摘要

菲茨杰拉德是20世纪美国的重要作家，被称为爵士时代的发言人。他的巨作，《了不起的盖茨比》不仅是对爵士时代的生动记录，更是作者本人生活的写照。小说主人公盖茨比的梦想实质上是美国梦在作品中的体现。本文将在前人研究的基础上，结合传记式批评和文化批评的方法，重新探索菲茨杰拉德笔下的美国梦。通过对作家生平，写作的时代背景及小说主要人物的分析，指出美国梦的破灭的必然性。在如今这物质高度繁荣的社会，小说的启示对我们仍有重大现实意义。

关键词：了不起的盖茨比；菲茨杰拉德；美国梦：破灭

Abstract

F. Scott. Fitzgerald is one of the most important American writers in the 20th century and is regarded as the spokesman of the “Jazz Age”. His masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, is not only a faithful record of the “Jazz Age” but echoes with the writer’s life. The protagonist’s dream in fact is the reflection of the “American Dream”. Based on the former researchers achievements, this thesis will re-examine the “American Dream” in the 1920s by combining the traditional biographical approach and the cultural criticism approach. By a full analysis of the writer’s biography, the cultural context and the main characters of the novel, the thesis tries to demonstrate that the “American Dream” in the 1920s is impossible to attain. In today’s society, where the material is abundant while the spiritual life is outpaced, the novel still carries significance.

Key words: F. S. Fitzgerald; The Great Gatsby; The American Dream; Disenchantment