王鼎鈞的散文向來精於意象，其筆下的鄉愁散文，更常以斷裂意象抒發思鄉離愁。斷裂意象背後所繫的是對生命完整的渴望，渴望留在家鄉與家人同在，渴望繼續升學，渴望容身處得到真正的身心自由。作者用一種斷裂的回憶視角敘述，用文字修補生命的破碎，療癒情感的傷痕。傷痕，讓人的內心更堅強，開展出更強大、更美麗的新生命。文字的力量，幫助作者修復自己，破碎的生命經文字沾黏後，呈現出王鼎鈞鄉愁散文的傷痕美學。故本文旨在探討王鼎鈞鄉愁散文中的斷裂意象，其來源為何？呈顯出怎樣的意義？研究範圍主要以《碎琉璃》、《山裏山外》、《左心房漩渦》與《王鼎鈞回憶錄四部曲》等涉及鄉愁的散文為主。

Wang Ding Jun's prose has always been good at imagery. The nostalgic prose in his writings often uses the broken imagery to express his homesickness. Behind the broken image there is a desire for completeness of life, a desire to stay with his family in his hometown, a desire to continue his studies, and a desire to be truly spiritually free. The author uses a broken perspective of recounting, and uses words to repair the broken life and heals the emotional scars. Scars make people's hearts stronger, thus develop a stronger and more beautiful new life. The power of words helps the author to repair himself, just after the broken life was trimmed by the words, the scar aesthetics of Wang Dingjun's nostalgic prose were presented. Therefore, the present paper aims to explore the broken imagery in Wang Ding Jun's nostalgic prose, it’s meaning as well the origin; and mainly focuses on essays related to the homesickness, such as "Broken Colored Glaze", "In and Outside the Mountain," "Whirlpool of the Left Atrium" and "Memoirs of Tetralogy ".