加拿大女作家玛格丽特·劳伦斯的文学创作以不同种族、文化的冲突、沟通和融合为主题。在其小说《潜水鸟》中 ,作者以真挚的情感、敏锐的洞察力和细腻的笔触刻画了在主流文化社会边缘挣扎的一位印地安女性形象 ,表达了作者重视“多元文化”的理念。本文拟从叙事视角、性格塑造、象征意蕴几方面简析小说的艺术特色 The literary creation of Canadian writer Margaret Lawrence takes the theme of conflict, communication and integration of different races and cultures. In his novel Diving Bird, the author portrays an Indian woman who is struggling on the edge of the mainstream cultural society with his sincere emotion, keen insight and delicate brushwork, expressing the author’s emphasis on “multiculturalism” . This article intends to analyze the artistic features of the novel from the perspective of narrative, characterization and symbolic connotation