On The Border Trilogy "inheritance And Breakthrough Of Traditional Novel In The Western United States

The famous American writer Cormac Mccarthy’s famous work Border Trilogy(consist of All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing,Cities of the Plain) makes breakthrough and inherits in the tradition of the western novels style.In the characterization perspective,the writer shapes the mortals heroes according to the new historical conditions, making the cowboy images change from omnipotent to powerless and constantly frustrated. In the characters relations perspective, Cormac Mccarthy gives the profound meaning to four kinds of common relationships in western novels,which consists of the relationship of cowboys with his companions, the opponents, the horses and women to reflect the disillusion of the pastoral eclogue dream.In the theme perspective,Cormac Mccarthy inherits and developes the growing-up theme and the identity-choice theme which is usually seen in the western novels,discusses the choice predicament in the process of modernization and writes unique stories of anti-growth and half-growth..In the the environment perspective, the descriptions of natural environment of the southwest border change themselves from background to theme, reflecting the writer’s expectation of the harmonious ecological relations.Besides,the real powerful descriptions of the social environment are changed from Eden illusion to the reality.In conclusion, Cormac Mccarthy gives deep and rich connotations to the western novels by reforming them and brings vitality to the traditional literary style.