美国文学 菲茨杰拉德 Fitzgerald 课件
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❖ Throughout his life, both Fitzgerald’s greatest happiness and deepest sorrow were caused by Zelda. They lived expensively, and their need for money was tremendous.
❖ Upon the dramatic crash of the stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929, 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy.
❖ He met his girl friend Zelda Sayre in the same way as Gatsby meets Daisy in his novel.
❖ Zelda was the daughter of a judge in Montgomery, Alabama, a beautiful society girl, who told Fitzgerald that she liked him well enough but it would be too expensive for him to marry her.
❖ The moral code of the 1920’s roaring decade:
Sucess means money, and money means happiness.
❖ The characteristics of the 1920’s roaring decade:
美国文学之菲茨杰拉德,福克纳,海明威 Fitzgerald,Faulkner and Hemingway
3) Artistic view Like Henry James, Fitzgerald would keep an aesthetic distance from his characters, thinking that the author should be detached as much as possible so as to give more freedom to his characters. He uses the limited point of view, leaving much of the narration to a character that shares more or less his ideas. In writing novels, he also adopts dualism, that is, to involve himself in the story and to detach himself from it at the same time so that he can stand aside and analyze that participation, which not only makes his work more mature but also more powerful.
5) Symbolism is another artistic merit in Fitzgerald‟s fiction. 6) The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is F. Scott Fitzgerald. 7) The Great Gatsby, a book about the Jazz Age, is a case study in people‟s pursuit of an elusive American Dream. 8) When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about Fitzgerald's thematic concern in his fiction writing. 9) Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream. 10) Most critics have agreed that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.
美国文学Francis Scott Fitzgerald(课堂PPT)
1922年：Tales of the Jazz Age 《爵士时代的故事》
1922年：The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 《本杰明巴顿奇事》
1926年：All the Sad Young Men 《所有悲伤的年轻人的故事》
Other notable works：
1923年：The Vegetable《蔬菜》
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德
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Contents:
1.Life and career of Francis Scott Fitzgerald 2. Fitzgerald’s major works 3. Fitzgerald’s writing style 4. Representative work-----The Great Gatsby ➢ plot of this book ➢ distinctive female characters ➢ Jazz Age and the decaying American dream
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In 21 December 1940,he died of heart attack
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2.Fitzgerald’s major works
Novels：
1920年：This Side of Paradise《尘世乐园》
1922年：The Beautiful and Damned《美丽与毁灭》
19240250年/4/：27The Crack-Up《崩溃》
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3. Fitzgerald’s writing style
F.Scott-Fizgerald-美国文学菲茨杰拉德PPT课件
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Life
Zelda’s Collapse (1930) (Save Me the Waltz)
remind readers of The Mad Woman in the Attic
Born in 1900, She became a 'roarer' of the 1920s and met F.Scott Fitzgerald at one of the many social dances she attended.
the fifth chapter: the encounter of two groups
the latter four chapters: present two groups’ conflicts Point of view
-endless cocktail party…
这是一个奇迹的时代，一个艺术的时代，一个挥金如土的时代，也是一个充满嘲讽的时代
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---the first step that American fiction has taken
since Henry James
香魂一缕随风散，愁绪三更入梦遥
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Life
菲茨杰拉德的夫人泽尔达曾是当时瞩目的美人， 为了一睹芳容，部队士兵到她家附近的大道上操 练。军队飞行员也用花哨的特技飞行表演和编队 低空飞行从她家上空呼啸而过，直到有个不幸的 飞行员机毁人亡。而当战争结束，全城出动观看 大阅兵，军警不得不在她周围拉了一道警戒线。
The couple became increasingly eccentric and erratic; Scott became an alcoholic and Zelda developed schizophrenia. In 1932 Zelda became seriously ill and wrote Save me the Waltz (six weeks) to the envy of her husband who had been writing Tender is the Night (five years). Zelda died in a hospital fire in 1947.
F.-Scott-Fitzgerald作品风格PPT演示课件
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The experience of Fitzgerald
Entered the Princeton University Left the university without graduating
Joint the army Met Zelda (a beatiful daughter of an court judge)and deeply
The kind of Jazz Age style ---Young and glamorous pople who try to live the American dream of money, success and happiness, only to have their lives touched by sadness and even tragedy.
