spiritual“garden”to material“garden”

spiritual“garden”to material“garden”

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1、Spiritual“Garden”toMaterial“Garden”  【Abstract】WillaCatherisaneminentwriterwhoachievedrecognitionforhernovelsoffrontierlifeontheGreatPlains.Mostofherfamouslongnovelsaresongsofpioneers.HerearlyfrontiernovelsOPioneers!andMy?ntoniaarehermasterpieces.Thetwonovelsarechosentobediscussedforthemsharingsom

2、esimilaritiesintheme.ThetwoareabouttheEuropeanimmigrants’self-constructionintheAmericanunreclaimedmid-westland.Theprotagonistsofthetwonovelsarefemalecharacterssharedthesametoughtraits.Thisessayistotalkaboutthe“garden”buildingofthetwoprotagonistsfromthespiritualsidetothematerialone.“Garden,”inEmers

3、on’sTheYoungAmerican,hasbeengivenanallegoricalmeaningthatnomatterwherepeoplelive,aslongastheydevotethemselvesintotheirsmallland,thepieceofgroundwouldbea“garden”forthem.Thusthisessayfocusesonthenewperspectiveof“garden”buildingofthetwofemaleprotagonists.  【Keywords】“garden”building;self-construction

4、;frontier;OPioneers!;My?ntonia  I.Introduction  WillaCather(1873-1947)wasanAmericanauthorwhoachievedrecognitionforhernovelsoffrontierlifeontheGreatPlains.Somepeopleevenevaluateheras“thegreatestfemalewritersincetheestablishmentoftheUnitedStates”(Cather,“My?ntonia”2).Shewascelebratedbynationalcritic

5、ssuchasH.L.Menckenforwritinginplainspokenlanguageaboutordinarypeople.HerworkshaseverbeenpraisedbySinclairLewisformakingtheoutsideworldknowNebraskaasnooneelsehasdone.  WillaCatherwasborninVirginiain1873.Whenshewasnineyearsold,herfamilymovedtoNebraska,awildprairieareatobecultivatedinthemid-westAmeri

6、can,whereshewasacquaintedwithmanyimmigrantsfromdifferentpartsoftheworld,especiallyfromthenorthernandeasternEurope.Theirdifferentculture,regionandcustomweredeeplyprintedinthemindofyoungCather.Laterinherwritings,theprairielifehasbeenfullydisplayed.“SusanRosowskihaswrittenthatCatherwasthefirsttogivei

7、mmigrantsheroicstatureinseriousAmericanliterature”(Stout151).Amongherimmigrantworks,themostfamoustwofrontiernovelsareOPioneers!andMy?ntonia.  EventhoughtheenthusiasmforWillaCatherandherworkshasbeenraisedtoahigher

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