高樓與商場:可洛、陳志華、韓麗珠的超密度城市空間書寫

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Abstract

自從西西《我城》(1975)出版以來,以香港城市空間爲想象起點的作品漸次出現,當中不少出於“後九七香港青年作家”之手。他們的創作風格多元,但自覺地以小説書寫1997年以後的香港城市空間,或從城市空間生發各種文學想象的取向,幾無二致。本文聚焦於三位“後九七香港青年作家”:可洛、陳志華,韓麗珠,以他們小説的城市空間想象爲切入點,考察他們筆下的超密度城市空間。本文發掘小説呈現的香港城市空間特色-──首先是資本塑造而成的超密度,其次是全面商場化的空間運用。通過闡釋“後九七香港青年作家”構築的各種文字城市(“O城”“幻城”“H地”),本文繼而探討小説如何展現青年作家對香港的憂思,以及作家如何嘗試通過召喚想象力來重塑城市空間。
Ever since Xixi's My City was published in 1975,literary works inspired by the topic of "Hong Kong City Space" have gradually increased. Most of these are written by post-1997 young Hong Kong novelists. Despite their diverse and creative writing styles, these novelists share a common theme in their writings, i.e., the city space in Hong Kong. Based on the hyper density cities described in O City by Chan Chi-wa, Phantomcity by Ho Lok, and Area H by Hon Lai-chu, this article aims to elucidate the characteristics of Hong Kong city spaces and how they have been shaped by capital-driven hyper density and mall-like space application. It also discusses how the novelist's melancholy feelings towards the city of post-1997 Hong Kong are manifested in their writings and how they use their imaginations to reshape the city space of Hong Kong. Copyright © 2021 人文中國學報.
Original languageChinese (Traditional)
Pages (from-to)161-186
Journal人文中國學報
Volume32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01 May 2021

Citation

鄒文律(2021):高樓與商場:可洛、陳志華、韓麗珠的超密度城市空間書寫,《人文中國學報》,32,頁161-186。

Keywords

  • 後九七香港青年作家
  • 城市空間
  • 香港小説
  • 摩天大廈
  • 商場
  • Post-1997 Hong Kong young writers
  • City space
  • Hong Kong fiction
  • Skyscrapers
  • Shopping malls
  • Alt. title: Skyscrapers and shopping malls: Writing the hyper density city by Ho Lok, Chan Chi-wa, and Hon Lai-chu