舍伍德·安德森作为19世纪末20世纪初的美国小说家。他在小说中特别关注世纪之交的美国中西部小镇的人们的内心世界。孤独和困惑是他小说中的重要主题,本文拟从“铁路”为切入口,从空间批评的研究视角出发,通过研究小说中“铁路”的空间象征,来探讨小说的主题。 Sherwood Anderson as an American novelist from the late 19th century to early 20th century. In the novel, he pays special attention to the inner world of people in the midwestern towns of the United States at the turn of the century. Loneliness and confusion are important topics in his novels. This paper intends to explore the theme of the novel from the perspective of space criticism from the perspective of space criticism and by studying the spatial symbols of “railway” in the novel.