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