茱兒·高梅茲所著《吉爾達故事》其特殊之處在於不同以往多數吸血鬼小說的角色形塑，因此也引發其特有的倫理議題。第一，它是以美國黑人同性戀女性為主角，由此衍生出關於族裔、性別、性傾向議題之探討。第二，此書主角吉爾達充分展現出她對人性/人類的高度尊重以及對他者的強烈責任心。因此，本文在第一章節採用法國哲學家伊曼紐爾·列維納斯的倫理理論，來探討吉爾達在人際互動中體現出的倫理準則。吉爾達身為邊緣性族群的一員，是因應自身情況以及環境變動來回應絕對他者的倫理呼喚。因此，本文在第二章節探討吉爾達以或激烈或溫和的方式反抗主流群體價值觀時，實際上是根據其現有能力，變更策略來盡其所能地回應絕對他者的倫理呼喚。最後，本文探討作者高梅茲創作推想小說的歷程，實則上展現了她對良善的追求，就如同列維納斯對於絕對他者的回應一般，是永無止盡的。現今讀者可以透過閱讀推想小說來想像一個不同的世界，一個對照當下倫理狀態的另類圖像。而讀者根據現況來回應絕對他者的呼喚，則可以激勵人性對於良善的無盡追求。

Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories is unconventional among most of vampire fictions because of its characterization of the protagonist and the ethical issues thus implicated. First, the protagonist, Gilda, is an African American lesbian, thus the issues of race and gender are largely involved in this novel. Second, Gilda expresses her high respect for humanity and a great sense of responsibility to the others, no matter humans or vampires. Therefore, this thesis adopts the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of ethics to explore Gilda’s implementation of the ethical principles in her interactions with the others in Chapter One. As a member of marginal groups, Gilda responds to the ethical call of the Levinasian Other according to her personal situation and the changing environments. Therefore, this thesis examines Gilda’s radical or moderate ways of resistance to the mainstream values, as these ways are in fact her different strategies to respond to the ethical call of the Other, according to her situations and abilities. At last, this thesis discusses in the conclusion how Gomez’s speculative writing indeed displays her ceaseless pursuit of goodness. Likewise, the responsibility for the ethical call of the Levinasian Other is endless. The readers in the contemporary world can imagine a different world through the reading of the speculative fiction, which provides an alternative picture to the current ethical situations. Meanwhile, the readers are responding to the ethical call of the Other for the endless pursuit of goodness.

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