社會改革的急切需求一直是艾德華•邦德長期關注的議題。藉由使用暴力的戲劇手法，將其直接呈現在觀眾面前，邦德意指喚醒觀眾對社會正在惡化的議題的重視，並期望觀眾可以採取積極的態度來面對這些積弊已久的社會問題。然而，邦德並不會在他的戲劇中告訴觀眾該如何解決這些問題，或者是勾勒出一個美麗的未來世界來鼓舞觀眾；因此，他的戲劇總是以一種對社會未來無可奈何之感作結。然而，邦德最想迫切傳達地訊息並非社會改革就能帶來一個美麗未來的保證，而是如果不趕快進行社會改革，我們的社會將會是反面烏托邦，而我們再也沒有資格稱自己為人類。在《戰爭三部曲》中所呈現的，即是一個惡劣的未來世界，一個正在形成的反面烏托邦。
本論文將試著分析在邦德的《戰爭三部曲》是如何呈現出反面烏托邦的概念。第一章為導言。第二章討論《紅，黑，無知》，藉由呈現出個體在社會化階段中逐漸被社會所侵蝕、受控，探討反面烏托邦的形成。第三章討論《錫罐人》，一個在原子彈爆發後存活下來的新人類，一個看似趨近完美的資本主義社會，卻依舊無法逃脫滅亡的命運，是種對烏托邦想像的幻滅。第四章討論《大和平》，藉由主要角色──「女人」──其心路歷程來探討烏托邦的最終可能性。本論文將以邁向烏托邦為艾德華•邦德身為社會主義者的最終理想作結。也許烏托邦仍只是個美麗的幻想，然而就邦德來說，社會可以不斷地改革，就是他心中烏托邦之所在。

The urgent need of social reform has long been one of Edward Bond’s major concerns. By staging violent scenes directly in front of the spectator, Bond intends to awaken the audience to the worsening social conditions, and thus have the spectator take a positive attitude toward such social problems that have long existed. Instead of offering answers to the social problems he proposes in his plays or picturing a beautiful future in the end, Bond’s plays often end up with a sense of the impossibility of social reform. Nevertheless, the most important message that Bond conveys is not the guarantee of a hopeful future, but rather that the result of not taking any action can only be imagined in terms of a dystopia where we are no longer qualified to call ourselves human beings. What is represented in The War Plays is the harsh world of the future, a dystopian condition that is actually happening now.
My thesis aims to analyze how the notions of dystopia are represented in Bond’s War Plays. Chapter one is the introduction chapter. Chapter two deals with Red, Black and Ignorant. By presenting different phases in which individuality is gradually socialized by the state power, Bond points out the construction of dystopia. Chapter three deals with The Tin Can People. A group of people survive the nuclear bomb and lives in an almost perfect capitalist society. Yet, they fail to last their society and disillusioned with utopia. Chapter four deals with Great Peace. Through the wanderings of the main character, the Woman, Bond points out there still remains possibility of utopia. The thesis concludes with Bond’s ultimate goal towards utopia as a socialist. To Bond, as long as the social revolution takes place, there is where his utopia lies.

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