美国早期牛仔小说的历史价值

The Historical Value of Earlier American Cowboy Novel

美国早期牛仔小说是美国西部文学的重要组成部分之一。美国牛仔小说根植于广袤的美国西部大地,积淀着美国社会发展中深厚的生活、文化和历史底蕴。牛仔小说作家作为时代的思考者和感受者,是在以小说的形式深刻地反映美国社会发展的历史。这一独特的文学类型渊源于美国社会形成的特殊环境,是考察美利坚民族性格和文化价值观不可缺少的构成因素之一。

Rooted in American western history, American cowboy novels deeply bear cultural and historical values. Cowboy novelists, as thinker and feeler of the time, reflected the history of American social development with their pens. This special literate style is a vital factor to consider American nationality and cultural values. This article aims to disclose the historical and cultural values via earlier cowboy novels especially three outstanding earlier cowboy novelists and their typical cowboy novels.