司各特被称为欧洲“历史小说之父,他的小说,在内容上凸现了历史的整体感和广阔性,体现了他贯穿着妥协调和思想倾向的历史哲理思考。他笔下最有光彩的人物,是苏格兰下层平民。在描写上,他着眼于人物生存环境的时代背景,并按自己的理想作了自觉的历史化改造,有浓厚的浪漫主义色彩,本文以《威弗利》为主要对象从上述几个方面分析了司各特历史小说的主要特点,从而肯定了他在欧洲文学上承前启后,继往开来的作用。 His novel, Scott’s father, is the father of historical novels in Europe. His novels embody the overall sense of history and his expansiveness in content, reflecting his historical philosophical thinking through compromise and reconciliation of his ideological tendencies. In the description, he focused on the historical background of people’s living environment, and according to their own ideals made a conscious historic transformation, a strong romanticism, this article ”Waverly" is The main objects analyzed the main features of Scott’s historical novels from the above aspects, thus affirming his role in European literature on past and future.