论薇拉·凯瑟《我的安东妮亚》的人物小说创作风格

On Willa Cather's My Antonia as a Novel of Character and its Main Feature of Character Depiction

薇拉.凯瑟的经典之作《我的安东妮亚》可以称得上是美国文学中人物小说的典范。该小说在人物刻画上的主要特色是大量使用人物并置对照手法,实现了人物与小说结构、主题的完美结合。本文主要以《我的安东妮亚》为例,结合谬尔有关人物小说的理论,从情节与人物各自的特点入手,分析薇拉.凯瑟作品的人物小说特色,并在此基础上,通过分析人物与小说结构、主题的关系,来解读凯瑟独特的人物并置对照技巧。

Willa Cather's My Antonia deserves the honor of a classic model of character novels in American letters. The major feature of its character depiction is the abundant use of character juxtaposition, which results in the perfect mixture of character, structure and theme. This article analyzes how Willa Cather's My Antonia reflects the features of the novel of character, as stated in Muir's The Structure of Novel, in terms of plot and character, and explains Cather's unique technique of character juxtaposition by way of the relationship among character, structure and theme.