adhering to traditions

adhering to traditions

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1、AdheringtoTraditions  【Abstract】WillaCather’snovelsmainlydescribepioneers’livesandAmericansocietyinWestwardMovement.ThroughMyAntonia,WillashowsheradherencetopioneeringspiritandEuropeantraditions.  【Keywords】MyAntonia;pioneeringspirit;Europeantraditions

2、  WillaCather,oneofthemostoutstandingAmericanwriters,isinterestedinportrayingpioneers’livesandAmericansocietyinWestwardMovement.HerworkMyAntoniaisasongofpioneersduringthismovement.Inthenovel,Willaeulogizespioneeringspiritandexpresseshersorrowtovanishin

3、gEuropeanspiritsandtraditions.ThispapertriestoanalyzehowWillaadherestopioneeringspiritandEuropeantraditionsthroughplotsdesigninMyAntonia.  WhenMyAntoniawaspublishedin1918,WestwardMovementwasover.ThedisappearanceoffrontiercausedWilla’suneasiness,forshew

4、orriedthatpioneeringspiritwillvanishwithfrontiers.Inresponse,shearrangesAntonia’sleavingfortown.Beingfarawayfromlands,Antoniaseemedtoloseherpioneeringandrebelliousspirits.WhenJimwashurtbyWickCutter,Antoniajustcriedoutsideandpackedupsilently.Inthisperio

5、d,Americansbegantopursueluxuriouslifeandyounggenerationabandonedtraditionalvalues.WillaexpressesheranxietybyAntonia’saddictiontodance―“shetalksandthinksnothingbutVannistent”.Willacriticizescapitalisticcorruptiononsimplepeopleandexpressesherconcernswith

6、thefallofcivilizationbyarrangingLarry’scheatingtoAntonia.  WillamakesAntoniareturntolandssoon,forshecherishesthegoodtimethatshespentinNebraskaprairie.Antonialookedliketwodifferentpeopleinthetwodifferentplaces.Sheregainedpioneeringspiritfromlandsandcrea

7、tedhernewlifesoon.ShetoldJim:“I’dalwaysbemiserableinacity.I’ddieoflonesomeness.IliketobewhereIknoweverystackandtree,andwhereallthegroundisfriendly.”ItisthelandthatprovidesAntoniawithcourageandstrength.CounteringtoAntonia,Jimfeltlonelyandwasdepressedbym

8、ateriallife,thoughhehadgainedsuccessinaprosperouscity.  Exceptpioneeringspirit,WillaCathertreasuresEuropeantraditionsaswell.Atthebeginningofthe20thcentury,“MeltingPotTheory”wasquitepopularinAmerica.DuringthecompositionofMyAntonia,Presid

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