Abstract

西式馬車、輪船、火車等新式交通工具在近代傳入中國,大大擴展了國人行走世界的腳步,並帶來新的時空觀念與感受。近代文學對各種新式交通工具及其帶來的種種變化有著豐富的表現。本文通過分析近代文學對於新式交通工具的表現,展示近代新式交通工具如何參與了城市流動空間的書寫、現代日常生活形態與公共空間/時間秩序的塑造、視覺經驗的更新,與自我認知的感覺。同時,在小說敘事中,這些旅行的工具手段作為重要的關節點,密切參與了故事的講述與小說的結構。舟馬車這些旅行的物質手段絕非靜態的、外在的工具,而是通過重新組織時空關係、提供公共空間,進而重組現代性生活秩序,與近代國人對個體與自我的把握。

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