「我城」之戰：文本內外的香港故事（1974-2019）

The Battle for “My City”: Hong Kong’s Story, in (and out) of texts (1974-2019)

本文以西西在《我城》所創造的「城籍」意識為起點，討論四十餘年來香港詩人從單純的我城敘事、對英殖民地的懷舊、回歸前後的心態轉變、到激烈的城市抵抗運動；以新詩為主，小說、散文、隨筆為輔，兼及一些社論和報導文章，以更開闊的視野去探討這座文本城市的精神內核。其中，2003年是重要的轉捩點，原本潛伏的「抵抗性認同」被一連串社會事件誘發，漸漸浮出地表，一方面增強了「我城」的歸屬感，另一方面也增強了對「其他人的祖國」的敵意。「我城」與「他國」的對奕，導致香港詩人的寫作越來越向政治詩靠攏，深陷於城市政治的戰火之中，無以自拔。

This article takes as its starting point the ''Native City'' consciousness created by Xixi in her work My City. This paper will discuss the process by which Hong Kong poets’ literary works have transformed over forty years, moving from simple narratives regarding city life, to an expression of nostalgia for the British colonial period, to a sense of consternation and transformation before and after the 1997 handover, to finally an intense urban resistance movement. This paper will employ novels, essays, cultural belles lettres, social movement reportage, etc. to develop a broad historical perspective to track this “textual city” and the changes its spiritual sensibility has undergone. This essay will posit that 2003 was a critical turning point, in which a ''resistive identification'' that was latent within the collective consciousness was brought out by a series of social events, gradually rising to the surface. This sentiment on the one hand emphasizes a sense of belonging to ''my city,'' while on the other hand strengthening a sense of hostility towards ''the motherland of others.'' The opposition between “my city” vs. “the other country” has led Hong Kong poetry to become ever more closely linked with political poetry. Hong Kong poetry is now mired in an urban politics of warfare, with no way of extricating itself.