論《樓下的房客》裡的日常驚懼與網路世代的人格認同

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論《樓下的房客》裡的日常驚懼與網路世代的人格認同
The Daily Thriller of Novel The Tenants Downstairs and Personality Identity of Network Generation

蔣興立
Chiang, Hsin-Li

摘要

        恐懼是人們遭遇到威脅時所產生的自然反應，有人選擇迴避，但也有人將戰勝危險視為娛樂，因此相關的恐怖文本應運而生。網路小說作家九把刀的恐怖小說《樓下的房客》出版後，受到讀者、導演、學術評論者的關注，本文試圖藉由這部文本，思索其中反映了台灣年輕族群的何種特質？從其日常驚懼探究網路世代對身體與生命的想法，從而進窺這部文本所輻射出台灣網路世代的深層面向。透過小說的情節內涵，得以觀察出部分年輕都市生存者的自戀人格、多重面具，對他者的好奇、窺視、冷漠、排拒，書中出現大量的屍體、死亡與暴力，令人重新思考年輕世代對於生命價值的體會。恐怖文本藉由顫慄驚悚的人事物，讓我們意識到自身的脆弱，藉此強化我們的警覺性，同時，也讓我們發現真正的恐怖並非是蟄伏在我們身旁的怪物，而是來自於我們的內心。

關鍵詞：九把刀、樓下的房客、網路世代、人格認同

Abstract

        Fear is a natural reaction of individuals when facing threaten; some people choose to avoid, however, some others regard conquer the dangerous as entertainment. Thus, the horror fictions are resulted accordingly. The Tenants Downstairs is a local thriller novel which recognized by readers, directors, and academic commentators in Taiwan. Founded on this popular novel, this paper aims to discuss what characteristics of the youth in Taiwan correspond to the text, moreover, to explore the attitude toward body and life of network generation through their daily fear, and further to discover the deeper dimensions, which are radiated from the novel, of Taiwanese network generation. According to the context and connotation of The Tenants Downstairs , it could be observed that narcissistic personality and multiple faces among a part of young urban survivors, with behavior as curiosity about others, sneak, apathy, exclusivity, as well as a large number of corpses, death and violence lead readers re-thinking their perceptiveness about the value of life for network generation. Through the thriller people, events, and surroundings, horror fictions induce individuals be aware of their own vulnerability and strengthen alertness, meanwhile, guide people to realize that true horror is not the monsters hidden in around but come from inner-self.

Keywords: Giddens Ko, The Tenants Downstairs , Network Generation, Personality Identity

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