'The last two decades of the 19th century in Australia went through the rising nationalism. Bush, the Australian geographical feature, then became one of the main themes of the Australian literature. Henry Lawson, the greatest Australian writer in the late 19th and early 20th century, focused on Australian bushmen first in his short stories. He wrote about the bush life as the main descriptive object, and to a great extent, the novels reflect the Australian bush people’s living conditions and mental status. This paper analyzes the bush life and bush characters of Lawson’s short stories, and further discusses the bush spirits in the process of pioneering, which ultimately comes to the conclusion that the bush spirits are deeply integrated into the Australian national images.'
世纪末有着本地印记的澳洲人逐渐觉醒,日益认识到表达自己真实生活状况的必要。在丛林中披荆斩棘、在丛林中艰苦抗争求生存的景观成为当时澳大利亚文学描写的主要对象。亨利·劳森作为世纪之交澳大利亚本土最负盛名的作家,在澳大利亚文学史上开创了具有澳大利亚民族特色的丛林书写。他的短篇小说多以丛林人的生活为描写对象,集中展现了19世纪末澳大利亚民族运动风起云涌的广阔背景下丛林人的真实生活场景。劳森小说从丛林孤独、丛林抗争、和丛林情谊三个方面探讨澳大利亚丛林人在早期创业过程中所展现的丛林精神,以及这些丛林意象对于澳大利亚民族形象的建构意义所在。
Source: CAOD.
