成长之歌：论《我的安东妮亚》中的成长主题

薇拉.凯瑟与欧洲移民朝夕相处以及自己的历次迁徙,是以潜文本的形式存在其作品之中。《我的安东妮亚》探索了美国作家情有独钟的成长主题。小说在叙事线条并行和时间历时推进的聚焦中,通过对女主人公富有开拓精神形象的塑造,反映作者对工业文明的反抗与对农业文明的推崇,洞悉时代发展所带来的变迁,文中成长历程的叙述、成长隐喻使用、成长引路人的出现恰恰彰显了小说的成长主题。

A Melody for Growing Up——On the Theme of Initiation in My Antonia

Willa Cather＇ close association with European immigrants and her own migrations are fully reflected in her works in the form of sub-texts. My Antonia, with a focus on the parallel narrative mode and the development of diachrony, explores the initiation theme, which has long been the American writers＇ favor, and depicts the growing-up process of the protagonists with emotional tone, successfully presenting the images of heroes full of pioneering spirits. This paper elaborates upon this novel from the perspective of process of growing-up, metaphor in initiation theme, and the guides in the initiation process.