间性视域下跨文化叙事的“第三条路径”——以《给阿嬷的情书》为例

The “Third Path” of Cross-Cultural Narrative from the Perspective of Interality—A Case Study of “A Letter to Grandma”

摘要: 在当下跨文化叙事常常陷入“他者化”与“本质化”的双重困境时，电影《给阿嬷的情书》展现了一种截然不同的叙事可能。本文以该片为个案，运用“间性”哲学视角与“求似析异”叙事伦理框架，分析其如何通过内化视角、伦理化身份转换与生活化叙事，超越上述二元窠臼。研究发现：影片以“侨批”这一家庭记忆为线索，聚焦离散、情义、爱与责任等普遍情感体验，在“间性”的哲学自觉中实现了“求似”与“析异”的有机融合，共同构建了一条以跨文化理解与意义生成为指向的“第三条路径”。该片的成功实践，为数字语境下呈现兼具地方根基与跨文化可通约性的叙事文本，提供了可参照的叙事范本与伦理框架。

Abstract: At a time when cross-cultural narratives are often caught between the dual pitfalls of “othering” and “essentialization”, the film “A Letter to Grandma” presents a markedly different narrative possibility. Taking this film as a case study, this paper employs the philosophical lens of “interality” and the narrative ethics framework of “seeking commonality while differentiating particularities” to examine how the film transcends these binary constraints through an internalized perspective, ethically grounded identity shifts, and quotidian storytelling. The study finds that, by centering on the “Qiaopi” (remittance letters sent by overseas Chinese to their families back home) as a vehicle of family memory, the film foregrounds universal emotional experiences such as diaspora, loyalty, love, and responsibility. In doing so, it achieves an organic integration of seeking shared human sentiments and respectfully presenting cultural specificities within the philosophical awareness of interality, thereby forging a “third path” oriented toward cross-cultural understanding and meaning co-creation. The film’s success offers a replicable narrative model and ethical framework for producing cross-cultural narratives that are simultaneously grounded in local particularities and accessible across cultural boundaries in the digital age.