臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

《海浪》是維琴妮亞‧吳爾芙實驗性小說中最成熟的作品，作者在這部作品中顯露出了她欲在一本小說中建立起個人與自然並存宇宙的雄心。《海浪》一書集中在六位主角與一個失落了的核心：帕西佛身上，藉著他們吳爾芙重述創世紀的寓言，並且在她的宇宙中找尋生與死的深刻意涵。在這篇論文中，我試圖從兩面觀點來探討《海浪》中的空間與時間：從主角個人主觀觀點來窺視他們對於周遭環境的認知，以及從自然鳥瞰觀點來定位出人類在宇宙中的位置。更進一步，我嚐試解開隱藏在小說空間與時間當中的訊息。
在空間與時間的討論中，我把焦點放在有限與無限的衝突之上，以及六位主角面對無限的反應。有限與無限的對話揭示了人類不止息的焦慮，也突顯出人類面對無限時所產生的多元反應。日與水的意象討論將人類世界與自然世界接軌，自然界意象的空間與時間意義也顯示在人類世界的真理上。宏觀與微觀觀點的交錯賦予主角伯納德，以及讀者本身，能夠窺見雙重真理的雙重視野。

The Waves, Virginia Woolf’s most mature work of experiment, shows her ambition in creating a cosmos in one novel, in which each individual confronts the immensity of nonhuman world. Focusing on the six individuals and a missing center, Percival, Woolf wanted to retell the story of creation and strive for a better understanding of life and death. In this thesis I would take a dual standpoint to probe into the concepts of space and time: one from individuals to gain a glimpse of their understanding of their surroundings, and one from the bird’s eye view to get an overall vista of mankind’s position in the cosmos. To plunge even deeper, I would try to probe into the significances inlayed in the space and time in The Waves.
In the analyses of space and time, my emphasis is on the collision of the finite with the infinite and the six characters’ reactions to the infinity. The dialogues between these two spheres reveal human beings’ perpetual anxieties and creativity in coping the infinity with their finite existence. The discussions of the sun imagery and the water imagery are the bridges that unite the human and nonhuman worlds. The spatial and temporal meanings of the natural images reflect human reality. The juxtaposition of macro and micro perspectives renders the character Bernard, as well as the reader, a dual vision that makes one able to see the dual reality.

Chapter One
Introduction 1
Chapter Two
Spatial Exposure and Enclosure in The Waves 17
Chapter Three
The Dialectics of Mortality and Immortality in The Waves 40
Chapter Four
The Sun and The Night: Being and Nothingness in Space and Time 59
Chapter Five
Water: Various Aspects of Spatial and Temporal Truth 74
Chapter Six
Conclusion 93
Works Cited 97

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