《斯塔兹·朗尼根》三部曲以芝加哥南区为背景，历时性地呈现了主人公斯塔兹·朗尼根从十五岁到二十九岁的成长历程。期间，斯塔兹的成长环境发生了转移：由家庭、学校和教堂转移到了街道、弹子室、廉价餐馆和公园等公共空间，其教育的承担者也由父母、修女和牧师转向了他所加入的团伙。前组空间体现了爱尔兰移民背景的影响，后组空间是现代工业城市的意象表征，它们共筑了南区病态的生活样态：偏狭、无知、隔离和精神的贫瘠。%Taking Chicago South Side as the background, Studs Lonigan: a Trilogy diachronieally presents Studs Lonigan's growing process from 15 to 29 years old. There is a change about growing surroundings in his short - lived life: from home, schools and churches to streets, poolrooms, harsh houses and parks; his education under- takers from parents, nuns, and priests to the gang he joined. The former spaces represent the influence of Irish immigrants; the latter spaces represent the images of modern industrial cities. These urban spaces reflect the fea- tures of morbid lives in Chicago South Side: insularity, ignorance, isolation and spirit poverty.
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