The Revelation of The Words of A Witch by Chu Tien-wen

• Main Authors: Pei-YuChen, 陳佩瑜
• Other Authors: Kai-Ling Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59976047020068942475

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 台灣文學系碩博士班 === 100 === This thesis analyzes The Words of a Witch from the perspectives of time, space, and voice in order to provide an alternative interpretive aspect for the study of Chu Tien-wen, the author. In terms of time, the first chapter examines the structure of the novel and thus identifies the relationship between meta-language and the irrelevant time frame. By exploring the intertexuality of the novel, it shows how Chu Tien-wen extends the text to an open context. Finally, the chapter sums up by illustrating the postmodern characteristics of the novel to indicate that it is a literary Revelation by Chu. Chapter Two analyzes space in the novel. The spatial metaphor highlights the concepts of the margin which is manifested in the journey of the lone travelers. The family-country’s time-space is a rhetorical strategy used by Chu to criticize contemporary politics and society. The film space is manifested by the images of memory which engage the viewer in reading. With an analysis of the non-linear narrative, this chapter concludes that Chu accomplishes a personal revelation. Chapter Three analyzes the voice in the novel to explore the author’s political messages. Chu insinuates the politics of Taiwan by using the words of the Scripture and showcasing it as a mockery of the political realities. Through her heteroglosiac discourse, Chu writes a political revelation.