泛读论文 伟大的盖茨比

山东财经大学

泛读论文

题目：The Great Gatsby

学院外国语学院

专业英语

班级英语一班

学号20110914119

姓名**

指导教师***

二Ｏ一三年六月

The Great Gatsby

by

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Under the Supervision of

***

School of Foreign Studies

Shandong University of Finance and Economics

June 2013

Contents

Abstract in English............................................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

Abstract in Chinese...........................................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

I. Introduction.............................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

1.1 A brief introduction to the Jazz Age (1)

1.2. A brief introduction to the novel (1)

II. The Author's Life...................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

2.1 Fitzgerald‟s Life and Career........................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

III. The American Dream...........................................................................错误！未定义书签。

3.1 Origins of the American Dream..................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

3.2 Essence of the American Dream.................................................................................错误！未定义书签。

3.3 Gatsby‟s Dream (4)

IV. Reasons for the Disillusionment of Dreams (5)

V. My viewpoints on the novel (6)

VI. Conclusion (6)

VI My Feelings (7)

Bibliography (7)

ABSTRACT

On The Great Gatsby in English

ZhangChen

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), the famous American writer in the first half of the twentieth century, is regarded as the spokesman for “the Lost Generation” in American literature. In 1925, The Great Gatsby was published, which is thought to be one of the best works of Fitzgerald, offering a vivid picture about American life in the 1920s.

The Great Gatsby is a symbolic disintegration of the American dream in an era of moral waste and decay and the lack of personal responsibility. In this novel,Fitzgerald discusses a variety of themes, such as justice, power, greed, and the American dream, which many Chinese and foreign scholars have analyzed. This paper focuses on the roots of the withering of Gatsby‟s American dream in The Great Gatsby by means of an analysis on creation background and hero‟s characters, and aims at making people understand this novel more deeply, building a right and healthy moral value.

Through analyzing, we can see that there are three factors lead to Gatsby‟s tragedy. First, Gatsb y‟s dream contains some limitations and contradictory aspects, so it cannot exist in the cruel society. Secondly, Gatsby‟s innocence and naivety make him out of the upper class. Gatsby is not their opponent in the corrupted American society. Finally, compared with Gatsby, there are too much selfish and immoral people and behaviors in this unequal society.