《了不起的盖茨比》的悲剧性解读_英语论文

An Analysis of Tragedy in The Great Gatsby

摘要

弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德被认为是美国“爵士时代”的发言人,其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》描绘了在道德沦丧的社会里美国梦的破灭。国内外的学者们对小说中众多引人深思的话题，如权利、财富及美国梦，都做了深入的研究。本文在国内外研究基础上从当时的历史语境出发，细读文本，从个人、阶级、社会三个层面分析盖茨比梦想破灭的悲剧性。通过分析我们可以看出盖茨比自身性格的矛盾、阶级差异和社会的道德沦丧导致了盖茨比的梦想破灭。

关键词：菲茨杰拉德；美国梦；破灭

Abstract

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most famous American novelists, is the mouthpiece of the Jazz age. His representative work The Great Gatsby shows us a morally bankrupt society and summarizes the process of the evolvement of American dream. The scholars at home and abroad have deeply explored meaningful topics of this novel, such as power, money and American dream. The present paper intends to do a research on causes of disillusionment of Gatsby’s dream from three perspectives: the individual, class and society. Through the analysis, we can see clearly that Gatsby’s contradictory character, class distinctions and the morally bankrupt society lead to the disillusionment of Gatsby’s dream

Key words: Fitzgerald; American dream; disillusionment