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This Side of Paradise (1920)
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The Great Gatsby
The poor youth
Gatsby falls in love
with a beautiful upper
class girl Daisy .
Gatsby also joins the
army. Daisy thinks he is
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Literary Characteristics
Themes: money and love desire of the young idealistic
Their life experience and spiritual world have the close inner link with the author .
fell in love. Left the army,writed his novel,shot to fame,and won Zelda as his
The experience of Fitzgerald
Entered the Princeton University Left the university without graduating
Joint the army Met Zelda (a beatiful daughter of an court judge)and deeply
The kind of Jazz Age style ---Young and glamorous pople who try to live the American dream of money, success and happiness, only to have their lives touched by sadness and even tragedy.
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This Side of Paradise (1920)
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The Great Gatsby
The poor youth
Gatsby falls in love
with a beautiful upper
class girl Daisy .
Gatsby also joins the
army. Daisy thinks he is
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Literary Characteristics
Themes: money and love desire of the young idealistic
Their life experience and spiritual world have the close inner link with the author .
fell in love. Left the army,writed his novel,shot to fame,and won Zelda as his
美国文学F·Scott Fitzgerald PPT
pplied to the era of the 1920s in the U.S., whose frenetic（狂热的 ） youth of the post war period were conceived as more juvenile（孩子气的 ） and hedonistic（享乐主义） than the “lost generation”. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) was a classic representation of the period.
Jazz Age
• A period of U.S. history in the 1920s noted for general prosperity, financial speculation金融投机, Prohibition, the emergence of organized crime, the popularity of jazz and the open pursuit pleasures.
• Prohibition: Enacted in 1919 (and ultimately repealed in 1933), this amendment made it illegal for anyone to manufacture, sell, or transport liquor of any sort.
in the actions of the story. As a narrator, he is standing away from the story
and able to give an objective presentation to the events and characters of the novel. How?
Jazz Age
• A period of U.S. history in the 1920s noted for general prosperity, financial speculation金融投机, Prohibition, the emergence of organized crime, the popularity of jazz and the open pursuit pleasures.
• Prohibition: Enacted in 1919 (and ultimately repealed in 1933), this amendment made it illegal for anyone to manufacture, sell, or transport liquor of any sort.
in the actions of the story. As a narrator, he is standing away from the story
and able to give an objective presentation to the events and characters of the novel. How?
Fitzgerald生平简介英文PPT
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Overview
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himselfБайду номын сангаас He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, and his most famous, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.
Lost Generation
coined by Gertude Stein refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris from the time period which saw the end of WWI to the beginning of the Great Depression. More generally, the term is being used for the young adults of Europe and America during WWI. They were "lost" because after the war many of them were disillusioned with the world in general and unwilling to move into a settled life.
Overview
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himselfБайду номын сангаас He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, and his most famous, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.
Lost Generation
coined by Gertude Stein refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris from the time period which saw the end of WWI to the beginning of the Great Depression. More generally, the term is being used for the young adults of Europe and America during WWI. They were "lost" because after the war many of them were disillusioned with the world in general and unwilling to move into a settled life.
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Conclusion
• reveals the falseness of ideals and moves toward disillusion
• All his stories：morality, industry, and maturity（成熟）
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• his stories can be regarded as moral fables. He was interested in people’s dreams and failures. He showed more interest in subject matter than in structure.
Outline
Profile人物简介 Representative Works代表作品 Works Analysis作品分析 Evaluation人物评价
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Profile人物简介
1896 – 1940
He was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age.
• writing style：simple, vivid, graceful, precise and polished.
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Evaluation
• one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century
• the chronicler of the 1920s in America and the spokesman of the Lost Generation
Conclusion
• reveals the falseness of ideals and moves toward disillusion
• All his stories：morality, industry, and maturity（成熟）
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• his stories can be regarded as moral fables. He was interested in people’s dreams and failures. He showed more interest in subject matter than in structure.
Outline
Profile人物简介 Representative Works代表作品 Works Analysis作品分析 Evaluation人物评价
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Profile人物简介
1896 – 1940
He was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age.
• writing style：simple, vivid, graceful, precise and polished.
