私人浴室：張愛玲小說中自我、性別與身體的對話空間 Private Washrooms: Dialogic Spaces of Self, Gender, and Body in Eileen Chang’s Fiction

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張愛玲研究新方向講座系列之二十二 New Directions in Eileen Chang Studies Lecture Series #22
Co-hosted by School of Chinese and Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Co-sponsored by Louis Cha Fund for Chinese studies & East/West studies in the Faculty
& Center for the Study of Globalization and Culture (CSGC)

私人浴室：張愛玲小說中自我、性別與身體的對話空間
Private Washrooms: Dialogic Spaces of Self, Gender, and Body in Eileen Chang’s Fiction

分享嘉賓 Speaker:

楊佳嫻教授 Prof. YANG Chia-Hsien

(Dept. of Chinese Literature, National Tsing Hua University)

主持人 Moderator:

林姵吟教授 Prof. LIN Pei-yin

(School of Chinese, HKU)

日期時間 Date & Time: April 24, 2025 (Thu) 16:30-18:00pm (HKT)

語言 Language: 普通話/國語 Mandarin

地點 Venue: CPD-3.28, Central Podium Level 3, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

授課模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online

報名 Registration:

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摘要 Abstract:

張愛玲小說最著名的浴室場景，大約是〈紅玫瑰與白玫瑰〉裡，佟振保在浴室裡撿起紅玫瑰的頭髮而宛如通電，白玫瑰因為便秘而能名正言順地在浴室裡獨處，慾望和汙穢，都由同一種空間承擔。而自《小團圓》面世以來，母親蕊秋趁女兒九莉洗澡時衝進浴室「檢查體格」，以此來窺視、判斷她是否真有風流之事，也使讀者對於張愛玲筆下糾纏的母女情結有了更進一層認識。其實浴室場景在張愛玲小說中隨處可見，立基於上海自來水建設與現代日常衛生觀念的逐漸普及、都會中上階級寓所把浴室作為空間規畫的一部分。私人浴室在張愛玲小說的空間敘事中起什麼樣的作用？她所擅長的婚戀與家庭題材，浴室扮演什麼樣的角色？此一富含階層與性別意涵的空間，值得張愛玲的讀者們深入探索。

The private washroom is a key site in Eileen Chang’s fiction where innermost desires and personal secrets are often revealed and staged. Poignant examples abound, including Chang’s early short story “Red Rose and White Rose” and her later novel Little Reunions. Chang’s early descriptions of the intimate space, in particular, are set against the rapid infrastructure building in Republican-era Shanghai, where the concept of everyday hygiene was popularized, and the modernized washroom became a fixture in upscale urban dwellings. This talk uses this intimate space as an entry point to take another look at Chang’s classic narratives on love, marriage, and family life.

講者簡介 About the Speaker:

楊佳嫻，國立台灣大學中國文學博士。現任國立清華大學中文系副教授。曾擔任臺北詩歌節協同策展人多年。著有詩集《金烏》等四部，散文與評論集《以脆弱冶金》等六部，主編或合編有《刺與浪：跨世代台灣同志散文讀本》等文選多部。另有學術著作《懸崖上的花園：太平洋戰爭時期上海文學場域》、《方舟上的日子：台灣眷村文學》。

Dr. YANG Chia-Hsien is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan. As a scholar, she has published works on Shanghai literature of the war era and Taiwanese military-village narratives. As a prolific writer and poet, she has authored four books of poetry and six collections of prose. She was a long-time curator of the annual Taipei poetry festival and has edited several anthologies of contemporary Taiwanese prose and poetry.

Notice:

1) The seminar will be conducted primarily in a face-to-face mode; Those who cannot attend the seminar in-person could apply for online participation (via Zoom) with justifications;

2) All those who would like to attend the seminar are required to register online (Click HERE) on a first-come, first-served basis;

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4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the seminar venue unless situation allows.

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