「將軍族」의 表現技巧 分析

Abstract

Chen Yingzhen(陳映眞：1937~)’s Jiangjunzu (「將軍族」) was presented in the 19th volume of Xiandaiwenxue (『现代文学』) in 1964 and has a very deep social meaning. When Jiangjunzu was presented, the novel broadly impacted Taiwan, and even till now attracts much attention in Taiwan and China. When Beijing Renmin Press selected best literary books of 20th century and published Bainian Baizhong Youxiu Wenxue Tushu(『百年百種優秀中國文學圖書』) in 1999, Jiangjunzu was one of the selections; and in Yazhouzhoukan(『亞洲周刊』)’s ‘the 100 Best 20th Century Chinese Novels(二十 世紀中文小說一百强排行榜)’ Jiangjunzu ranked the 15th, and it was the second highest among Taiwanese writers behind Bai Shenyong’s novel collection Taibeiren(『臺北人』) which ranked the 7th. Jiangjunzu, for its exquisite perspective and fiercely tragic theme, attracted much attention. The author applied narrative techniques such as the stream of consciousness, symbolic techniques, and contrasts in order to express the fiercely tragic theme effectively. The author’s creative expressive techniques successfully described characters’ figures and effectively expressed the strong theme. These are the artistic achievement of Jiangjunzu. Regarding its narrative viewpoint, the author applied the traditional Chinese third person omniscient viewpoint and added the modern first person viewpoint onto it, so that these two viewpoints were jointed and mixed. Considering that the piece is a short story, he effectively expressed the theme through symbolic techniques, successfully described characters’ figures with contrasts, and deepened the story’s tragic theme; so he skillfully reflected the gloom and the bitterness of Taiwanese society of the time. The goal of this paper is to catch out the artistic achievement of Jiangjunzu by analyzing the author’s expressive techniques in the contents of the novel. Also, by examining the tragic consciousness projected through such expressive techniques, this paper attempts to understand the characteristics of Jiangjunzu more deeply.