亨利·劳森开创了19世纪90年代澳大利亚的民族主义和丛林文学传统,被尊为现实主义文学的鼻祖。他灵活运用了短篇小说的形式,以澳大利亚特有的丛林为背景,生动地再现了澳大利亚民族形成时期丛林人的艰难生活。《赶牲畜人的妻子》塑造了一位坚强勇敢、无私奉献的贤妻良母式的女性形象,一度被奉为早期澳大利亚女性的典范。以往对该作品的解读多从丛林女性的伟大形象切入,颂扬丛林女性的奉献精神和无私母爱。然而换一种视 Henry Lawson pioneered Australia’s nationalist and jungle literary traditions of the 1890s and was honored as the originator of realist literature. He flexibly used the form of short stories to vividly reproduce the difficult life of jungle people during the formation of the Australian nation in the background of Australia’s unique jungle. The Wife Encountering the Livestock created a strong, selfless dedication to wives and mothers, once regarded as a model for early Australian women. In the past, the interpretation of the work was mostly based on the great image of the jungle women, praising the dedication and selfless love of the jungle women. However, a different view