Ernest Thompson Seton is not only a Canadian famous naturalist,but also isone of founders of "realistic western animal fiction"。His animal fiction isdifferent from traditional animal literary on character, theme and artisticstyle,so he has been regarded as "the father of modern animal fiction"。Seton has portrayed many classical animal characters, and his writings havestrong influence. The paper,in light of existed research results of academia,explains the development of western animal fiction, and explores hisinnovations on animal character, theme and artistic style by narrative theory,ecology and sociological theory, and analyze his limitations on animalfiction。... |