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完整版《了不起的盖茨比》分析英语专业毕业设计
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题目:
AContrastiveAnalysisoftheGreatnessofGatsbyandtheMeannessofHisFoilsinTheGreatGatsby
教学单位外国语学院___________
姓名_朱兴春________
年级2007级________
专业英语_______
指导教师文培红__________________
职称_副教授_________________
2011年5月14日
Abstract:
ThescholarsthebookTheGreatGatsbywhichwaswrittenbyF.ScottFitzgerald,suchasthewritingstylesoftheauthorinthebook,symbolismandmetaphor,thefailureofthe“Americandream”,theanalysisoftheprotagonist—Gatsby—therepresentativeof’sselfishandmentalemptiness.Onthebasisofthese,itrevealedthefailureofthe“AmericanDream”peoplethattimeswhentheypaidmoreattentiontothematerialisticDream”—Daisy—wasdoomedtofailure.However,Dream
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Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………….I
1Introduction………………………………………………………………….......1
2Theauthor’sexperiencesandthesocialbackground………………………......1
2.1Theauthor’sexperiences………………………………………………...1
2.2Thesocialbackground…………………………………………………...3
3TheanalysisofGatsby’sgreatness……………………………………………...4
3.1.Gatsby’scourageandpersistence……………………………………….4
3.2Gatsby’skindnessandgenerosity………………………………………..6
3.3Gatsby’ssacrifice,filialpietyandself-discipline…….……….……....6
4TheanalysisofDaisy’sandTom’smeanness…………………………………..7
4.1TheanalysisofDaisy……………………………………………………..7
4.1.1Daisy’sbeautyandofthefollies…………………………………………………..9
6Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..10
References………………………………………………………………………12
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………..13
1Introduction
TheGreatGatsbyiswrittenbyAmericanauthorFrancisScottFitzgerald,whoisconsideredamemberofthe“lostgeneration”of1920s.Itwasfirstpublishedin1925.Thefollowingisthemainplotofthenovel.AyoungmannamedNickCaraway,whocametoNewYorkCityinspringof1922.Hebecameinvolvedinthelifeof,whoentertainedthousandsofguestswhodidnotknoweachotherandGatsbyatlovewithNick’scousinDaisybeforethewar.However,,arichbutboringmanof.WhenGatsbycamebackafterthewarDaisybyearningmoneyasabootlegger.After.Gatsbytriedreturn,TomrevealedthatGatsbytosob.DrivingGatsby’sbluecar,she,andshewassocrazythatshedidnotknowwhatshecoulddo.GatsbyremainedsilentinordertoprotectthatitwasGatsbywhokilledmurderedGatsbyandthencommittedsuicide.TomandDaisyleftLongIslandintheafternoonwhenGatsbywaskilledanddidcallneitherNicknorGatsby.NickwaslefttoarrangeGatsby’sfuneral,attendedonlybyGatsby’sfatherandoneformerguest.TheGreatGatsbywasthereflectionofthetimeswhichFitzgeraldcalled“theJazzAge”andrecordedthelifepeoplelivedinthattime.
2Thebriefintroductionoftheauthorandthesocialbackground
FrancisScottFitzgeraldlivedintheperiodthatwasbetweentheWWIandtheroaringtwenties.Hetraditionalvaluewhichwascontradictedtothemainvalueinthoseyears.Sototheauthor
FrancisScottFitzgeraldwasbornonSeptember24,1896,andnamedafterSt.Paul,Minnesota.Thoughanintelligentchild,schoolandwassenttoaNewJerseyboardingschoolin1911.Despitebeingamediocrestudentthere,in1913.Academictroublesandapathyplaguedthearmyin1917,asWorldWarIcametotheend.Fitzgeraldbecameasecondlieutenant,andwasstationedatCampSheridan,inMontgomery,Alabama.Therelovewithawildseventeen-year-oldbeautynamedZeldaSayre.Zeldafinallyagreedtomarry,andleisureledofThisSideofParadisein1920,Fitzgeraldbecamealiterarysensation,earningenoughmoneyandfametoconvinceZeldatomarry1925.LikeFitzgerald,NickCarrawaywasathoughtfulyoungmanfromMinnesota,educatedatanIvyLeagueschool(inNick’scase,Yale),whomovedtoNewYorkafterthewar.AlsosimilartoFitzgeraldwasJayGatsby,asensitiveyoungmanwhoidolizedwealthandluxuryandwhofellinlovewithabeautifulyoungwomanwhilestationedatamilitarycampintheSouth.Havingbecomeacelebrity,Fitzgeraldfellintoawild,recklesslife-styleofpartiesanddecadence,whiledesperatelytryingtopleaseZeldabywritingtoearnmoney.Similarly,Gatsbyamassedagreatdealofwealthatarelativelyyoungage,anddevotedDaisy’slove.AsthegiddinessoftheRoaringTwentiesdissolvedintothebleaknessoftheGreatDepression,andFitzgeraldbattledalcoholism,which1934,andsoldshortstoriestoTheSaturdayEveningPosttosupport1937,1940,whileworkingon,erathatin1925,TheGreatGatsbywasoneofthegreatestliterarydocumentsofthisperiod,inwhichtheAmericaneconomysoared,bringingunprecedentedlevelsofprosperitytothenation.Prohibition,thebanonthesaleandconsumptionofalcoholmandatedbythe“EighteenthAmendmenttotheConstitution”(1919),mademillionairesoutofbootleggers,andanundergroundcultureofrevelrysprangup.Sprawlingprivatepartiesmanagedtoeludepolicenotice,and“speakeasies”—secretclubsthatsoldliquor—thrived.ThechaosandviolenceofWorldWarIleftAmericainastateofshock,andthegenerationthatfoughtthewarturnedtowildandextravagantlivingtocompensate.Thestaidconservatismandtimewornvaluesofthepreviousdecadewereturnedontheirear,asmoney,opulence,andexuberancebecametheorderoftheday.LikeNickinTheGreatGatsby,Fitzgeraldfoundthisnewlifestyleseductiveandexciting,and,likeGatsby,anerainwhichunrestrainedmaterialismsetthetoneofsociety,particularlyinthelargecitiesoftheEast.Evenso,likeNick,FitzgeraldsawthroughtheglitteroftheJazzAgetothemoralemptinessandmanyways,TheGreatGatsbyrepresentedFitzgerald’sattempttoconfrontbywhosymbolizedeverythingassheledDream”andshowedthementaloutlookofthe’sinthe“wasteera”duringtheGreatDepression.Henotonlyandreality,successandfailure,proudanddown,torevelinanddecadent,loveandsuffer,theconflictbetweentheAmericancultureandEuropeculture,betweentheeastandwest,betweenthedreamsanddisillusionment,etc..Withallthesefeelingsin.So”.
