主角的陳述，從不一樣的角度來觀看此事，克萊格在故事中所代表的是「多數人」，其實也就是社會上低下階層的市井小民，然而米蘭達卻代表上層社會的人，也就是所謂的「菁英」。這兩個極端對立的階層，相互衝擊，所產生出來扭曲的「愛」，意味著「多數人」長期受到「菁英」不平等的邊緣化。克萊格綁架米蘭達挑戰了「多數人」長久以來受到不平等的待遇。綁架成為了克萊格解放內心靈魂的方法。綁架米蘭達使克萊格可以成功的逃離禁錮。所以，本篇論文強調兩位主角彼此的互動以及內心的煎熬，並且分析兩者心靈和肉體上的轉變。

關鍵字

多數人；菁英；收集；綁架

並列摘要

The novel depicts that a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, working as a clerk in a city hall, and collecting butterflies in his spare time, is obsessed with and kidnaps Miranda Grey, a middle-class art student. The first part of the novel tells the story from his point of view, but the second part of the novel is narrated by Miranda in the form of fragments from a diary that she keeps during her captivity. The author, John Fowls, manipulates the readers by offering one incident from two different perspectives. Clegg in the novel stands for ”the Many,” designed to describe most of people, or people in lower society, whereas Miranda represents ”the Few,” considered to be the elite in the world. These two different ideologies confront and collide with each other to convey the idea of abnormal love under the circumstance that ”the Many” used to be isolated by ”the Few” and its system. By kidnapping Miranda, Clegg challenges the system made by society to reveal the inequality and misery that have haunted ”the Many.” Kidnapping becomes a method to liberate Clegg's soul confined for years. His ”collection” of Miranda becomes a symbol of the typical oppressed that is eager to free off social confinement. Therefore, this paper targets the interactions and inner monologues between these two characters through the analysis of their mental and physical reactions.

並列關鍵字

the Many ； the Few ； collection ； kidnapping

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A Critical Study of John Fowles' "The Collector"

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