本論文關注由朱天文執導的紀錄片《願未央》，考察其所再現的已逝傳主父親／小說家朱西甯。作為臺灣最受矚目的文學家族之一，從生平研究的視角，本文欲探究：所謂的「文學朱家」是怎麼開始的？研究進路以《願未央》為核心，取徑影像內外的文本，循著「家」的論述軸線，透過第一代跨海作家朱西甯的追跡考索——家世、離家、成家歷程與鄉關辯證，建構糅合時代、家族與個我記憶的小說家形象，從而深描其在臺灣文學記憶脈絡中的位置與意義。 This paper focuses on the documentary “Unfulfilled Dreams” directed by Chu Tien-wen, and examines how the stories of her deceased father / writer Chu Hsi-ning are represented in the documentary. From the perspective of biographical research, this paper investigates how “Writers of Chu” begins. Based on the documentary“Unfulfilled Dreams” as the core, this paper discusses the concept of “Home” with the texts in and out of the documentary. Through tracking the course of the first generation writer Chu Hsi-ning's – what his family background is, how he leaves home and how he builds a new home, together with the dialectics of hometown, this paper constructs the meaning of clan, memory and arts of writing, and further describes the status and the significance of Chu Hsi-ning in history of literature in Taiwan.
