薇拉·凯瑟是美国文学史上第一位描写美国西部拓荒时代故事的女作家,被誉为20世纪美国最杰出的小说家之一。在国外对凯瑟的研究大致和她的创作同步,相比国外而言,国内关于凯瑟的研究起步相对较晚。但伴随着批评话语的多元化和阐释空间的逐渐开放,对薇拉.凯瑟的研究无论从深度还是广度上看都得到了长足发展,呈现多元化、全面化、纵深化发展趋势。从研究的对象来看,研究者不仅对其作品进行了全方位解读,还对凯瑟本人作了专门的研究。从研究的方法看,研究者采用的各种批评理论对凯瑟及其作品进行了较全面深入的研究。从研究形式来看,对凯瑟的研究不仅有传记著作,还有大量的评论性专著和单篇文章。但相对于其他美国现代作家来说,薇拉.凯瑟及其作品研究尚未受到国内学术界的重视,对其研究也缺乏系统性和全面性。 Vera Cather is the first woman writer in the history of American literature to describe the story of the pioneering era of the American West and is regarded as one of the most outstanding novelists in the 20th century in the United States. Cather’s research abroad is roughly synchronized with that of her creation. Compared with other countries, Cather’s domestic research started relatively late. However, with the diversification of critical discourse and the gradual opening up of interpretation space, the study of Vera Cather has made great progress both in depth and breadth, presenting a trend of diversification, comprehensiveness and deepening. From the perspective of the research object, the researcher not only comprehensively interpreted his work, but also made a special study of Kather himself. From the point of view of methods of research, all kinds of critical theories adopted by researchers have conducted a more comprehensive and in-depth study on Kaiser and his works. From the perspective of the form of research, there are not only biographies of Cather’s research but also a large number of commentary monographs and individual articles. However, compared with other American modern writers, the study of Vera Cather and his works has not been valued by the domestic academic circles, and its research is also lack of systematicness and comprehensiveness.