2.2ThesocialbackgroundbetweentheWWIandthe“RoaringTwenties”
TheWWIwasendedin1919andAmericawasundoubtfullythewinner.SinceAmericaaffordedthemunitionstothebothsidesofthecountriesatthebeginningoftheWWI,AmericagotalotofmoneyanditseconomywasstrengthenedwhichmadeAmericabecomeacreditornationfromadebtornation.Afterthewar,Americawasinanunprecedentederaofeconomyprosperityandbountifulsubstance.Atthesametime,itssocietywasfilledwiththemoraldecadence,becausejusticeandfaithbecamethecheatingwordswhichdefeatedthewholegenerationastheessenceoftheimperialistwarwasexposedgradually.Oftheruinsoftheancienttradition,faith,andidea,theAmericanyouthlivedinadeficitspendingandpleasurelife.Moneywasregardedasthemostimportantthingintheworld.Whilethetraditionalvaluefacedchallenge,thenewvaluewasnotformed.Sothepeopleintheseyears.“AmericanDream”madeallthepeople’seyesdazzlingasacolorfulballoonwanderingintheair.(吴建国,p32)“Allthegodsfinished,allthefaithallyearsfromtheyearof1919totheyearof1929,andFitzgeralddescribedtheatmosphereofthisperiodas“Thisisaconstantlymiraclesera,aprosperoustimes,aprofligateera,aneraofirony.”(Fitzgerald,p14)inagewhenindividualeffortcounted,whenamancouldriseefforts,andwhenifthesystemfailed,itwasthefaultofrapscallionsandcrooks;theversionremainedanidealandthestandardfromwhichcriticismandjudgmentscouldbemade.
However,WWIshatteredthisversion.ItendedonceandforallthefaithinindividualeffortthaterodingsincetheRevolutionandthefictioninthisperiod.AsMarkSchorersystemandtheefficacyofindividualeffortwasthedistinguishingcharacteristicofpostwarAmericanwriting.“TherootlessnessofpostwarAmericansociety,itsrestlessalienation,anditsconsequentrelianceonmoneywereregardedasacodeforexpressingemotionsandidentity.”(Brueccoli,p46)
3TheanalysisofGatsby’sgreatness
Gatsbywasamanwhosparednoeffortstoachieveordertorealizeit,mademoneybybootlegging.However,whosewifewaskilledbyDaisy.ThoughDream”andalifewhotriedmyrightwasacolossalaffairbyanystandard-itwasafactualimitationofsomeHoteldeVilleinNormandy,withatowerononeside,spankingnewunderathinbeardofrawivy,andamarbleswimmingpool,andmorethanfortyacresoflawnandgarden.ItwasGatsby’smansion.”(Fitzgerald,p9)Fromthesewords,wecanspeculate.
HefellinlovewithDaisywhenthearmy,Daisyagain.Thus,togetsomeinformationofDaisy.Forfiveyearsordertogetmoney,inheritedmoneyfromCody.“JamesGatz-thatwasreally,oratleastlegally,andatthespecificmomentthatwitnessedthebeginningofCody’syachtdropanchoroverthemostinsidiousflatonLakeSuperior.”(Fitzgerald,p97)AtthattimewhenGatsbysawCody,Codywasfiftyyearsoldand.CodygotlotsofmoneythroughcoppertransactionsinMantana.Thus,manygirlsandwomenwantedtogainEllaKayegotitafterCody’sdeath.What;thevaguecontourofJayGatsby.
Gatsby’spursuitforlove,Daisy,andmoneyandDream.”“Gatsby’slifewasfilledwithdream,thedreamofbeautyandlove.Hededicatedallandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars.”(Fitzgerald,p49)“Onweekendsomnibus,bearingpartiestoandfromthecitybetweennineinthemorningandlongpastmidnight,whilewagonscamperedlikeabriskyellowbugtomeetalltrains.AndonMondayseightservants,includinganex
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