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1、AnAnalysisofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsby:FromtheEstablishmenttotheDisillusionment淺談《了不起的蓋茨比》中的美國夢——由建立到破滅中文摘要美國著名作家菲茲杰拉德被稱為“美國夢的代言人”,在他的小說中,我們難以區(qū)分是他的生活如一部小說,還是他的小說就是他的一段真實的生活的寫照,因為他已完全融入其中。尤其是其代表作《了不起的蓋茨比》,文中主人公蓋茨比是為追求美國夢而最終犧牲了自己的典例,他渴望以自己的信念和勇氣來獲取物質(zhì)以及愛情上的收獲,然而由于他的夢想是一種對虛幻的渴望,而不是建立在現(xiàn)實的基礎(chǔ)之上的追求
2、,最終導致了他美國夢的破滅,本論文通過對美國夢和小說創(chuàng)作歷史背景的研究向我們闡述了這一夢想破滅的各種原因,從而展現(xiàn)作品中體現(xiàn)的社會意義。關(guān)鍵詞:美國夢;了不起的蓋茨比;破滅;原因15ABSTRACTF.ScottFitzgeraldistheliteraryspokesmanofthe“AmericanDream”.Hisnovelsincludemanyaspectsofhisuniqueexperiencesinthatperiod.Itisnoteasytodistinguishhisnovelswithhisreallife,becausehisworkshavealrea
3、dyinvolvedhimselfphysicallyandmentally.EspeciallyinhismasterpieceTheGreatGatsby,theherorevealsatypicalexampleofthosewhowereeagertoachievetheAmericanDreambutfinallysacrificedthemselves.AlthoughGatsbydreamsofachievingmaterialwealthandlovethroughhiscourageandhardwork,allkindsofexternalandinternal
4、factorsleadtothedisillusionmentofhishope.ThroughtheanalysisofAmericanDreamandthehistoricalbackgroundofthenovel,thisthesiselaboratesavividpictureofthereasonsleadingtothedisillusionmentofAmericanDreaminordertoshowthesocialsignificanceofthiswork.Keywords:Americandream;TheGreatGatsby;disillusionme
5、nt;reason15TableofContentsINTRODUCTION1ChapterⅠBACKGROUNDINFORMATION21.1FitzgeraldandHisLiteraryWorks2151.2LostGenerationandtheJazzAge21.3TheMainPlotoftheNovel31.4AmericanDream4ChapterⅡTHEESTABLISHMENTANDTHEDISILLUSIONMENTOFGatsby’sAMERICANDREAM52.1TheEstablishmentofGatsby’sAmericanDream52.1.1
6、Gatsby’sDreamofWealth62.1.2Gatsby’sDreamofHighSocialPosition62.1.3Gatsby’sDreamofLove72.2TheDisillusionmentofGatsby’sAmericanDream7ChapterⅢTHEREASONSFORTHEDISILLUSIONMENTOFGatsby’sAMERICANDREAM93.1HypocriticalInterpersonalRelationship93.2TheWorshipofMoney103.3UnrealisticDreamofHighSocialPositi
7、on113.4TheWrongUnderstandingofLove12CONCLUSION13Bibliography14Notes141515AnAnalysisofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsby:FromtheEstablishmenttotheDisillusionmentINTRODUCTIONThethesisisabrieflongitudinalstudyofAmericanDreaminthenovelTheGreatGa