論文提要：
伊莎貝拉‧露西‧博德為維多利亞時期最著名旅遊女性當中的其中一位。她於1831年10月15日出生。從1854到1901，她去過加拿大、澳洲、夏威夷、科羅拉多、日本、馬來西亞、印度、中東、中國、韓國和摩洛哥。她寫下並將她豐富的旅遊經驗出版成書。於她的12本已出版的旅遊札記中，我選擇《日本冒險之旅》來當作我的論文題材。這本論文的宗旨在於檢視伊莎貝拉‧露西‧博德的主體位置。我所採用的研究方法以用來檢視此論文題目為莎拉‧米爾的論述理論。米爾採用傅科的論述概念以用來分析十九世紀女性旅遊者的寫作。第一章檢視博德為何以書信體來建構她的旅遊寫作，為何她的書信體並不像傳統書信體，並且更加探討殖民論述、女性論述、與書信體之間的關係。第二章注重於殖民論述。而殖民論述對於博德旅遊敘述的文本建構有很大的影響。首先必須瞭解歐洲人如何以殖民者/帝國主義者的價值觀去看待非歐洲人。此章也顯示出有另一種反殖民敘述位置。而此種寫作位置鬆動了殖民敘述位置。第三章討論女性論述。更具體來說，我檢視歷史背景與博德女性主體位置之間的密切關係。換句話說，我檢視維多利亞時期的女性氣質如何影響博德旅遊敘述的建構。這樣一來，我們可以更清楚地知道殖民論述與女性論之間的衝突。

Abstract
Isabella Lucy Bird, one of the most famous Victorian traveling ladies, was born on October 15 in 1831. From 1854 to 1901, she had been to Canada, Australia, Hawaii, Colorado, Japan, Malaya, India, Middle East, China, Korea, and Morocco. She wrote and published her abundant traveling experiences. Among her twelve published travelogues, I chose Unbeaten Tracks in Japan as my thesis project. This thesis investigates Isabella Bird’s subject position. The research methodology I employ to examine this question is Sara Mills’ discourse theory. Mills adopts Foucault’s notion of “discourse” to analyze nineteenth-century women travelers’ writings. Chapter One investigates why Bird adopts the letter form to construct her travel writings, and how Bird’s letter writing does not conform to the parameter of traditional letter writing and further examines the connections between colonial and feminine discourse, and epistolary writing. Chapter Two focuses on the colonial discourse that impinges on the textual construction of Bird’s travel narratives. First it illustrates how Europeans define non-Europeans by imperialistic/colonialist viewpoints. The chapter also shows that there is another anti-colonial narrative position that undercuts colonial stance. Chapter Three deals with feminine discourse. To be more specific, I examine the close relationship between the historical context and Bird’s feminine subject position. That is to say, I examine how the femininity that circulated in the Victorian period determines the construction of Bird’s travel narratives. In this way, we can know distinctly the conflict between discourses, especially colonial and feminine ones.

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