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1、中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文中原工学院毕 业 论 文毕业论文题目：毕业论文题目：The Disillusionment of the American DreamThe Social Significance of The Great Gatsby 学生姓名：学生姓名： 聂姿伊聂姿伊学学 号：号： 1 1院（系）：院（系）： 外国语学院英语系外国语学院英语系专专 业：业： 英语英语班班 级：级： 20062006 级本科级本科 1 1 班班指导教师姓名：指导教师姓名： 仝志敏仝志敏指导教师职称：指导教师职称： 讲师讲师起止时间：起止时间： 20092009 年年 1010 月月201020
2、10 年年 5 5 月月（外国语学院制表）（外国语学院制表）中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文iThe Disillusionment of the American DreamThe Social Significance of The Great GatsbyA Thesis SubmittedTo Foreign Languages DepartmentOf Zhongyuan University of TechnologyIn Partial Fulfillment of the RequirementsFor the Degree of Bachelor of ArtsByNie Z
3、iyiSupervisor：Professor Tong ZhiminMay, 2010中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文iiSCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Zhongyuan University of TechnologyDeclaration of Academic IntegrityI promise that the thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any institutes of higher
4、 learning and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person, except when due reference is made in the text of the thesis. I understand that to do so would mean that I had committed plagiarism, and that it is my respons
5、ibility to be aware of the Universitys regulations on plagiarism and their importance.Signed: Date: 中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文iiiThe Disillusionment of the American DreamThe Social Significance of The Great GatsbyAbstract: The 1920s was a decade when the outline of contemporary America clearly formed. World W
6、ar I created a new generation, the Lost Generation and a new time, the Jazz Agea time of profound cultural and social changes. American people had to make a choice between traditional values and new standards adopted by young people. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as a t
7、ime of decayed social and moral values. Cynicism, greed, and pursuit of pleasure became the symbols of this period. They changed the nature of the original American Dream and finally ruined it. The intention of this study is to explore the social significance reflected in the disillusionment of the
8、American Dream through the comparison between the characters and events in the novel and the social reality and the diachronic analysis of the American dream.Key words: social significance; the disillusionment of American Dream; the Jazz Age中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文iv美国梦的破灭美国梦的破灭试析试析了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比所反映的社会意义所反映
9、的社会意义摘要：摘要：二十世纪二十年代是当代美国社会初具雏形的年代。第一次世界大战造就了新的一代人迷惘的一代，爵士乐时代也由此拉开序幕。在这一时期，美国经历了深刻的文化与社会变革，美国人也必须在传统价值观和广为年轻人接受的新价值观之间做出选择。在了不起的盖茨比中，菲茨杰拉德刻画了这个以玩世不恭、贪图享乐为标志，社会和道德价值腐化堕落，美国梦的本质发生蜕变并最终破灭的年代。本文将小说中的人物和事件与社会现实进行比较，对美国梦做了历时性的分析，从而揭示小说所反映的社会意义美国梦的破灭。关键词：关键词：社会意义；美国梦的破灭；爵士乐时代中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文vContents1 Intro
10、duction.12 A Panorama of American Society in The Great Gatsby.22.1 Materialism.22.2 Immorality.32.3 Inequality.43 The Fall of the American Dream Reflected in The Great Gatsby.63.1 The definition of the American Dream.63.2 The evolution of the American Dream.73.3 The disillusionment of the American D
11、ream.74 Conclusion.9References.10Acknowledgements.11中原工学院外国语学院本科毕业论文1The Disillusionment of the American DreamThe Social Significance of The Great Gatsby1 IntroductionThe Great Gatsby, a novel written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in 1925, is a highly specific portra
12、it of American society during the Roaring Twenties. The central character is Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is Gatsbys neighbor in West Egg. After a reunion arranged by Nick, Gatsby and his love Daisy reestablish their connection and begin an affair. After a short time, Daisys husband Tom, though he himself is involved in an extramarital affair with Myrtle Wilson, is deeply outraged by the thought that h
