從景觀符號、民俗儀典到資訊媒介：作為「生產地方性」的新鄉土小說書寫現象

From landscape sign, custom ceremony to information vector ：“local producing “ writing phenomenon of New Nativist Novels

本論文嘗試從「生產地方性」的觀點，入探九○年代以降新鄉土小說如何複雜且有意地援用景觀符號，諸如島嶼、農村、河流、海洋、漁港等等，作為標識地域的各種邊界，或轉換為創造地方主體性的民俗儀典，藉以再現／表演「在地社群景觀」；或在電子資訊與現代媒體形式中，導致所生產的地方主體性有了更為複雜、裂散而多重義涵等。此即本論文在「生產地方性」意義脈絡下，賦予新鄉土書寫現象的另一種詮釋概念。

This article follows the lead of the concept “production of locality” to study the so-called New Nativist Novels, a breed of homeland writing popular in Taiwan since the 1990s. It reveals three distinct features of this new novels: the use of landscape elements as signs, taking islands, villages, rivers, ocean, fishing seaports and so on as landmarks of regional boundaries; that of folk rituals or customs to construct subjectivity of a place, thereby representing the locals as communities, and finally that of the electronic information and modern media to further enhance the complexity and diversity regarding the issue of local subjectivity. In the context of the production of locality, the study thus provides a fresh interpretation of the New Nativist Novel.