朱少麟小說中的城市空間書寫

Abstract

本文以朱少麟的三部長篇小說《傷心咖啡店之歌》、《燕子》與《地底三萬呎》為主要核心文本，在空間理論的基礎上，輔以存在主義、人文地理及佛洛姆對自由的觀點，分析小說中的城市空間，探討人在空間中對自由意識的追尋與建構。三部小說中分別呈現不同層次的自由思考：從《傷心咖啡店之歌》中透過空間遷移的方式展現對自由的追尋、到《燕子》以身體與精神連結的態度來實踐自由，再到《地底三萬呎》中藉由虛擬空間映照真實空間，呈現對自由的覺察。本文從空間與自由的層層遞進關係，論述人與空間之間的交互作用如何形塑主體意識，進而呈現討論朱少麟小說中的城市空間書寫特質，補足過往對朱少麟小說多聚焦於人物情感與敘事策略的研究，進一步拓展文本的空間書寫意涵。This thesis examines three major novels by Chu Shao-lin—The Song of the Sad Café, Swallow, and Thirty Thousand Feet Underground—using spatial theory as the primary analytical framework. Supplemented by existentialism, humanistic geography, and Erich Fromm’s perspectives on freedom, this study analyzes the representations of urban space and investigates how individuals pursue and construct their sense of freedom within these spatial contexts. Each novel presents a different level of reflection on freedom: The Song of the Sad Café portrays the pursuit of freedom through spatial displacement; Swallow explores the embodiment and spiritual connection in the practice of freedom; and Thirty Thousand Feet Underground reveals the awareness of freedom by reflecting real space through a virtual one. By examining the progressive relationship between space and freedom, this study discusses how the interaction between humans and space shapes subjectivity, thereby revealing the characteristics of urban spatial writing in Chu Shao-lin’s fiction. This research seeks to address the limitations of previous studies, which have largely focused on emotional expression and narrative strategies, and instead highlights the significance of spatial writing in her works.