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Evaluation
• one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century
• the chronicler of the 1920s in America and the spokesman of the Lost Generation
F.Scott Fizgerald 美国文学菲茨杰拉德课件
Themes
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s America dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. In the 1920s depicted in the novel, easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted the dream. G is ruined by an unworthy woman, just as the American dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthy pursuit of money and pleasure. The Gulf between the East and the West The West represents the newly rich, who are gaudy, ostentatious and vulgar (G’s ornate mansion, pink suit, Rolls-Royce), yet sincere and loyal; The East represents the old aristocracy, who are graceful, subtle and elegant (Buchanans’ tasteful home, the white dresses of Daisy and Jordan), yet careless and selfish. remind readers of Henry James’ “international theme”
F. Scott Fitzgerald 美国文学菲斯杰拉德英文课件ppt
Major works
• novel
• This Side of Paradise《天堂的另一面》: His first novel. It won for him wealth and fame. • The Beautiful and Damned 《漂亮冤家》又名《美丽与毁灭》 • The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比/长岛春梦》: His masterpiece. It made him one of the greatest American novelists. • Tender is the Night《夜色温柔》 . • The Last Tycoon《最后的大亨》: His last novel. It remains unfinished.
• 整个夏天的夜晚都有音乐声从我邻居家传过来。 在他蔚蓝的花园里，男男女女像飞蛾一般在笑语、 香摈和繁垦中间来来往往。下午涨潮的时候，我 看着他的客人从他的木筏的跳台上跳水，或是躺 在他私人海滩的热沙上晒太阳，同时他的两艘小 汽艇破浪前进，拖着滑水板驶过翻腾的浪花。每 逢周末，他的罗尔斯一罗伊斯轿车就成了公共汽 车，从早晨九点到深更半夜往来城里接送客人， 同时他的旅行车也像一只轻捷的黄硬壳虫那样去 火车站接所有的班车。每星期一，八个仆人，包 括一个临时园丁，整整苦于一天，用许多拖把、 板刷、榔头、修技剪来收拾前一晚的残局。
F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Life and Career • Major and the Jazz Age • The American Dream • Case Study
Life and career
• Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896 • Had an expensive education in private schools at Princeton. • Due to illness and neglect of academic study, he left the university in 1917 without graduation.
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Zelda had suffered from some serious mental breakdowns which confined her in a sanitarium(疗养 院) for the rest of her life.
Alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin Fitzgerald. He died in 1940 of a heart attack.
The Lost Generation
It refers to, in general, the post-World War First’ generation, but specifically a group of expatriate disillusioned intellectuals and artists, who experimented on new modes of thought and expression by rebelling against former ideals and values and replacing them only by despair or a cynical hedonism（享乐主义）.
The young couple frequently went abroad and lived extravagantly a luxurious life.
To keep earning enough money, Fitzgerald wrote
short stories and novels at a
Major works
novel
This Side of Paradise《人间天堂》: His first novel. It won for him wealth and fame.
Alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin Fitzgerald. He died in 1940 of a heart attack.
The Lost Generation
It refers to, in general, the post-World War First’ generation, but specifically a group of expatriate disillusioned intellectuals and artists, who experimented on new modes of thought and expression by rebelling against former ideals and values and replacing them only by despair or a cynical hedonism（享乐主义）.
The young couple frequently went abroad and lived extravagantly a luxurious life.
To keep earning enough money, Fitzgerald wrote
short stories and novels at a
Major works
novel
This Side of Paradise《人间天堂》: His first novel. It won for him wealth and fame.
