司各特的《威弗莱》所表现的苏格兰形象一直是学界关注的焦点,苏格兰形象长期被作为英格兰的对立面而遭到歪曲。在司各特创作《威弗莱》的时代,苏格兰被认为是野蛮而充满威胁的民族。《威弗莱》采取喜剧的形式放大苏格兰人的缺陷,采用成长小说的形式将苏格兰表征为暗藏威胁的异域形象。对主流话语表征方式的套用使这部小说成功进入主流话语,被英格兰读者所接受。然而,这部作品并没有复制苏格兰的刻板印象,它用喜剧手法表现出了苏格兰人真挚的情感,通过表现苏格兰人的缺点为他们争取英格兰人的宽容。 Scottish image represented by Scott’s “Weaver” has always been the focus of academic attention. The Scottish image has long been distorted as the opposite of England. In the era of Scott’s creation of Weaver, Scotland was considered a brutal and threatening nation. “Weaver Lai” in the form of comedy amplification Scotch defects, the use of the novel in the form of growing Scotland as a hidden threat to the exotic image. The application of the representation of mainstream discourse made the novel successful in mainstream discourse and was accepted by English readers. However, this work does not reproduce the stereotypes of Scotland. It shows the true Scottish emotion in a comedy manner and strives for the tolerance of the English people by showing the Scottish flaws.