從〈蛇屋〉看中華民國民族主義論述

Discussion on Chinese Nationalism from “Snake House”

朱西甯於1962年作〈蛇屋〉，並於《中央日報》副刊連載。主角作為民防組訓人員，不單肩負起軍事上的任務，也同時帶著教化的目的。透過這名進入「光復地區」山區的政府人員，小說表現了中國大陸地區人民，對於臺灣山地和原住民族的想像。而主角進入的山區，是陌生的故土，既是從未謀面的新拓疆域，卻又必然是屬於國家不可分割主體的必要土地。主角進入的異地，既是祖國的一部分，卻又是異族的領域，更是曾經的敵國殖民區域。主角身在其中，既是個人，也同時代表國家權力的進入。他一方面前擁有復興和光耀中華民族的熱情，一方面又陷入自己是否也作為殖民壓迫者而惴惴不安。個人的慾望和國家的理念衝突，成為了小說的主軸，並展開了一場民族大義的辯證。

Snake House is the serial by Chu His-ning in 1962, which was published in the supplement of the Central Daily News. The protagonist was a crew of a civil defense group, besides his military missions, he aimed to civilize the people there. The brigade with other government officials entered the mountains area in Guangfu, Hualian. As a trainer of a civil defense group, the military mission was not the only responsibility of the protagonist, but also civilizing people. This serial depicted the imagination of people from Mainland China to the mountains in Taiwan and the Indigenous tribes living there. Where he stepped into was the unfamiliar homeland, it was not only a new territory he had never seen but also a part that could not be separated from the sovereignty. The land was a part of his mother country, the territory controlled by an alien race, and the former colony of the enemy country. The protagonist got involved in the conflict. On the one hand, he was just a nobody; on the other hand, he symbolized the power of his nation. He had a passion to restore and to glorify the Chinese nation, but he struggled with the fear of whether he became a colonist and suppressed the indigenous people. The story centered around the conflict between personal desire and national ideals, developing a discussion on Nationalism.