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盖茨比的梦想
追求美国梦，即通过个人努力和 奋斗实现财富和社会地位的提升
。
梦想与现实的冲突
盖茨比的梦想与现实社会存在着巨 大的鸿沟，这导致了他的悲剧结局 。
对现实的反思
盖茨比的悲剧引发了对当时美国社 会现实的深刻反思，人们开始认识 到美国梦的虚幻性和局限性。
盖茨比的人生哲学和价值观
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个人奋斗
象征意义
绿色灯塔象征着盖茨比的梦想和追求 ；黛茜家的码头象征着盖茨比与黛茜 的过去和无法实现的爱情。
CHAPTER 03
《了不起的盖茨比》的艺术 特色
语言风格和技巧
语言优美
菲茨杰拉德的语言运用得非常优美， 他的文字表达富有诗意，给人留下深 刻的印象。
比喻和象征
细节描写
菲茨杰拉德非常注重细节描写，他通 过对人物、场景、物品等细节的刻画 ，让读者更加深入地理解人物和故事 。
人物塑造和描写
人物性格
菲茨杰拉德的人物塑造非常成功，他通过对人物性格的深入挖掘和刻画，使得人 物形象更加鲜明和立体。
人物关系
菲茨杰拉德非常注重人物之间的关系，他通过人物之间的互动和关系，来推动故 事的发展和深化主题。
CHAPTER 04
《了不起的盖茨比》的社会 意义
20世纪20年代美国社会背景
经济繁荣
20世纪20年代，美国经济 经历了一个飞速发展的时 期，被称为“爵士时代” 。
消费主义盛行
随着经济的繁荣，消费主 义文化逐渐成为主流，人 们对物质享受的追求达到 了前所未有的高度。
道德观念转变
这个时代的年轻人对传统 的道德观念和价值观产生 了质疑，开始追求自由、 享乐和个人主义。
盖茨比的梦想与现实
追求美国梦，即通过个人努力和 奋斗实现财富和社会地位的提升
。
梦想与现实的冲突
盖茨比的梦想与现实社会存在着巨 大的鸿沟，这导致了他的悲剧结局 。
对现实的反思
盖茨比的悲剧引发了对当时美国社 会现实的深刻反思，人们开始认识 到美国梦的虚幻性和局限性。
盖茨比的人生哲学和价值观
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02
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个人奋斗
象征意义
绿色灯塔象征着盖茨比的梦想和追求 ；黛茜家的码头象征着盖茨比与黛茜 的过去和无法实现的爱情。
CHAPTER 03
《了不起的盖茨比》的艺术 特色
语言风格和技巧
语言优美
菲茨杰拉德的语言运用得非常优美， 他的文字表达富有诗意，给人留下深 刻的印象。
比喻和象征
细节描写
菲茨杰拉德非常注重细节描写，他通 过对人物、场景、物品等细节的刻画 ，让读者更加深入地理解人物和故事 。
人物塑造和描写
人物性格
菲茨杰拉德的人物塑造非常成功，他通过对人物性格的深入挖掘和刻画，使得人 物形象更加鲜明和立体。
人物关系
菲茨杰拉德非常注重人物之间的关系，他通过人物之间的互动和关系，来推动故 事的发展和深化主题。
CHAPTER 04
《了不起的盖茨比》的社会 意义
20世纪20年代美国社会背景
经济繁荣
20世纪20年代，美国经济 经历了一个飞速发展的时 期，被称为“爵士时代” 。
消费主义盛行
随着经济的繁荣，消费主 义文化逐渐成为主流，人 们对物质享受的追求达到 了前所未有的高度。
道德观念转变
这个时代的年轻人对传统 的道德观念和价值观产生 了质疑，开始追求自由、 享乐和个人主义。
盖茨比的梦想与现实
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菲茨杰拉德创作风格与技 巧
独特的叙事视角和语言风格
第一人称叙事
菲茨杰拉德善于运用第一人称叙 事，通过主人公的视角展现故事 ，使读者更加深入地了解人物内
心世界。
诗意语言
他的语言优美、富有诗意，善于运 用比喻、拟人等修辞手法，使作品 充满文学性和艺术性。
抒情与幽默并存
在叙事中融入抒情和幽默元素，使 作品既具有深刻的思想内涵，又不 失轻松愉快的阅读体验。
独特的叙事风格
小说采用第一人称叙事方式，通过尼 克的视角来展现故事，使得读者能够 更加深入地了解人物内心世界和小说 主题。
象征手法的运用
小说中运用了大量的象征手法，如绿 光、灰烬谷等，这些象征不仅丰富了 小说的艺术表现力，还深化了小说的 主题思想。
精湛的心理描写
小说中对人物心理的描写非常精湛， 能够深入揭示人物的内心世界和情感 变化，使得人物形象更加立体生动。
美国文学菲茨杰 拉德Fitzgerald 课件
目录
• 菲茨杰拉德简介与背景 • 《了不起的盖茨比》解读 • 《夜色温柔》赏析 • 菲茨杰拉德短篇小说选讲 • 菲茨杰拉德创作风格与技巧 • 菲茨杰拉德与其他作家比较研究
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菲茨杰拉德简介与背景
生平经历及主要作品
生平经历
菲茨杰拉德出生于美国明尼苏达州圣保罗市，是20世纪美国 文学的重要代表之一。他的人生经历丰富多彩，包括与旧情 人关系的纠缠、对财富和名利的追求、以及自身的精神苦闷 等，这些经历都成为他创作的源泉。
影响
菲茨杰拉德的作品对后来的文学创作产生了重要的影响，尤其是在描绘人物性格和揭示社会问题方面 。他的作品启发了许多作家和艺术家，成为他们创作的灵感源泉。同时，他的作品也深刻地反映了人 类精神世界的复杂性和多样性，对读者产生了深远的影响。
美国文学课堂展示Fitzgerald简介PPT
• Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on September 24th, 1896.
