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1、F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby,Outline:,I. Social background II. Life experiences III. Introduction to the masterpiece- The Great Gatsby IV. Influence of the author and the novel,I. Social background,1. The 1920s-American Renaissance the end of the First World War an economic boom, a decep
2、tive affluence a strong sense of social breakdown, a spiritual crisis The Jazz Age/ the Lost Generation 1929, the crash to befall the country,II. Life experiences,1896-1940 Middle-class family Princeton University This Side of Paradise(人间天堂）（1920） Zelda-Daisy Luxury life In the early thirties- tough
3、 time,Break down- loneliness, alcohol,and the awareness that he was exhausting his talent On the brink of despair and disintegration In 1940, he died of heart attack,Main works,This Side of Paradise 人间天堂 1920 The Beautiful and the Damned 美丽与毁灭 1922 The Great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比 1925 Tender Is the Night 夜
4、色温柔 1934 The Last Tycoon 最后的巨头 The Crack-up,Short stories:,Flappers and Philosophers 1920 Tales of the Jazz Age 1922 Taps at Reveille, 1935,III. The Great Gatsby,The gist of the novel The theme A dream a disenchantment a sense of failure and despair Writing style explicit and chilly original in its
5、diction and metaphors, simplicity,gracefulness, symbolism,IV. The Influence of the author and the novel,the most representative novelist of 1920s He himself is the mirror of the time. His works can best reflect the thoughts and feelings in 1920s. one of the great stylists in American literature,Thank you !,
