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1、畢業(yè)論文文獻(xiàn)綜述英語(yǔ)OntheCharacterofGatsbyinTheGreatGatsbyFrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmwritingsoftheJazzAge.HeiswidelyregardedbymanyasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.Fitz
2、geraldisconsideredamemberofthe"LostGeneration"ofthe1920s.Hefinishedfournovels,ThisSideofParadise,TheBeautifulandDamned,TenderIstheNightandhismostfamous,thecelebratedclassic,TheGreatGatsby.Afifth,unfinishednovel,TheLoveoftheLastTycoonwaspublishedposthumously.Fitzgeraldalsow
3、rotemanyshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithdespairandage.TheGreatGatsbyisamasterpieceofFitzgerald’sworks.FirstpublishedonApril10,1925,itissetonLongIsland'sNorthShoreandinNewYorkCityduringthesummerof1922.ThenoveltakesplacefollowingtheWorldWarI.Afteritsrepu
4、blishingin1945and1953,itquicklyfoundawidereadershipandistodaywidelyregardedasaparagonoftheGreatAmericanNovel,andaliteraryclassic.InTheGreatGatsbyFitzgeraldpresentsaverydifferentviewofGatsby.Gatsbyisayoung,mysteriousmillionairelaterrevealedtobeabootlegger,withshadybusinessc
5、onnectionsandanobsessiveloveforDaisyFayBuchanan,whomhehadmetwhenhewasayoungofficerinWorldWarI.Afterthewar,GatsbycameeastandboughthismansionnearDaisyandTom,wherehehostspartieshopingshewillvisit,andthenGatsbyandDaisybeginaloveaffair.AsforGatsby,Daisyisrepresentingasagoalhewa
6、ntstoachieve;therefore,hehasadreamtoliveup.However,thedreamisnotrealandcontributestoGatsby’sdeath.Fitzgerald'sworkandlegendhasinspiredwriters.ThepublicationofTheGreatGatsbypromptedT.S.Eliottowrite,inalettertoFitzgerald,"ItseemstometobethefirststepthatAmericanfictionhastake
7、nsinceHenryJames...”(1993,P310)TherearemanyfamousarticleshavemakedeepstudyonthepersonalitiesofGatsby,especiallytherelationshipbetweenGatsbyandhisdream.CuiShu-chen’sCharacterand4SymbolsinTheGreatGatsby(1995)itissuggestedthatJayGatsbyisthemoststrikingfigureinthenovel,whoisin
8、pursuitofanelusivedreamwhicheventhoughsometimesiswithinhisgrasp,continuessomehowtoevadehi
