失樂園與回返的路徑上：論孫維民詩的都市與自我

Paradise Lost and the Path of Return: A Case Study Cities and Self in Sun Weimin’s Poems

本文旨在論述孫維民詩的宗教元素，如何介入其都市體驗，造成1980年代以來臺灣都市詩的書寫新變。做為基督教詩人，孫維民身處價值信仰失落的後現代都市似頗有違和，卻也因此成為風格突破的契機。本文由「都市空間樣態」和「自我安頓問題」兩個層面切入，發現透過大量收納宗教元素，孫維民詩中的都市空間展現出善惡、救贖與絕望、神魔等概念的拉鋸，既是對文明的反思，也是對自我信仰的反覆試探。不同於以往都市詩的書寫模式，將文明與宗教置於二元對峙之境，突出文明壓倒性的勝利。孫詩中游移善思的主體，更著意試驗安頓的可能與不可能。從《拜波之塔》到《地表上》的風格轉變，孫維民鋪展出都市空間與宗教意象相互隱喻、轉型，從而創生出新詩意的軌跡。

"The thesis explores the religious elements in Sun Weimin’s poems and analyzes how they fuse with urban experiences, transforming the writing of Taiwanese city poems since 1980s. As a Christian poet, Sun’s writing style seems to be out of place in postmodern cities of lost values and beliefs, yet in a way helping him make breakthroughs on styles. The thesis discusses Sun’s poems from two aspects: the urban space and self- exploration. It suggests that the urban space in Sun’s poems is characterized by the struggle among good and evil, redemption and despair, deities and demons, for his works teem with multiple religious elements. This shows Sun’s reflection to the civilization and repetitive exploration to his belief. Varying from the previous writing pattern of city poems which put a dichotomy between the civilization and the religion, the civilization obviously has a landslide victory over the other in Sun’s city poems. The wander and self-exploration of Sun’s poems also try to challenge whether one can reach peace in oneself. From the transformation of style in Sun’s The Tower of Bable and On the Earth’Surface, Sun has made mixed metaphors and transformation between urban space and religious images, creating the new path of poems."