《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。 "Staz Longman root trilogy to the South of Chicago as the background, showing the protagonist Staz Longman growing from 15 to 29 years old. Staz’s growth environment shifted during the transition from homes, schools and churches to public spaces such as streets, billiard rooms, cheap restaurants and parks, and his education bearers were also turned away from parents, nun and priest Gang The former group reflects the background of Irish immigrants. The latter group represents the image of the modern industrial city. They form a morbid state of life in the southern region: intimacy, ignorance, isolation and spiritual poverty.