出刊年月/Date of Publishing

1998.03

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第28卷第1期 Vol. 28, No. 1

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
The Spatial Structure of Gothic Fiction: Claustral and Geometrical
志異小說的空間結構：修道院式與幾何空間

作者/Author
陳國榮 Kuo-jung Chen

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 91-136

摘要
本文採用約瑟夫．法蘭克的文學空間結構理論及其他批評家之看法來探討四本志異小說：路易斯的《修道士》，馬特林的《流浪者梅莫斯》，雪莉的《科學怪人》和芮德克里夫的《憂多拂的秘密》。並以下列角度來論述這個主題：(一) 志異小說所呈現的空間形式為動態而非靜態的。其中嵌入之各種故事同時不斷地向上及向外發展。(二) 為求完整地瞭解一個事件或人物的不同面向，讀者必須將內含指涉之詮釋延至小說結尾。(三) 志異小說所呈現的實際空間（如風景及建築）通常是密閉的，裡頭錯綜複雜而且難以由外頭侵入。(四) 如果將志異小說的空間結構幾何化，它所呈現的是由對稱、對比、平行、重複或互補等特徵所組成的壅塞而緊密之景象。

Abstract
This article applies Joseph Frank's ideas of spatial structure in literature and the theories of other literary critics, to a discussion of four Gothic novels: Lewis’s The Monk, Maturin’s Me/moth the Wanderer, Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho. The analysis is structured by four general assumptions about Gothic literature: (1) The spatial form represented by the Gothic narrative is a dynamic rather than a static entity. The outermost frame, typically short, serves as the base while the embedded tales simultaneously explode outward and upward from that point; (2) When reading a Gothic novel, one must often ignore in­ ternal references until the end in order to interpret the disparate aspects of a single event or character; (3) The represented space (e.g. scenery and architecture) in the Gothic is mostly an enclosed space, tabyrinthian inside and impenetrable from outside; (4) When mapped geometrically, the spatial form of the Gothic shows a tight structure with internal relations of either symmetry, antithesis, parallelism, repetition, or complementation.

關鍵字/Key Word
志異小說、空問結構、路易斯、馬特林、芮德克里夫丶雪莉
Gothic fiction, spatial structure, Matthew G. Lewis, Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley

DOI
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學門分類/Subject
文學 Literature