校園外的天空──論張經宏《摩鐵路之城》的少年成長

The Sky Beyond the Campus: Study of Youth Growth in Jing-hong Zhang's City of Motels

2011年張經宏以長篇小說〈摩鐵路之城〉獲得九歌出版社舉辦臺灣史上最高額文學獎獎金兩百萬，並於同年五月出版其作。《摩鐵路之城》被歸類為校園小說，繼此類經典吳祥輝《拒絕聯考的小子》（1975）、孫瑋芒《龍門之前》（1977）、侯文詠《危險心靈》（2003）後，又開展了校園議題的新頁。吳祥輝等人的小說主角雖不滿校園各種問題，卻始終完成學業或待在學校，《摩鐵路之城》主角吳季倫不同，他於目睹學校怪現狀後，斷然輟學遠離校園，毫不眷戀。他隨即投身複雜怪誕的現實社會，找到有別於學校的學習新花園。歷經種種磨練，吳季倫透過自我凝視，真正脫胎換骨，得到成長。作者藉由吳季倫的成長歷程，嚴厲批判校園文化，著力刻畫校園外的天空，並思考理想教育的真義。

In 2011, Jing-hong Zhang won the highest literature award prize in the history of Taiwan of NTD 2,000,000, presented by Chiuko Books, for his long fiction City of Motels, as published in May of the same year. City of Motels was classified as campus fiction. Following classics of the same genre, including Hsiang-hui Wu's A Young Guy Who Refuses the Entrance Exams (1975), Wei-mang Sun's In Front of the Dragon Gate (1977), and Wen-yung Hou's Dangerous Mind (2003), Zhang's work turned to a new page of campus issue. Although the leading characters in the fiction works of Hsiang-hui Wu et al. were dissatisfied with various problems on campus, they finished their studies or stayed in school. The leading role of Chi-lun Wu in City of Motels was different. He witnessed a strange phenomenon in school and decided to drop out without hesitation. Subsequently, he entered a complicated and absurd realistic society and found new field of learning, different from school. After various experiences, Chi-lun Wu's self-image grew significantly. Through Chi-lun Wu's process of growth, the author severely criticized campus culture, depicted the sky beyond campus, and pondered on the authentic meaning of ideal education.