• When he was thirteen, F.Scott Fitzgerald published his first story in the school newspapaccounts, F.Scott Fitzgerald was an alcoholic. He struggled with depression and he watched as his friends like Ernest Hemingway got more and more successful while he kind of got less and less successful.
and made him incredible wealthy.
• A week after the novel was published, he felt comfortable asking Zelda to marry him. And they eventually had a daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald.
order to write his novels.
• Fitzgerald’s subsequent novels, such as his 1934 ‘Tender is the Night’ 《夜色温 柔》never matched the success of ‘The Great Gatsby’.
biggest selling great American classic.
美国文学F·Scott Fitzgerald
What does the fact that he has been drunk for one week indicate?
How do you understand this? “I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger-bowl of champagne, and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound.”
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Are there differences between Nick and other guests?
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Why is the man with owl-eyed spectacles impressed with the fact that the books in the libraries are real? What does he expect?
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Characters
Jay Gatsby— rags-to-riches success story makes him an
embodiment of the American dream, idealistic, naïve,
Daisy Buchannan Tom Buchannan Nick Carraway
Who are his party guests? What do they do or not do in the parities? What does this show?
What information do you get about Gatsby himself?
How do you understand this? “I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger-bowl of champagne, and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound.”
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Are there differences between Nick and other guests?
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Why is the man with owl-eyed spectacles impressed with the fact that the books in the libraries are real? What does he expect?
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Characters
Jay Gatsby— rags-to-riches success story makes him an
embodiment of the American dream, idealistic, naïve,
Daisy Buchannan Tom Buchannan Nick Carraway
Who are his party guests? What do they do or not do in the parities? What does this show?
What information do you get about Gatsby himself?
英美文学欣赏最新版教学课件美国文学Unit 9 F. Scott Fitzgerald
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
《了不起的盖茨比》是一部关于美国梦的追寻及其幻灭的杰作。一 方面作者菲兹杰拉德在小说中写尽了爵士时代的风情与美国梦的堕落； 另一方面，他又非常崇尚主人公对梦想孜孜以求的顽强精神。盖茨比这 一形象在菲兹杰拉德笔下极具魅力，其了不起处在于他使自己的物质成 功绝对服从于自己的梦想，以及他追求自己梦想所具有的大无畏气概和 坚定不移的决心。小说的悲剧性在于：盖茨比的理想化身竟是一个“金 姑娘”。他的理想追求必须建立在物欲和金钱的基础上，而其物质成功 的基础又是那般脆弱至不堪一击。故事本身及主人公命运都是悲剧性的， 它是一个时代的寓言，也是一个把爱情建立在物质基础之上的悲剧。
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
菲兹杰拉德出生于美国中西部明尼苏达州一个商人家庭。 幼时家境 不佳，靠母亲方面亲戚的资助，在专为富人与贵族子弟办的学校上学。 第一次世界大战爆发后菲兹杰拉德应征入伍，他与泽尔达 ·赛瑞（Zelda Sayre）相爱并订婚。泽尔达才貌出众，向往奢华生活。菲兹杰拉德战后 曾到纽约谋职，但收入不能令他满意，他决定靠写作赢得他们未来生活 的保障。他的第一部书稿被出版商退还。泽尔达与他解除婚约。1920 年 3 月，小说《人间天堂》（This Side of Paradise）出版，菲兹杰拉德名声 雀起。两人完婚。成名后的菲兹杰拉德旋即携妻子跨入富人世界，成为 纽约和巴黎的社交名流，他甚至被冠以爵士时代“金童”的雅号。1922 年秋，他定居在纽约长岛的豪华别墅里，过着《了不起的盖茨比》中描 写的那种挥金如土的生活。他在《崩溃》（The Crack-Up，1945） 一书 中，曾坦白承认他一直不信任有钱人，自己却不停地为金钱而劳累。
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
作品简介
《了不起的盖茨比》是菲茨杰拉德最优秀 的作品，也是 20 世纪初美国现实主义小 说的杰作。盖茨比对他所结识的第一个 “大家闺秀”黛西一见倾心，以为在她身 上找到了完美理想的化身。但终因盖茨比 缺乏维持他们关系所必不可少的金钱保证 和家庭背景，她选择了世家子弟汤姆 ·布 坎农做她的丈夫。五年以后，盖茨比通过 非法经营成为巨富。他将自己的住宅选在 黛西家可以望见的对面，夜夜守望黛西家 里那盏通宵不灭的绿灯。他大排筵宴广纳 宾朋，只是为了换得黛西的回首一顾。盖 茨比的惊人财富又使她心荡神摇，旧情萌 动。
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Literary Characteristics
Simplicity and gracefulness Metaphors and symbols Manipulating relation between the general and the specific Bold impressionistic and colorful quality
Literary Characteristics
