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Abstract Abstract: Song of the Lark is a work that embodies the quintessence of Willa Cather’s ecoaesthetic thoughts and concepts. However, studies carried from the perspective of ecocriticism at home and abroad are far from enough. This article, therefore, taking this perspective, reinterprets the novel from three aspects: “Mutual Participatory aesthetics;” “wild thinking;” and “the aestheticization of everyday life” to unveil the writer’s unique thoughts on ecological issues. It is found that Cather is a writer with forward-looking ecoaesthetic consciousness. She shows an ecoaesthetic attitude and ethics towards nature, society and life, and demonstrates in her works the strategy of how to acquire the aesthetic existence. Undoubtedly, excavating and interpreting the ecoaesthetic concepts and consciousness encoded in her works is of great significance to the construction and perfection of the ecoaesthetics theory.
Key Words: Willa Cather; Song of the Lark; eco-aesthetics; Mutual Participatory aesthetics
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