内布拉斯加走出的新女性——从女性主义看薇拉·凯瑟的《我的安东妮亚》

New Females from Nabraska——On the novel My Antonia of Willa Cather from Feminism Angle

《我的安东妮亚》是薇拉.凯瑟西部拓荒小说的代表作,作者立足于美国西部拓荒者的生活经历,刻画出了以安东妮亚为代表几位具有自立自强勇于奋斗精神的新女性形象。这些女性自强不息的鲜明性格在今天仍有催促女性奋进的现实意义。

My Antonia is one of the most famous works of Willa Cather about the frontier llfe of pioneers in western America. By the frontier life of pioneers, the author depicted Antonia and other new female images, who strived unceasingly for life to be self- reliance. This paper attempts to analyze these images. These females＇ unceasingly self- reliance spirits serve today＇ females to spur them to go ahead.