ABSTRACT This article demonstrates how two of J.M. Synge’s plays, In the Shadow of the Glen (1903) and The Playboy of the Western World (1907) document and reflect attitudes towards vagrancy and feeble-mindedness in Ireland at the dawn of the twentieth century. Adopting an intersectional perspective towards social class and labour, the article uses archival sources to juxtapose varied opinions on vagrancy, labour, workhouses and the social anxiety over feeble-mindedness. In so doing, the article questions the extent to which vagrancy was perpetuated by a government that failed to offer adequate provision to the destitute and secure employment to some of the most vulnerable people in society.

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Synge 关于流浪：劳动力、济贫院和弱智

摘要 本文展示了 JM Synge 的两部戏剧《在幽谷的阴影中》（1903 年）和《西方世界的花花公子》（1907 年）如何记录和反映 20 世纪初爱尔兰对流浪和弱智的态度。文章采用对社会阶级和劳动的交叉视角，利用档案资料将关于流浪、劳动、济贫院和社会焦虑对弱智的各种观点并列。在此过程中，文章质疑政府未能为社会中一些最弱势人群提供足够的贫困和有保障的就业机会而使流浪现象长期存在的程度。