尤多拉·韦尔蒂作品政治意义初探

Primary Exploration on the Politics in Eudora Welty's Works

在美国当代文学史中占有重要的地位的著名女作家尤多拉·韦尔蒂一生获得了各种文学奖却因评论界认为她的作品缺乏政治意义而与诺贝尔文学奖失之交臂。其实不然,她只是借用南方作为展现一个丰富多彩、寓意深远的大世界的小舞台;而其所处的特殊历史背景正是解读韦尔蒂作品政治性的钥匙。

Eudora Wehy is a famous female writer having a great influence on the contemporary literary history of America, who won a lot of awards but the Nobel Prize. Some critics hold the reason is Welty＇s works is too local and lacks politics. The aim of this essay is to explore south is just the stage where Wehy shows the reader a colorful and profound world, and the historical background is a key to finding the politics in Welty＇s works.