《啊!拓荒者》是美国著名女作家薇拉·凯瑟的草原三部曲之一,小说塑造的拓荒女亚历山德拉是作者理想中的女性新形象之一。本文通过对亚历山德拉在自我身份、婚姻与爱情两方面的矛盾态度进行分析和追索,探讨矛盾背后亚历山德拉对内外自我的疏离和融合,管窥美国西部工业化与城市化过程中,社会变迁以及男女分工对女性自我实现需求的影响。 “Ah! Pioneers” is one of the prairie trilogy of the famous American writer Vera Cather, and the pioneering female Alexandra is one of the ideal new images of women in the novel. By analyzing and tracing Alexandra’s contradictory attitudes in the aspects of self-identity, marriage and love, this thesis explores the alienation and integration of Alexandra from the inside and outside of the country under the contradiction, as well as the process of industrialization and urbanization in the western United States The impact of social changes and the division of labor between men and women on women’s self-actualization needs.