奇女奇史──木蘭從軍的敘事發展與典範建構

The special woman and the special historical event─the narration of Mulan joining the army and the construction of cultural paradig

清末書坊刊刻了兩本木蘭從軍小說–《北魏奇史閨孝烈傳》和《忠孝勇烈奇女傳》，可是相關研究鮮少涉及。因此，本文運用敘事基本模式探討木蘭從軍故事，先從故事發展的角度，論述從〈木蘭詩〉到《隋唐演義》逐一開展出的「奇女奇史」敘事模式；再針對清代木蘭從軍小說，論述其如何在既定且流行的英雄書寫模式下，另闢奇女英雄的路徑以全面建構木蘭為「忠孝勇烈」之典範。

The Qing Dynasty published two novels about Mulan joining the army –“Bei wei qi shi gui xiao lie zhuan”（北魏奇史閨孝烈傳） and “Zhong xiao yong lie qi nyu zhuan”（忠孝勇烈奇女傳）. However, related studies have been rare. Therefore, the present paper uses the fundamental mode of narration to discuss the story of Mulan joining the army. The paper starts with the specific angles from which the story develops. Then it elaborates on the “special woman and special historical event” narrative pattern, gradually developed in novels from “Mulan Poem”（木蘭詩） to ' Suitang Yanyi '（隋唐演義）. Then, this paper continues to illustrate how these two novels, going beyond a fixed and popular heroic writing pattern, provide another new mode of narration, the “unique heroine,” and eventually help construct “Mulan” as a “zhong xiao yong lie”（忠孝勇烈） cultural paradigm.