高超的观察视点 独特的审美感悟——《我的安东尼亚》潜在的统摄性

《我的安东尼亚》是美国现代著名小说家韦拉.凯瑟描写美国西部拓荒生活的一部力作。这里分析了作者独到的观察视角及其审美感悟,从而进一步揭示了小说潜在的统摄性。作者大胆启用小说的另一个主角吉姆.伯登作为故事的讲述者,使小说更具真实性;在展开情节的同时,作者巧妙地运用了自然背景做烘托,这使情节的展开产生了巧夺天工的视觉效应;同时,小说的两个主角或明或暗,其交相映衬使错综复杂情节下隐约可见两条主线。所有这些,都使看似零散的片断蕴含了潜在的统一性,从而唤起读者的共鸣。

Superb Point of View, Unique Aesthetic Perception--The Potential Unity of My Antonia

My Antonia is one of Willa Cather's great works describing the pioneering life in western America.This article analyses the author's unique point of view and aesthetic perception,and therefore reveals the potential unity of the novel.The author boldly uses another character in the novel,Jim Burden,as the narrator,making the novel more realistic.In the meantime when the plot is spread, the author skillfully utilizes the natural setting to make the spreading of the plot more effective in terms of visual effect.Meanwhile,the two characters in the novel are either clear or unclear,making the two main lines of development transparent from the complicated plot.All these together make the seemingly separate fragments unite potentially,and therefore evoke the readers' sympathy.