探析凯瑟的精神世界——论对比在威拉·凯瑟边疆小说中的运用

The Analysis on Willa Cather's Mental World——The Use of Contrast in Willa Cather's Pioneering Novels

威拉.凯瑟是美国文学史上第一位潜心描写美国中西部“拓荒时代”的伟大女作家。文章通过《啊,拓荒者》和《我的安东尼亚》两部作品中东西部城镇与乡村的对比、女性与男性的对比以及友情式爱情和激情式爱情的对比来探析凯瑟的内心世界。

Willa Cather＇ s unique position as an important early modernist writer can be attributed for the most part to her Nebraska novels. This paper tries to analyze Willa Cather＇ s mental world by comparing the west and east counties and countryside, woman and man, and companionate love with passionate one.