第一章介紹班雅明對於波特萊爾的研究，所提出對於遊蕩者的見解。班雅明在研究中提到，遊蕩者以拱廊街(arcade)和群眾為家，身處於群眾之間，帶給遊蕩者的滿足感，無異於人們流連於拱廊街中形形色色的商品之中。但波特萊爾對於遊蕩者的觀點與班雅明不同。波特萊爾的遊蕩者獨立於人群之外，他們將自己從人群中抽離，卻又將抽離於人群的孤獨融合於人群之中。此外，班雅明亦將波特萊爾的遊蕩者與艾倫坡短篇故事中的遊蕩者比較。相較之下，艾倫坡的遊蕩者之所以流連於人群中，是由於自身無可饒恕的罪惡。艾倫坡幾乎將遊蕩者與罪犯畫上等號。第二章以及第三章，則分別以遊蕩者與偵探之間的關聯，以及偵探角色與作家之間的關聯作為研究主題。艾倫坡將遊蕩者的形象用於偵探小說中的手法，激發了柯南道爾的靈感，也影響到他的寫作風格。此外，作家在創作作品時，亦會將平常所見所觀察到的人事物，作為創作的靈感，而作者在創造角色之時，亦同時將自身融入於角色之中。最後，結論的部分將強調遊蕩者與作家，這看似毫無關聯，實際上卻是關係緊密的兩種人。從作品中的角色個性習慣和理論相互映證，本文將詮釋的是作品中的角色、作家與遊蕩者，這三者之間的關係是緊密相連。;This thesis will mainly discuss flâneur’s position in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Man of The Crowd” and Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia”. On the other words, this thesis suggests examining two kinds of relationships: the relationship between the flâneur and the detective character and the relationship between the detective character and the writer. Baudelaire’s concept of flâneur will use as an important ideal while examining the two kinds of relationships.
Chapter one will introduces both Benjamin and Baudelaire’s concept of flâneur. Benjamin considers that flâneur appears with the rise of arcade and they enjoy strolling around the crowd. On the contrary, Baudelaire’s flâneur is more alienated than Benjamin’s flâneur. They are isolated while being with the crowd. Moreover, Benjamin also mentions that Poe uses the image of flâneur in his short story and considers that flâneur is the one who full with guilt. The second chapter and the third chapter will mainly discuss the relationship between the detective character and the flâneur, and the relationship between the writer himself and the detective character. Writers are the reflection of the flâneur and they use words to show what they’ve observed in the world. Moreover, writers merges themselves into the character and creates character form their observation of the crowd. This thesis concludes by suggesting that flâneur, character in the literature, and writer himself are related to each other. Writers embody the flâneur and the character in their works is the reflections of the writer and the flâneur.
