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FScottFitzgerald(1896–1940)BorninSt.Paul,Minnesota美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldAspokesmanfortheso-calledJazzAge,settingapersonalaswellasliteraryexampleforagenerationwhosefirstcommandmentwas:Dowhatyouwill.HisnovelssuchasTheGreatGatsby(1925),TenderIstheNight(1934),andTheLastTycoon(1941),amplify详述

themelancholyhediscoveredbeneaththeglitter灿烂

ofAmerican-stylesuccess.美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldJazzAgeAperiodofU.S.historyinthe1920snotedforgeneralprosperity,financialspeculation金融投机,Prohibition,theemergenceoforganizedcrime,thepopularityofjazzandtheopenpursuitpleasures.Itisanepithetappliedtotheeraofthe1920sintheU.S.,whosefrenetic（狂热的）

youthofthepostwarperiodwereconceivedasmorejuvenile（孩子气的）

andhedonistic（享乐主义）

thanthe“lostgeneration”.F.ScottFitzgerald’sTalesoftheJazzAge(1922)wasaclassicrepresentationoftheperiod.美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldProhibition:Enactedin1919(andultimatelyrepealedin1933),thisamendmentmadeitillegalforanyonetomanufacture,sell,ortransportliquorofanysort.美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldCharactersJayGatsby—rags-to-richessuccessstorymakeshimanembodimentoftheAmericandream,idealistic,naïve,DaisyBuchannanTomBuchannanNickCarraway美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldNarrator

NickCarraway:bothasacharacterandthenarratorAsacharacter,heis“within”,involvinghimselfintheactionsofthestory.Asanarrator,heisstandingawayfromthestoryandabletogiveanobjectivepresentationtotheeventsandcharactersofthenovel.How?美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldQuestions

(chapter3)HowareGatsby’sparties?Whatdotheyshow?Whoarehispartyguests?Whatdotheydoornotdointheparities?Whatdoesthisshow?WhatinformationdoyougetaboutGatsbyhimself?WhatistherelationshipbetweenGatsbyandhisguests?AretheredifferencesbetweenNickandotherguests?美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldWhyisthemanwithowl-eyedspectaclesimpressedwiththefactthatthebooksinthelibrariesarereal?Whatdoesheexpect?Whatdoesthefactthathehasbeendrunkforoneweekindicate?Howdoyouunderstandthis?“Iwasenjoyingmyselfnow.Ihadtakentwofinger-bowlofchampagne,andthescenehadchangedbeforemyeyesintosomethingsignificant,elemental,andprofound.”美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldthroughthehaze薄雾

ofalcohol,itseemstobecomesteeped使…充满

inmeaning.Fitzgeraldofferscandid率直的

commentaryintolifeintheJazzAge.Heisofferingharshsocialcriticism,bysuggestingthattheonlywayinwhichasenseofmeaningistobefoundinthistimeisthroughalteringone'ssenseofconsciousness.Throughthepartying,peoplewereabletobringmeaning(regardlessofthefactitmaybefalsemeaning)intotheirotherwisemeaninglesslives.Forthem,drinkingwasanescape,allowingthemtoexitthemundane平凡的

worldandtakepartinsomethingbigger,somethingmoremeaningful.美国文学F·ScottFitzgerald“Itwasoneofthoseraresmileswithaqualityofeternalreassurance...thatyoumaycomeacrossfourorfivetimesinlife."Hissmile,Nickasserts,"believedinyouasyouwouldliketobelieveinyourself,andassuredyouthatithadpreciselytheimpressionofyouthat,atyourbest,youhopedtoconvey….elaborateformalityofspeech……pickinghiswordswithcare.”Indication?awell-craftedappearance.美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldPartofFitzgerald'sstrengthasawritercomesfromhisimagisticstyle.Hiswritingisverysensory感观

-oriented.Whatexamplesofsensory-orientedimagery(sight,taste,touch,smell,sound)canyoufindinchapter3?Whatkindofatmospheredothesedetailshelpcreate?Howdotheyaffectyouasareader?美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldFitzgerald,GatsbyandNickIfGatsbyrepresentsonepartofFitzgerald’spersonality,theflashy俗丽的

celebritywhopursuedandglorifiedwealthinordertoimpressthewomanheloved,thenNickrepresentsanotherpart:thequiet,reflectiveMidwesterneradriftinthelurid可怕的

East.美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldTheme—AmericandreamisanIllusionThelifeGatsbyhascreatedforhimselfisanillusion.Thename:“theGreatGatsby”suggeststhesortofvaudeville

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billingthatwouldhavebeengiventoanacrobat,anescapeartist,oramagician—illusion.Daisyashisdream,hissuccess—unworthy,shallow,immoral—illusion.Theaffluentpartiesareshallow,materialistic,empty—illusion美国文学F·ScottFitzgeraldThestoryisaboutthedecayedsocialandmoralvalues,evidencedinitsoverarching支配一切的

cynicism,greed,andemptypursuitofpleasure.Therecklessjubilance欢呼

thatledtodecadent颓废的

partiesandwildjazzmusic—epitomized成为…的缩影

in

TheGreatGatsby

bythe