Author(s)

Wang Yizhen

Corresponding Author

Wang Yizhen

Abstract

Willa Cather’ s work My Ántonia is set in the frontier age in the American West, reflecting the conflict of old and new world values. This paper focuses on two types of European immigrants: Mr. Shimerda and Otto Fuchs to discuss the struggle between Europe and the West, and create a true nature of the latter in the late nineteenth century. By implications, the meaning of preserving wilderness and cultural diversity in our modern society are presented in this paper.

Keywords

My Ántonia, The American West, European immigrants, Conflicts.