性與死：論邱妙津〈水甕裡的紅蠍〉中的「死亡本能」

本文選定已故作家邱妙津的短篇小說──〈水甕裡的紅蠍〉作為探討「死亡本能」的文本材料。向來擅以「同志書寫」作為題材的邱妙津，在〈水甕裡的紅蠍〉一文中卻一反同志書寫，以異性戀為主題鋪陳「性」與「死」的連接性。而故事角色的心境類同伏筆，與邱妙津最後的人生選擇有所重疊。為此，本文將從心理學視角對〈水甕裡的紅蠍〉一文進行剖析，追溯故事中主角的深層欲望，窺探他們藉完成變態「性目的」來突破「死亡本能」此迴圈的選擇，以此觀看「死亡本能」於文學作品中呈現之形態，並試將〈水甕裡的紅蠍〉的研究價值以單篇論文形式，重新擺放回「邱妙津文學研究」場域。

This article selects the short story of ''Red Scorpion in the Water Feature Urn'' from the deceased writer Qiu miao-jin. This story as a text material for exploring ''Death Instinct''. Qiu miaoa-jin was good for Comrade writing,but ''Red Scorpion in the Water Feature Urn'' that was different than her other stories and used heterosexuality to contact Sexual Desire and Death.The character’s mood in this story ,was a foreshadowing for Qiu miao-jin’s Life choice.In this respect, this article will analyze ''Red Scorpion in the Water Feature Urn'', and trace back to the characters’s deep desire and peek what choice would them fulfil the morph sex purpose out to broken the Death Instinct’s loop.Review what kind of the shape will be of the Death Instinct in literature, and try to put the value of research on ''Red Scorpion in the Water Feature Urn'' by Single-paper back to the Qiu miao-jin’s Literary Research.