帕特里克·怀特是澳州文学走向本土化历程中杰出的代表性作家。他将西方现代主义作家形上的沉思转化成为创造澳洲本土文学而努力的自觉的使命感,因此其创作不仅具有浓郁的现代主义色彩、注重关注心灵的真实,而且执著于挖掘被淡忘的民族精神、解救当代澳洲人的精神困境。 Patrick White is an outstanding representative writer in the course of localization of Australian literature. He transformed the contemplation of Western modernist writers into a conscious sense of mission to create Australian native literature. Therefore, his writing not only has rich modernism, pays attention to the truth of the mind, but also concentrates on excavating the forgotten national spirit , To save the contemporary Australian spiritual plight.