浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的悲剧根源毕业论文

1、浅析了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的悲剧根源毕业论文 毕 业 设 计( 论 文 )任 务 书学生姓名专业班级指导教师课题类型论文设计(论文)题目浅析了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的悲剧根源主要研究内容 菲茨杰拉德的了不起的盖茨比以丰富的想象力和富有诗意的表达方式向读者展示了盖茨比的悲剧根源,有力地抨击了当时美国中上层社会的黑暗。本文拟对了不起的盖茨比中主要人物及其悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭,旨在进一步了解那个时代上层人士的冷漠无情和金钱至上的价值观。文章将主要包括三部分:第一部分将对作者及其小说进行介绍,第二部分分析小说中盖茨比的美国梦,第三部分重点分析盖茨比的悲剧根源-美国梦的破灭。主要技术指标或研究目标 本文

2、将首先对作者及小说进行简单介绍,然后通过分析小说中的重要人物及主人公盖茨比的悲剧根源,以展现菲茨杰拉德如何通过细腻的笔触展示了一幅幅人人都在醉生梦死、追名逐利的社会画面以及无数追求美国梦的人的自私、贪婪和孤独。进度计划 2010年12月10日,召开毕业论文动员大会,分配指导老师,指导老师与所指导学生商讨并确定论文方向;15日,指导老师与学生讨论并拟定论文题目,填写论文题目申请表,报请审批;2011年1月5日,指导老师填写任务书,经系审查后下达给学生;2011年1月5日-2011年1月12日,学生收集资料,准备开题报告,撰写大纲;2011年1月14日, 交开题报告,批准开题;3月10日交初稿;2

3、011年3月20日至5月20日,修改第二稿,第三稿,第四稿并交终稿;2011年5月下旬,导师传阅论文,对论文进行评分;2011年6月上旬进行论文答辩。主要参考文献1 chang, yaoxin. a survey of american literature. tianjing: nankai university press, 1991.2 fitzgerald, f. scott. the great gatsby. qingdao: qingdao press, 2003.3 miller, james e. f. scott fitzgerald-his art and techniq

4、ue. new york: new york university press, 1964.4 tang, soo ping. york notes on the great gatsby. beijing: world publishing corporation, 1989.研究所(教研室)主任签字:2011 年 1月6日河南科技大学毕业设计(论文)开题报告(学生填表) 院系: 外国语学院 2011 年 1 月14 日课题名称an analysis of gatsbys tragic roots in the great gatsby浅析了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的悲剧根源 学生姓名专业班级课

5、题类型论文指导教师职称讲师 课题来源自拟设计(或研究)的依据与意义 依据:美国梦深深根植于美国文化之中,是美国文化的一个重要组成部分。本文通过分析了不起的盖茨比中的主人公盖茨比对美国梦的追求,其理想的破灭和最终的死亡来阐释盖茨比的悲剧根源。 意义:本论文试分析了不起的盖茨比中的主人公盖茨比的悲剧根源美国梦的破灭,深入了解小说中人物对美国梦的追求及价值观对小说主题的揭示作用,以使读者更好地了解20年代美国人的生活,从而进一步挖掘该作品的现实意义及价值。国内外同类设计(或同类研究)的概况综述 了不起的盖茨比是菲兹杰拉德的代表作之一,这部作品无论从思想意义或是艺术水平上来看,都可以称作是美国梦破灭的

6、典型。菲兹杰拉德正是在美国梦的孕育中成长起来的作家,对追逐美国梦可谓有深刻的体会,因此其作品常常注重现实与梦想之间差距的描写,对在追逐美国梦的过程中人们的精神描写有着入木三分的刻画,而代表作了不起的盖茨比不但刻画了主人公是如何实现自己的理想,即如何追逐美国梦,而且也深刻揭露了美国梦破灭后的严酷社会现实。 1924年作品问世之后,得到艾略特的高度评价,被视为“自亨利?詹姆斯以来美国小说迈出的第一步”。美国梦是作者笔下的一贯主题,盖茨比,书中的主角成为了美国梦想的象征。作品独特的艺术风格和写作手法吸引了无数评论家的目光。本文重在通过揭示盖茨比的悲剧根源美国梦的破灭来说明20年代美国上层人士的冷酷无

7、情以及整个社会的价值观的扭曲。 因此对小说中主要人物的社会关系的分析也是深入理解小说主题的新的研究途径。 3. 课题设计(或研究)的内容 本文拟对了不起的盖茨比中主要人物及其悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭,旨在进一步了解美国梦的实质 及那个时代上层人士的冷漠无情和金钱至上的价值观。文章将主要包括三部分:第一部分将对作者及其小说进行介绍,第二部分分析小说中盖茨比的美国梦,第三部分重点分析盖茨比的悲剧根源-美国梦的破灭。 4. 设计(或研究)方法 本文运用的是资料文献法和分类分析法,同时在指导老师的帮助下,细读文本,查阅相关文献以及参考老师提出的意见与建议,对了不起的盖茨比盖茨比的悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭的

8、进行分析,进而深究其对主题的烘托和深化作用。5.实施计划 2010年12月10日,召开毕业论文动员大会,分配指导老师,指导老师与所指导学生商讨并确定论文方向;15日,指导老师与学生讨论并拟定论文题目,填写论文题目申请表,报请审批;2011年1月5日,指导老师填写任务书,经系审查后下达给学生;2011年1月5日-2011年1月12日,学生收集资料,准备开题报告,撰写大纲;2011年1月14日, 交开题报告,批准开题;3月10日交初稿;2011年3月20日至5月20日,修改第二稿,第三稿,第四稿并交终稿;2011年5月下旬,导师传阅论文,对论文进行评分;2011年6月上旬进行论文答辩。 指导教师意

