지다웨이(紀大偉) 『막(膜)』 에 나타난 ‘인간-기술’의 존재 양상 연구 — 태도로서의 쿠얼(酷兒)과 주체의 불완정성을 중심으로

Abstract

This article examines Chi Ta-wei’s science fiction novel The Membranes by focusing on how subjectivity is constituted and destabilized through the entanglement of humans and technology, approached from the perspective of “queer as attitude.” Rather than proposing a new identity or social order after overturning binary norms such as human/machine, male/female, and normal/abnormal, The Membranes foregrounds a subject that remains fundamentally unclassifiable. This study understands Chi Ta-wei’s concept of “queer” not as a fixed identity but as an attitude and performative strategy that unsettles normative frameworks. Through this lens, the novel is interpreted not merely as an example of queer representation or posthuman narrative, but as a text that exposes the instability of the categories through which bodies, technologies, and subjects are recognized. By situating the protagonist Momo at the boundaries of human/machine, male/female, and real/fictional, the novel disrupts the ontological assumptions that determine what counts as a recognizable subject. In doing so, The Membranes ultimately invites a reconsideration of the conditions under which subjectivity and community become intelligible. This analysis thus contributes to expanding the political and philosophical horizons opened by Taiwanese science fiction.