从草稿到定本——黄碧云《烈佬传》的生成研究

From the Draft to the Final Text: the Genesis of and Research into Children of Darkness by Wong Bik-wan

本文尝试比较黄碧云《烈佬传》四份电脑草稿与最后定本,探索创作过程中种种考量。作者对本土方言的运用非常自觉。无论草稿或定本,均见到广东方言以至地道粗口不时掺入。至于女性角色叙写内容的选择,以至构词表述越趋平淡,同样见证作者如何不断调整固有写作风格,以更贴近角色的性格、经验。第一人称叙述手法于各稿中运用之贯彻统一,则在突显主角的自我意识。总体而言,《烈佬传》数易其稿,从内容以至文字上的变动或不变,是基于创作者对社会边缘弱小的关顾,一种人文精神。

This essay attempts to compare the four different computer drafts and the final published version of Children of Darkness by Wong Bik-Wan, exploring the considerations and decisions she made in her creative process. The author made conscientious and judicial use of the local dialect. Through drafts to final publication, the Cantonese dialect and fowl languages were liberally interspersed. From the selective depiction of the female characters and the gradual mellowing of the narrative tone, we can see the author is adapting her long-established writing style, so as to reflect closely the character and experience of the human subjects. The first-person narrative is consistent in all revisions to accentuate the protagonist＇s self-consciousness. In sum, the changes and non-changes made by the author in these drafts, were primarily motivated by her sympathies towards the people living at the edge of our society a literary demonstration of humanity.