白先勇於1963年赴美國愛荷華大學留學前所寫的短篇小說，創作於1958~1962年共計有十一篇，可說是白先勇以文學形式總結他個人童少時期與青春期階段，所親身體悟與觀察的生命樣態之呈現，而皆以探索自我及心靈的掙扎壓抑為主題，內容經常描述有關兒童與青少年的成長啟蒙經驗。 長篇小說《孽子》則以李青、小玉、吳敏、老鼠四位約莫十七、八歲的青少年為小說主要人物，故事以李青因為「同性情欲」被父親放逐離家為起始，小說情境前後雖只歷時九個多月，然而在這段時間裡，四位主要人物精神上或多或少都產生了轉變。 本論文將探討白先勇小說中人物的成長經驗，他們在經歷兒童期與青少年期所遭遇的困境與考驗之後，心靈上的轉變與成長。 Pai Hsien-Yung wrote 11 volumes of fiction from 1958 to 1962. He completed these works before he studied at the University of Iowa in America in 1963. He presented his novels in literature whose contents included his growth experiences, his childhood and puberty. The themes of his novels described his exploring and struggling when he was a teenager. Mostly, the novels he depicted related to children and teenagers’ enlightened experiences. In Pai Hsien-Yung’s long novel Crystal Boys, there are 4 main teenage characters named Li Qing, Xiao Yu, Wu Min and Lao Shu. The story started from a young man named Li Qing, whose family kicked him out because his sexual orientation was different from others. In this novel, Li Qing’s situation lasted 9 months, yet after nine months, these four people had changed mentally in different degrees. This paper will explore the growth experiences of characters in Pai Hsien-Yung’s novels. After experiencing difficult trials in their childhood and puberty, they obtain growth experiences and became mature.
