The Survival Dilemma in <i>Deaf Sentence </i>from the Perspective of Spatial Theory

文章从空间视角切入分析戴维·洛奇的小说《失聪宣判》，并聚焦哈里、德斯蒙德和亚历克斯三位主要人物，解读他们在物理空间中的生存难题、社会空间中受到的权力规训以及心理空间中的自我挣扎。文章旨在探究他们三人分别代表的老年群体、听障群体和边缘型人格障碍群体面临的生存困境，以及戴维·洛奇对这些边缘群体表现出的人文关怀。This paper analyzes David Lodge’s novel Deaf Sentence from the perspective of spatial theory, focusing on the three main characters: Harry, Desmond and Alex, and interpret their survival problem in the physical space, the power discipline they received in the social space and their self struggle in the psychological space. This paper aims to explore the survival dilemma faced by the elderly people, the hearing impaired people and the borderline personality disorder people, and David Lodge’s humanistic concern for these marginalized groups.