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1、F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby 施忆亭施忆亭 08022022-5-The Great Gatsby Breif introduction to FitzgeraldFitzgeralds Life Fitzgeralds Major Works2022-5- Breif Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald Born in1896 in a genteely poor family in Minnesota.Died on December, 21, 1944, when he was only 44 years

2、old. 2022-5-l Fitzgerald was the representative figure of the 1920s.l The mirror of the exciting age and spokesman of the Jazz Age.l Fitzgerald is considered a member of the Lost Generation of the twenties. l He never failed to remain detached and foresee the failure and tragedy of the Dollar Decade

3、2022-5-Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age The Jaza Age refers to the 1920s, a time marked by frivolity(轻松快活), carelessness, hedonism(享乐主义) and excitement in the life of the flaming youth. Fitzgerald is largely responsible for the term and many of his literary works portray it. The Jazz Age is brought vivid

4、ly to life in The Great Gatsby. 2022-5-Fitzgerald and American Dream American Dream is a popular belief that people can achieve success, whether it is wealth, fame or love through honest hard working in a new world of liberty, equality, chances and promises. Fitzgeralds fictions often deal with the

5、bankruptcy of the American Dream, which is highlighted by the disillusionment of the protagonists personal dreams due to the clashes between their romantic vision of life and the sordid reality. In the 1920s, the American Dream was bankrupt in the sense that the wealthy people were spiritually disor

6、ientated and morally corrupted. The fact that the rich people turned to be more indifferent and careless brought forth the disillusionment of American Dream2022-5-The Mirror of the Age Fitzgeralds own life was a mirror of the 1920s. He was the victim of his American Dream. He was fascinated with mat

7、erial wealth on one hand by writing hard to accumulate wealth to live an extravagant life, yet was bewildered with the wealth on the other, fully aware of the underlying spiritual disorientation and moral decay. Finally in his life, alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin him. 2022-5- Fi

8、tzgeralds Life “Roaring Twenties” “A moon that never rose” Spokesman of the Jazz Age 爵士乐时代的爵士乐时代的“编年史编年史家家”和和“桂冠诗人桂冠诗人”。 A middle-class family Education:had an expensive education in private schools at Princeton. due to illness and neglect of academic study, he left the university in 1917 without gr

9、aduation.2022-5- Married Zelda Sayre, who exerted a strong influence on his literary career and his personal life. Zelda: the prototype of a series of rich, beautiful women who figure prominently in his fiction. The young couple frequently went abroad and lived extravagantly a luxurious life. To kee

10、p earning enough money, Fitzgerald wrote short stories and novels at a rapid speed. 2022-5- The 1930s brought relentless decline for Fitzgerald with a series of misfortunes: his reputation declined, his wealth fell, his health failed. Zelda had suffered from some serious mental breakdowns which conf

11、ined her in a sanitarium for the rest of her life. Alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin Fitzgerald. He died in 1940 of a heart attack.2022-5- Zelda Sayre While at Camp Sheridan, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre the golden girl. They two were engaged in 1919, and Fitzgerald moved into an apa

12、rtment in New York City to try to lay a foundation for his life with Zelda. Working at an advertising firm and writing short stories,he was unable to convince Zelda that he would be able to support her,leading her to break off the engagement.The couple were married in New Yorks St. Patricks Cathedra

13、l. 2022-5- Fitzgeralds Major Works lFirst novel: This side of paradise 天堂的天堂的这一边这一边(1919)lSecond novel: The Beautiful and the Damned美丽的和可诅咒的美丽的和可诅咒的lFlappers and Philosophers(1920)时髦女时髦女和哲学家和哲学家lTales of the Jazz Age（1922） 爵士时代爵士时代lMasterpiece: The Great Gatsby (1925) 了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比lTender is the Ni

14、ght 1934 夜色温柔夜色温柔 2022-5- The Great Gatsby Author F. Scott Fitzgerald Country United States Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Charles Scribners Sons Publication date April 10, 1925 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN NA & reissue ISBN 0-7432-7356-7 (2004 paperback edition)14

15、Major characters Daisy Buchanan Jay Gatsby Tom Bucnanan Nick Carraway Myrtle Wilson Jordan Baker Wilson cousinneighborcoupleloverlovercouplelover2022-5- ThemeAt the beginning of the story, Gatsby, a poor young man from the Midwest, is in love with but rejected by an upper-class woman, Daisy. He late

16、r attains the wealth by bootlegging and other criminal activities. Yet his fascination with and pursuit of money is but the means of recapturing the past and regaining his lost love. And for him, Daisy is the representation of a kind of idealized happiness. So Gatsbys real dream is that of achieving

17、 a new status and a new essence, of rising to a loftier place in the mysterious hierarchy of human worth. That is why Daisy Buchanan seems so charming to Gatsby and that is why Gatsby has directed his whole life to winning back her love. Yet his dream ended up with Daisys indifference and carelessness. 2022-5- Writing StyleFitzgeralds prose is smooth, sensitive, and completely original in its diction and m