日晷與花：蘇珊．葛列絲貝在《沒有滴答聲的鐘》與《邊緣》中的科學哲學

A Sundial and a Flower: Susan Glaspell’s Philosophy of Science in Tickless Time and The Verge

蘇珊．葛列絲貝（Susan Glaspell, 1876-1948）是一位美國女性劇作家、小說家、詩人與記者，她意識到自己的性別身份，常在作品中呈現女性主義思想並對社會進行女性主義批評。本篇論文目的在透過分析葛列絲貝的兩部戲劇作品《沒有滴答聲的鐘》（Tickless Time, 1918）與《邊緣》（The Verge, 1921）來了解她的科學哲學。藉由著重性別與科學的關係，本文試圖為兩劇提供新的詮釋方式。論文首先詳細檢視《沒有滴答聲的鐘》並揭示科學與技術中的性別偏見，隨後進一步轉向《邊緣》探討新科學的可能性。在對這兩部戲劇作品做比較之後，本文認為由於葛列絲貝的女性主義評估與新科學的失敗，她暗指需以多重視角的方式來檢視科學，如此能同時探索科學與女性的潛力。

Conscious of her gender identity, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948), an American female playwright, novelist, poet, and journalist, often presents feminist ideas in her works and offers a feminist critique of society. This paper aims to understand Glaspell’s philosophy of science through an analysis of two of her plays, Tickless Time (1918) and The Verge (1921). By focusing on the relationship between gender and science, this paper also seeks to propose a new interpretation of the two plays. The analysis first scrutinizes Tickless Time to expose its representation of gender bias in science and technology and then turns to The Verge to take a step further in suggesting the possibility of a new science. After a brief comparison between the two plays, the paper argues that due to Glaspell’s feminist assessment and the failure of this new science, she indicates multiple perspectives as the way to examine science and explore the potential of both science and women.