The Ecological Significance of Criticism of Industrial Civilization in My Antonia
As Willa Cather's masterpiece,My Antonia may be the work with highest art achievement in her"Nebraska Fiction"series.Set in American Midwest which is filled with highly regional characteristics,the novel depicts a picture of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature,reveals the ecological problem related to industrial civilization and advocates returning to nature to treat emotional trauma brought about by the industrialized society.Willa Cather's depiction of the beautiful prairie and her display of the abnormal lives in cities contain profound significance of criticizing industrial civilization.Interpreting the novel to reveal its ecological thought from the perspective of industrial civilization can bring us some beneficial reflection and enlightenment in terms of how to handle the relationship between humanity and ecological environment and construct ecological civilization.
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