解读《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦的破灭_英语论文

Analyze the disillusionment of American Dream in ‘the Great Gatsby’

摘要

《了不起的盖茨比》是美国现代小说家费兹杰拉德的不朽之作，其叙述了美国青年盖茨比追逐美国梦并最终破灭的经历。文章阐述了被蒙蔽了现实与理想差距的变质的美国梦的破灭.习近平于2012年参观《复兴之路》展览时，首次提出中国梦，引起了国内外的热议。同时，人们对中国美与美国梦的比较兴趣高涨起来。本文通过对《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦破灭的解读，找出蕴含在其中的对中国梦的实现和发展的重要启示意义。

关键词： 《了不起的盖茨比》;  美国梦; 中国梦

Abstract

“The Great Gatsby”, the masterpiece written by an American modern novelist Fitzgerald, describes an American youth, Gatsby’s experience of chasing his American dream and diluting finally. This paper expounds the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American dream in the novel, which was consequence of the gap between reality and ideal in the American society. In 2012, when president Xi Jinping visited ‘The Road of Revival’ exhibition, the Chinese dream was first proposed, which aroused heated discussion home and abroad. Meanwhile, people’s interest in comparison of the American dream and the Chinese dream gets high. In this paper, the author attempts to analyze the disillusionment of American dream in ‘the Great Gatsby’ and tries to seek significant inspirations for the development and realization of the Chinese dream.

Keywords: the Great Gatsby; American dream; Chinese dream 

Contents

1. Introduction １

2. Literature Review １

3. The American Dream in ‘the Great Gatsby’ ２

3.1 The American dream ２

3.2 The Great Gatsby’s American dreams ４

4. Causes for the Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream ５

4.1 Economic depression ５

4.2 Factors of social environment ６

4.3 Cultural deterioration ６

5、Enlightenment ７

5.1 A comparison between American dream and Chinese dream ７

5.2 Implication ８

6. Conclusion １１

Works Cited １２