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1、-本科学生毕业论文 题 目 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream了不起的盖茨比和美国梦 系 外 语 专 业 英 语 学生* 王 玉 指导教师 吴辛佳职称助教 论文字数 4824 完成日期 2014年3 月 23日The Great Gatsby and The American DreamWritten by: Wang YuSupervised by: Wu *injiaForeign Languages Departmentof Wanjiang CollegeAnhui Normal UniversityMarch 2014. z.- Ackno
2、wledgements I would like to e*press my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. Firstly, a special acknowledgement should be shown to LecturerFang Qiang, who from whose lectures I benefited greatly. His has taught me for a whole year in the study of the cause of The So
3、ciety and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries An Introduction. Through the studying of this cause, I got a basic prehend about the culture backgrounds of the west countries, and, definitely, it made a great contribution to the further study of the American literature. Secondly, I would like
4、to thank Lecturer Song Yun, who taught me the cause of Selected Reading of British &American Literature. From this cause I got a relative deeper understanding of the American poetries and novels, whats more, it directly does me good in the writing of this thesis. Last but not least, I am particularl
5、y indebted to my Supervisor Wu *injia. From the beginning to the end of writing this thesis, she has shown great patience in checking and approving my thesis, giving me professional suggestions. Last of all, I want to re-e*press my feeling of gratitude to all the person who have given me a hand in p
6、leting this thesis, including my teachers, tutor and classmates. Thanks!. z.-The Great Gatsby and the American Dream AbstractFrancis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent American novelists of the 20th century and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby is listed among the most famous 20th-century
7、American novels considering of its literature merits. The novel mainly tells a tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a man who originally was humble and poor,but finally became e*tremely wealthy through illegal business means. He has devoted all his life into realizing his dream, to pursue his first love Dais
8、y Buchanan, a woman ,who is full of charm but shallow, selfish and aspire money. Truth is that under the general corruptive social circumstance of Jazzy Age, the only answer to Gatsbys dream was impossibility and distinction. The novel portrayed a vivid picture of the 1920s America, such a roaring t
9、ime that the economy was unprecedented flourishing on the one hand and the spiritual aspect was a astonishing desolation on the other. The humanities corruption and destruction, due to their uncontrolled pursuit of material success and plete ignorance of spiritual improvement, caused a confused stat
10、e of that age.This thesis tries to bing The Great Gatsby and the American Dream to reprove that Jay Gatsbys tragedy is ascribed to the harsh reality of American society during the Jazz Age and re-emphasis the inevitability of the disillusionment of American Dream. From the literature world back to t
11、he modern greedy society, The Great Gatsby still has a strong practical significance, to give people a warning that money are not equal to happiness , to call back the traditional American moral value.Key words: American Dream; Fitzgerald; Jazz Age 了不起的盖茨比和美国梦 摘 要 弗朗斯斯科特菲茨杰拉德是二十世纪美国杰出的小说家，他的杰作了不起的盖茨
12、比极具文学价值，被列为二十世纪美国最著名的小说之一。小说主要讲述了一个关于杰盖茨比的悲剧故事。出身卑微而贫穷但最终因非法经营而大发横财的盖茨比，倾其一生去实现他的梦想追求他的初恋情人黛西布坎南，一个外相迷人但肤浅自私的镀金女人。事实上在爵士时代普遍堕落腐败的社会情况下，对于盖茨比梦想的唯一答案是不可能和幻灭。该小说形象地刻画了二十世纪的美国，一个一方面经济达到了空前的繁荣而另一方面精神领域却是极度荒芜的喧嚣时代。因对物质成功的极度追求和对精神进步的完全无视导致人性的堕落和毁坏，造成了那时整个时代的迷茫。该论文将了不起的盖茨比与美国梦相联系，通过对小说人物的剖析和对美国梦的深度研究，重证杰盖茨比
13、的悲剧是爵士时代美国社会的严酷无情所致,更加强调美国梦幻灭的必然性。从文学世界回到贪婪的现代社会，了不起的盖茨比仍然具有强大的现实意义，警告世人金钱不等于幸福，重唤传统美国道德观念。关键词：菲茨杰拉德；美国梦；幻灭ContentsAcknowledgements . .IAbstract .II摘要.IIIChapter 1 Introduction .11.1 Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby. .1 1.2 The Meaning of this Topic.2Chapter 2 The Development of American Dream.32.1 The origin. .32.2 The development.3 2.3 The disillusionment.4Chapter 3 The connection of The Great Gatsby and the American dream.5 3.1 Jay Gatsby and his American Dream.5 3.2 Myrtle Wilson and her American Dream.7Chapter4 Conclusion.
