重複或差異的「寫作」：論郭松棻的〈寫作〉與〈論寫作〉

“Writing” Repetitively or Differently: On Guo Songfen's “Writing” and “On Writing”

本文是對郭松棻兩篇作品〈寫作〉與〈論寫作〉的討論。一方面試著反省文學作品能夠如何被閱讀與分析，另一方面嘗試建構一個「寫作的問題」。〈寫作〉及〈論寫作〉是郭松棻的兩篇內容重疊性很高的小說，然而，它們是否可能同時展示著差異的寫作？本文以為重複故事的目的在於曝顯寫作中「重複的不可能性」，並使此「不可能寫作或寫作失敗」成為繼續寫作的動力，如此才得以說明郭松棻執著於重複改寫同樣故事的理由。確切地說，郭松棻重複的是「寫作」概念，而其寫作也因為這個緣故總是差異於已完成之作，以便能夠持續往作品的真實逼近。

Guo Songfen is considered one of the major Taiwanese writers Modernist generation. This paper focuses on two of his famous works, “Writing” and “On Writing,” by reflecting on the questions of reading and analyzing a literary work as well as the singularity of writing. On the one hand, “Writing” and “On Writing” are two similar pieces of writing. However, is it possible that they could also demonstrate a variation of writing? If they are repetitive works, the motivation of the author could be questioned. On the other hand, if they are two different works, why is it necessary and important to divide them into two independent texts? This paper sets out to explore Guo's purpose of repeating a story that demonstrates that there is no way to repeat the same work since writing does not represent but creates. Writing does not represent our thinking but creates a new thought. As sometimes we feel like a stranger when we read what we have written. Yet this failure of expression makes us keep writing because we need to express ourselves. By repeating the same story, Guo shows the characteristics of writing: the force of the difference.