根據(jù)作品人物淺析菲茨杰拉德-英語專業(yè)優(yōu)秀畢業(yè)論文
Elementary Analysis on Fitzgerald Based on the Characters of
The Great Gatsby



Contents

Abstract…………………………………………………………………….……….…I
Key Words…………………………...……………………………………...…….…... I
摘要……………………………………………………………………………...……..…...…..Ⅱ
關鍵詞……………………………………………………………………………………..….... Ⅱ
Introduction……………………………………………………………………...….…1
Ⅰ.The Social and Family Background of Fitzgerald…………………………….……3
A. The Family Background of Fitzgerald …………………………………….……3
B. The Social Background of Fitzgerald …………………………………..………5
Ⅱ.The Early Days of Fitzgerald and the Appearance of Gatsby….……….…………7
A. The Early Days of Fitzgerald……………………………………………..…..…7
B. The Appearance of Gatsby….……………………………………….…..…..8
Ⅲ.The Golden Age of Fitzgerald and the Prime Time of Gatsby …………………….9
Ⅳ.The Death of Gatsby and the Down of Fitzgerald…………………….………..…12
A. The Death of Gatsby….….…………………………………………...……..12
B. The Down of Fitzgerald…………………………………………….………….13
Ⅴ.The Final End of the Legend……………………………………….…………..…14
Conclusion……………………………………………………………….…….……..15
Notes……………………………………………………………….…….……..….16
Bibliography………………………………………….…………………...….….…..17
Acknowledgements……………………………………...…………….……….…..18

Abstract

At the time of his death, Fitzgerald was considered as a failed literary hope, a writer victimized by his own indulgences. But since 1940s his literary reputation has steadily risen. Today he is judged to be one of the major American prose writers of this century. In a number of his short stories, and in his finest novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald had revealed the stridency of an age of glittering innocence. In vivid and graceful prose he had, at the same time, described the emptiness and nothingness of American worship of wealth and the unending American dream of love, splendor, and fulfilled desires.
This paper focuses on the study of the similarities between Fitzgerald and Gatsby on the basis of the novel, The Great Gatsby, which consists of several parts as follows:
the first part gives the brief introduction, in which the early days of Fitzgerald and the appearance of Gatsby are introduced. From the ways Fitzgerald used to get the success and the classic posture Gatsby owned in the darkness, we get to know that they are waiting for something which is the symbol of the wealth and the social position.
The second part focuses on the detailed analysis of the similarities between Fitzgerald and Gatsby, which includes their occupation, the way they pursue their top girl, the ways they love and cherish their top girl, and the way to face the cruel and false society, from the analysis we learn that both of them possess an enthusiastic illusion for romantic love with innocence and naiveness.
The last parts makes a conclusion of the paper based on the elementary analysis of the novel, and, in that way, we get to know the idea of the paper that the character of the novel-Gatsby is the embodiment of the author-Fitzgerald.

Key Words

Fitzgerald；Gatsby；similarities；


摘　要

文學界認為他的去世是因為對文學失去了希望。認為菲茨杰拉德是一個因自我放縱而遭受傷害的作家，40 年代以后他的文學地位日益上升?，F(xiàn)在，菲茨杰拉德被認為是二十世紀美國主要的散文作家之一。在菲茨杰拉德的大量短篇故事中，還有他最好的小說《了不起的蓋茨比》中，菲茨杰拉德揭示了美國20年代外表閃耀著天真的時代，而其中又有著刺耳的喧囂。菲茨杰拉德用生動優(yōu)雅的散文揭露了美國拜金主義的空虛，表現(xiàn)了美國人對愛情，豪華生活和無休止的欲望的無止境的追求。
在論文的第一部分的敘述中，我們從菲茨杰拉德的早期的經(jīng)歷可以知道：金錢，成功和社會地位對他早年生活，求學和參軍起著不可磨滅的作用。并且與蓋茨比的職業(yè)，走私客，相比也說明了在當時社會中流行的“無須流汗便可成功”已成為當時社會的一個主題，也說明了金錢，成功和社會地位的重要性。在第二部分中，菲茨杰拉德的追求珊爾達的過程中和蓋茨比追求黛西的過程，還有他們對待他們所愛的女孩的方式和兩個女人的寄生方式更充分的說明了金錢，成功和社會地位的重要性，也說明了在菲茨杰拉德的思想里也有對“無須流汗便可成功“的渴求。最后一部分，以菲茨杰拉德的落魄和蓋茨比的死的悲劇來做結，也說明了當時的美國夢的枯萎。

關鍵詞

菲茨杰拉德；蓋茨比；相似性

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