An Analysis of the Wilderness Thought in the Albanian Virgin

Mengxue Feng

School of Humanities, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China

Abstract: Wilderness is a common image in Alice Munro’s novels, which is closely related to Canadian national identity. This paper focuses on the thought of wilderness in The Albanian Virgin which is selected from the short story collection—Open Secrets of Alice Munro published in 1994. It discusses gender inequity, the family feud between people and the coexistence and conflicts between wilderness and modern civilization. It is of great practical significance to explore the relationship between man and nature, between man and man, and between nature and modern civilization.

Keywords: Wilderness; Human; Nature; Modern civilization