This thesis is intended to re-interpret it from the perspective of Transcendentalism and to spade out the transcendentalist ideas reflected in it so as to broaden the horizon of reading this novel.

• 该小说包含有浪漫主义、自然主义、现实主义、象征主义、地方色彩等成分,也表现出浓厚的存在主义和当代女性主义色彩。