內外之惡──重探施明正《島上愛與死》的創傷經驗與存在書寫

Multiplicity of Evil: Re-examining the Traumatic Experiences and the Existential Writing of Shi Ming Zheng’s Love and Death on the Island

施明正為戰後臺灣本省籍作家，其於六○年代開始投入創作，八○年代在文壇受到廣泛注意，其創作透現了戒嚴體制下的不自由環境背景與西方現代主義思潮下的內心探索書寫特質。其集結出版的《島上愛與死》極端暴露小說主角內在的惡端，又間接展現戒嚴體制下官方壓迫的惡行，內外之惡的主題，可謂施明正小說的鮮明特色，更帶出了「主體性」與「反思性」的存在主義議題。施明正「勇敢揭露自我怯懦與愛欲面向的寫作嘗試」，在戰後臺灣文學小說家當中獨樹一幟。因此，筆者擬以《島上愛與死》做為討論文本，從「存在主義的因緣與作品表現」、「體制的壓迫與創傷」、「情慾的自剖與懺悔」等面向切入，重新探討施明正作品的存在主題書寫風格與其時代意義。

Shi Ming Zheng was a post-war Taiwanese writer. He began to write in the 1960s and received wide attention in the literary circle in the 1980s. His works reveal the unfree environment backgrounds under the martial law system and the inner exploration writing characteristics under the western modernism trend of thought. Shi’s fictions Love and Death on the Island expose the protagonists’ inner evil and indirectly shows the evil deeds of official oppression under the martial law institution. The theme of evil inside and outside can be described as the distinctive feature of Shi’s novels and brings out the existential issues of “subjectivity” and “reflection”. Shi attempted to write with the eroticism and weakness about himself is unique in Taiwanese novelist in the post-war. Therefore, I plan to use Love and Death on the Island as a discussion text. Further, I’ll focus on three points of view, including the background of existentialism and works’ performance, the coercive institution and personal trauma, and self-eroticism and repentance exposure. Finally, I hope to re-examine the existence of the theme of Shi’s works and its significance.