摘要
薇拉·凯瑟的《我的安东妮亚》画出了内布拉斯加大草原上的自然美。本文从安东妮亚童年、青年和中年三个阶段入手,展现自然美初现、转型和新生的不同形态,以一种循坏的形式阐释安东妮亚的一生及其自然美的发展。本文将自然美、内布拉斯加大草原和安东妮亚美国梦的实现紧密联系在一起,呈现了安东妮亚一生的奋斗历程及女性拓荒者的精神。借助生态美学的力量使安东妮亚的自然美能够既有理论意义又有现实意义,自然美作为一个纯粹的自然所具有的特色,在安东妮亚身上有了人性化的色彩,可见薇拉·凯瑟的创作主题和精神本质,尽现作者的创作才华。
Willa Cather’s My Antonia has drawn the natural beauty on the Nebraska prairie. According to the childhood, youth and middle age of Antonia, this article unfolds the first flush, transition and renaissance of natural beauty, interpreting the whole life of Antonia and the development of natural beauty. This article integrates the achievement of Antonia’s American dream with natural beauty and Nebraska prairie, representing Antonia’s life long struggle and spirit as a female pioneer. In virtue of ecological aesthetics, this article explains both theoretical and practical significance of Antonia’s natural beauty. As a pure natural feature, natural beauty has been humanized on Antonia, which proves Willa Cather’s theme and mind, showing the writer’s creative talent.
