帝國的最後一瞥：十九世紀末立德夫人«藍袍子國度»裡東方與西方的相遇

102年12月18日  

研究生：劉香君

指導教授: 王瀚陞 博士

帝國的最後一瞥：十九世紀末立德夫人«藍袍子國度»裡東方與西方的相遇

A Final Glance at the Empire: The Encounter of the West and East in Mrs. Archibald Little’s The Land of the Blue Gown 

摘要：

立德夫人身為英國商人的妻子，也是為十九世紀維多利亞時期的女性旅遊作家。她曾說過：「纏足是中國最需要被廢除的古老習俗。」為了達成她的目標，她在1895年創立了天足會。因此本論文要解析立德夫人如何幫助中國纏足女子解放身心的束縛。本論文也試著呈現出她文本«藍袍子的國度»裡再現的東西方衝擊，是如此的帶有挑戰性和爭議性。

本論文包含以下幾個部分：

第一章『十九世紀旅遊敘述中東方學家的再現中國』

第二章『東西方宗教的差別』

第三章『解放的女性身體和解放的政治』

結論

關鍵詞：立德夫人，維多利亞時期，女性旅遊作家 

Abstract:

Being a wife of a British businessman, Mrs. Archibald Little is a nineteenth century Victorian women travel writer, too. According to her, foot-binding is one of China’s oldest, most deep-rooted and domestic customs which need s to be abolished. To achieved this goal, she established Natural Feet Society in 1895. This thesis would like to analyze Mrs. Archibald Little’s efforts to help Chinese to be free from the physical bondage imposed by foot-binding in her travel to China in the late nineteenth century. As well as her feminist pursuits, this thesis would like to address issues like the encounter of the West and the East in her travel around China, which are no less challenging and controversial and are represented in her travel writing The Land of the Blue Gown. This thesis is divided into four parts. Introduction includes research the motive and research methodology. Chapter One, which is entitled ‘’The Orientalist Construction of China in Nineteenth-Century-Travel Narratives,” is separated into three sections. Chapter Two, which is entitled “The Contracts between western and Eastern religions,” is separated into seven sections. Chapter Three, which is entitled “The Liberated Female Body and the politics of Liberation,” is separated into three sections. Conclusion argues that the encounters of the West and the East as represented in Mrs. Archibald Little travel writing reveal her prejudices, which are sometimes subtle, toward the Oriental Other.

Keywords: Archibald Little, foot-binding, female travel writer