Abstract：Sandra Cisneros is a contemporary American poet, who became famous at the age of 30 for her book The House on Mango Street. The author’s identity as a new immigrant author and her spatial experience across national borders has given her works unique spatial features. Esperanza, the heroine of the novel The House on Mango Street, observed her surroundings with keen eyes and narrated the lives of the people on Mango Street in a child’s tone. She was eager to escape her narrow, crowded living space and have her own life, expressing her eager pursuit of creative space.
This paper will combine space theory to analyze the space narrative and space writing in the novel from the three perspectives of physical space, social space and psychological space, reveal the influence of space on female consciousness and female identity, experience the cultural connotations of writer’s spatial psychology, and explore the space appeal expressed in the works. The paper will interpret the physical space that embodies social ideology and identity, analyze the social space of cross-ethnic groups, cross-cultural and inter-lingual boundaries in Mango Street, and further analyze the psychological space pursued by the protagonist Esperanza, so as to reveal the connection between female identity and space, and express the desire of women to construct an ideal social space.
Keywords: Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street space theory
中文摘要：桑德拉·希斯内罗丝是当代美国著名诗人，30岁凭借《芒果街上的小屋》一书成名，作家新移民作者的身份和跨越国界的空间体验，让其作品别具空间性特征。小说《芒果街上的小屋》的女主人公埃斯佩朗莎用敏锐的眼睛观察周围事物，以儿童的口吻叙述了芒果街上人们的生活状态。她渴望逃脱自己狭窄、拥挤的居住空间，拥有属于自己的生活，表达了她对创作空间的迫切追求。
本文将结合空间叙事理论，从物理空间、社会空间和心理空间三个角度分析小说中的空间叙事与空间书写，揭示空间对女性意识和女性身份的影响，体验作家空间心理的文化内蕴，探讨作品中表达的空间诉求。论文将着重解读体现社会意识形态和身份表征的物理空间，分析芒果街的跨族群、跨文化、跨语际边界等社会空间，并进一步解析埃斯佩朗莎追求的心理空间，揭示女性身份与空间的联系以及女性构建理想社会空间的愿望。
关键词：桑德拉·希斯内罗丝；《芒果街上的小屋》；空间理论
Contents
Abstract
中文摘要
Chapter One Introduction-1
1.1 Introduction to Sandra Cisneros-1
1.2 Introduction to The House on Mango Street-1
1.3 Literature Review-2
1.4 Thesis Structure-3
Chapter Two Space Theory-4
2.1 Definition and Characteristics-4
2.2 Development-4
Chapter Three Interpretation of The House on Mango Street Based on Space Theory-6
3.1 Physical Space-6
3.1.1 Limited Female Physical Space-6
3.1.2 Longing for More Physical Space-7
3.2 Social Space-8
3.2.1 Mexican Immigrants’ Marginalized Social Space-8
3.2.2 Multilingual Environment and Complex Cultural Atmosphere-9
3.3 Psychological Space-10
3.3.1 Awakening of Space Consciousness-10
3.3.2 Pursuit of Independent Psychological Space-10
Chapter Four Conclusion-12
References-13
