石頭與女鬼──論《大河盡頭》中的象徵交換與死亡

On the Death and the Symbolic Exchange in Where the Big River Ends

《大河盡頭》是自《海東青》後李永平寫作的又一高峰。然而這部李永平六十歲以後的長篇巨著，究竟是否開創了新境？如果是，那究竟開創了怎樣的新境？還是，不過是有限的變奏、母題的重複？不管是前者還是後者，到底有怎樣的意義？呈現了怎樣的感覺結構？本文擬延續本人過往對李永平文學實踐的討論，針對其新著中的某些主題做進一步探討。尤其針對小說中的儀式面向進行試探性的探討。

Dahe jintou (Where the Big River Ends) sees Lee Yung-ping at the peak of hiswriting career after his Haidong qing (Haidong Blues). But several questions arise. Hasthis latest complex novel of the author created a new fictional world, or, is Lee justrepeating his previous motif? No matter it is a repetition or breakthrough, what is thesignificance of such an attempt? This paper aims to re-examine some previous criticalexplanations of Lee’s writings and provide a new interpretation by focusing on theritualistic perspective of the novel.