Themes: money and love Attitude towards money: contradictory and complex Double vision: knowing it well inside; seeing it ironically outside Special experience: familiar with life style, mental state and moral standards of the rich Critical of the rich and showing the disintegrating effects of wealth on the emotional make-up
Literary Characteristics
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Fitzgerald: excellent chronicler of the Jazz Age Greatness: finding intuitively in his personal experience the embodiment of that of the nation and creating a myth out of American life Pursuing his ideals; objective enough to analyze, satirize and criticize them
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald Quotes
“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” “The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” “Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.” “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” “An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.”
Quesstions about Chapter III
What is the importance of Nick being among the last of Gatsby’s guests? How many phone calls does Gatsby receive? How does it contribute to the plot development? How does the car accident point up to the nature of the party? What does the author do to make readers know more about the narrator? Is it a digression from the main story line?
Quesstions about Chapter III
How does Gatsby strike Nick as contrasted with Tom in their first meeting in Chapter One? What details does the narrator cite as representative of Gatsby’s extravagance? In what way is Nick different from Gatsby’s other guests? What does Lucille’s story about Gatsby point up to? As he moves from being a spectator to being a participant, Nick is able to provide an informed view of not only what goes on at Gatsby’s parties, but also what the partygoers themselves are like. Comment on Jordan’s role in Chapter Three.
Quesstions about Chapter III
What irony is there in having a drunken man commenting on the books in Gatsby’s library? What is peculiar about his appearance? What is the psychological basis of Gatsby’s affected speech manners? At some point readers realize that Nick the narrator is serving as a camera that introduces us to various corners at the party. Cite examples of the camera being in a longdistance shot, medium shot and a close-up. Also, what quality in the tone helps associate the narrator with a camera?
Life and Career
Malcolm Cowley: the Jazz age was “not so much a historical period as a legend of glitter, of recklessness, and of talent in such profusion that it was sown broadcast like wild oats.” It was a legend of “Americans adolescence before pain set in.” Becoming “the angel of twenties” ; The Beautiful and the Damned published in 1922 Going to France in 1924; spokesman of “The Lost Generation”; producing The Great Gatsby in 1925; Tender Is the Night and stories Marriage problem; Loneliness, alcohol, and the awareness that he was dissipating his talent: breakdown On the brink of despair and disintegration between 1934 and 1937; ill with TB, drinking more heavily, and making two unsuccessful attempts at suicide Accepting a writing contract for Hollywood, but dismissed from his work late in 1938 Starting the writing of The Last Tycoon which remained unfinished with his death in 1940.
F. S. Fitzgerald
Life and Career Literary Characteristics The Great Gatsby
Life and Career
Birth: born into a St. Paul middle-class family in 1896 Father: gentlemanly but unsuccessful in business Mother: descendant of an Irish immigrant Entering Princeton at 17 Joining the army in 1917; writing The Romantic Egoist ; falling in love with Zelda Sayre Discharged from the army in 1919; going to New York Returning to St. Paul; publishing This Side of Paradise in 1920 Getting married; going to New York; Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age published in 1920 and 1922 respectively