港大中文學院

2026/27 School of Chinese Scholar Seminar

西西的叛逆混雜性：以《縫熊志》為例
Xi Xi's Defiant Hybridity: A Case Study of Fengxiong Zhi

分享嘉賓 Speaker: 黃天琦 博士 Dr. WONG Tin Kei
(School of Humanities, Adelaide University)

主持人 Moderator: 余文章 教授 Prof. YUE Man Cheung, Isaac
(School of Chinese, HKU)

日期時間 Date & Time: November 16, 2026 (Mon) 16:00-18:00 (HKT)
語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua
地點 Venue: 香港大學百周年校園逸夫教學樓7樓730室

CRT-7.30, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

講座模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online (via Zoom)

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摘要 Abstract:

西西（1937–2022）的作品以豐富的想像力和獨特的行文風格見稱。她的中文創作糅合魔幻現實主義、超現實主義等西方文學手法，同時深深植根於香港的語言、文化與日常生活經驗，鮮明地體現了香港文學中西交匯的特色。2009年出版的《縫熊志》集散文、攝影與手工創作於一身，別具一格。書中主角是她親手縫製的泰迪熊，充分展現了她融會中西、跨越不同文類與媒介的創造力。這些泰迪熊穿上由西西親自設計和縫製的服飾，化身為中西歷史、文學及傳說中的經典人物，包括莊子、王羲之、凱撒大帝、埃及艷后，以至嫦娥、《水滸傳》英雄和《美女與野獸》中的人物。泰迪熊的照片配以散文式筆記，介紹人物的服飾、生平與故事，內容旁徵博引，遍及古今中外的文學、歷史、地理與哲學。《縫熊志》由此成為一部圖文並茂、莊諧雜陳、雅俗交錯、中西互涉的另類「泰迪熊列傳」。

本講以《縫熊志》為切入點，探討西西如何在中西、莊諧、雅俗之間自由遊走，並以拼貼和遊戲的方式重新組合不同的文化元素。我提出以「叛逆混雜性」來形容這種創作方式：「混雜」在於不受固定分類所限，也不追求單一的文化歸屬；「叛逆」則體現在西西以幽默、童真和想像力跨越種種既有界線，自由穿梭於不同文化和文類之間。透過《縫熊志》，本講進一步探討這種「叛逆混雜性」如何體現西西理解世界、面對人生和從事文學創作的獨特方式。

Xi Xi (1937–2022) is known for her extraordinary imagination and distinctive literary style. Her Chinese-language writing draws on Western literary modes such as magical realism and surrealism while remaining deeply rooted in the language, culture, and everyday life of Hong Kong, reflecting the cultural intersections that have long characterised Hong Kong literature. Published in 2009, Fengxiong Zhi brings together prose, photography, and craftwork and occupies a distinctive place in Xi Xi’s creative oeuvre. At its centre are teddy bears sewn by Xi Xi herself, which showcase her ability to move across Chinese and Western cultures, literary genres, and artistic media. Dressed in costumes that she designed and made, the bears take on the identities of figures from Chinese and Western history, literature, and legend, including Zhuangzi, Wang Xizhi, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Chang’e, heroes from Water Margin, and characters from Beauty and the Beast. Photographs of the bears are accompanied by short essays on the figures’ costumes, lives, and stories, drawing widely on literature, history, geography, and philosophy. The result is an unconventional set of “teddy-bear biographies” in which China and the West, the serious and the playful, and the learned and the popular continually intersect.

Taking Fengxiong Zhi as a case study, this talk proposes “defiant hybridity” as a way of understanding Xi Xi’s creative practice. Her hybridity resists fixed categories and singular cultural identities; her defiance lies in the playful freedom with which Xi Xi crosses established boundaries through humour, childlike curiosity, and imagination, moving between cultures, genres, and media. Through Fengxiong Zhi, the talk considers how this “defiant hybridity” reveals a distinctive mode through which Xi Xi understood the world, approached life, and practised literary creation.

講者簡介 About the Speaker:

黃天琦博士  現任澳洲阿德萊德大學人文學院高級講師，主要講授漢語及中英翻譯課程。研究領域為翻譯研究，尤其關注翻譯、文化身份與跨文化流動之間的關係，近年亦從事香港文學、非物質文化遺產及翻譯史方面的研究。

Dr. Tin Kei Wong is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Adelaide University, Australia, where she teaches Chinese language and Chinese–English translation. Her research is primarily in translation studies, with a particular interest in the intersections of translation, cultural identity, and cross-cultural exchange. Her recent work also explores Hong Kong literature, intangible cultural heritage, and translation history.

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);
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