Crush on the Fantasy in the Dilemma of City Life-- The Absence of Community in Oates＇ them

With an elaboration of the dramatic representation of alienation and absence of community in the city, this paper analyzes Jules Wendall＇s struggle and disillusion in his social life. He cannot find identification with himself in the hostile city which does not provide any chance for him to be a better man. What is more, the absence of community in the city makes his strife become hopeless, and drives him into the state of alienation. Opposing against the brutal surroundings, he turns to violent behavior for the spiritual rescue. Yet, since violence derives from a sense of impotence, it cannot protect him from being alienated. Bom in a lower class, however hard he tries, Jules becomes powerless in front of the relentless society and doomed to be a tragedy

城市居住环境地域特色的营建

通过对川东地区新城住区建设中存在问题的分析,认为在城市发展过程中,丰富多彩的生活方式和城市功能的建构模式都被简单化,传统的地域特色随之消殆。从分析当地居民的生活行为方式特点入手,总结出影响居住环境建构的因素,并提出适合于地域特色的居住模式。