9、见 指导老师签字: 2011年 1 月 15 日研究所(教研室)意见 研究所所长(教研室主任)签字: 2011年1月 16 日河南科技大学毕业设计(论文)题目申请表 (指导教师填表) 院系:外国语学院 研究所(教研室):英语系 填表日期:2010年12月15日课题名称 浅析了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的悲剧根源 课题类型 论文课题来源 自拟学生人数1指导教师职称讲师 学位硕士 主要内容 弗朗西斯?司各特?基?菲茨杰拉德的了不起的盖茨比以丰富的想象力和富有诗意的表达方式向读者展示了盖茨比的悲剧根源,有力地抨击了当时美国中上层社会的黑暗。本文拟对了不起的盖茨比中主要人物及其悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭,旨在进

10、一步了解美国梦的实质 及那个时代上层人士的冷漠无情和金钱至上的价值观。文章将主要包括三部分:第一部分将对作者及其小说进行介绍,第二部分分析小说中盖茨比的美国梦,第三部分重点分析盖茨比的悲剧根源-美国梦的破灭。目标 和 要 求 研究目标:本文将首先对作者及小说进行简单介绍,然后通过分析小说中的重要人物及主人公盖茨比的悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭,以展现菲茨杰拉德如何通过细腻的笔触生动刻画出一幅幅人人都在醉生梦死、追名逐利的社会画面以及无数追求美国梦的人的自私、贪婪和孤独。 要求:1.按进度表安排完成毕业论文; 2.全英文撰写,5000字左右; 3.要求论文内容新颖,结构合理,论点明确,论据充实,论证有

11、力。进度安排 2010年12月10日,召开毕业论文动员大会,分配指导老师,指导老师与所指导学生商讨并确定论文方向;15日,指导老师与学生讨论并拟定论文题目,填写论文题目申请表,报请审批;2011年1月5日,指导老师填写任务书,经系审查后下达给学生;2011年1月5日-2011年1月12日,学生收集资料,准备开题报告,撰写大纲;2011年1月14日, 交开题报告,批准开题;3月10日交初稿;2011年3月20日至5月20日,修改第二稿,第三稿,第四稿并交终稿;2011年5月下旬,导师传阅论文,对论文进行评分;2011年6月上旬进行论文答辩。 完成课题需要的条件说明: 背景条件:国家教育部通过与各

12、大高校领导商讨、探究认为应该大力培养即将毕业大学生的独立思考和分析问题的能力; 基础条件:该生在四年大学本科阶段英语专业知识的学习期间,研修了与其论文相关的课程,已基本掌握了英语论文的写作技巧,并具备了一定的运用所学的理论知识进行实际分析的能力。 其他条件:外国语学院有丰富的相关研究资料,且拥有一定的知识渊博,经验丰富的指导老师;同时本人曾连续指导毕业生论文五届,具有一定的指导经验; ?准备情况: 2010年9月至11月,该生深入学校图书馆和外国语学院资料室广泛阅读有关了不起的盖茨比的评论以及文章,同时还利用互联网等媒介广泛搜索现代国内外学者对小说所做的评论。 2010年12月初,本人对该生论

13、文准备情况进行了检查,听取了该生关于本文写作思路和研究内容的论述,并与该生进行了深入广泛的交流和探讨,对论文的写作提出了一些意见和建议,并推荐一些相关的书籍和论文等参考资料。与此同时,该生还与其他学生广泛交流,虚心接受学生们对其所写论文的意见和建议。 2010年12月中旬,该生进一步对信息进行了整理和分析,初步拟定了一个论文题目范围,然后再有针对性的搜集资料。 2010年12月15日,本人与该生讨论并拟定论文题目,填写论文申请表,报请审批。研究所(教研室)意见: 主任签字: 年 月 日院系意见: 院长(主任)签字: 年 月 日注:1.课题类型一栏填写:工程设计、硬件设计、论文或软件工程。 2.

14、课题来源一栏填写:科研、生产或自拟。 3.本表一式两份,一份由院系保存,一份由研究所(教研室)保存。河 南 科 技 大 学毕 业 论 文题目an analysis of gatsbys tragic roots in the great gatsby浅析了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的悲剧根源 姓名 院系 外国语学院专业 英语 指导教师 2011 年 5月20日abstract francis scott key fitzgerald was a jazz age novelist and short story writer who is considered to be among the gre

15、atest twentieth-century american writers. the great gatsby, one of the finest novel of fitzgerald, is regarded as a brilliant piece of social commentary, offering a vivid peek into american life in the 1920s. in the great gatsby, fitzgerald offers up commentary on a variety of themes ? justice, powe

16、r, greed, betrayal and the american dream, which many chinese and foreign scholars have analyzed. and this thesis mainly analyze the great gatsby from the perspective of gatsbys tragic roots. this paper consists of three parts. partbriefly introduces f.scott fitzgerald and the great gatsby. partmain

17、ly describes gatsbys american dream. part offers three factors to support the reasons of gatsbys tragic roots. from the point of view of gatsbys tragic roots, the paper aims at making people understand this novel more deeply and contributing to building healthy values in todays society.key words: th

18、e great gatsby; american dream; tragic roots摘 要 菲茨杰拉德是公认的二十世纪美国最杰出的爵士时代的小说家。其代表作了不起的盖茨比则被视为最能生动形象地反映美国二十世纪二十年代的社会现实。 在了不起的盖茨比中,菲茨杰拉德提供了众多已被中外学者分析过的主题,如公平,权利,贪婪,欺骗以及美国梦。本论文从盖茨比的悲剧根源这一视角来解读此小说。 本论文包括三部分。第一部分简要介绍菲茨杰拉德和了不起的盖茨比。第二部分主要描述了不起的盖茨比中盖茨比的美国梦。第三部分重点分析盖茨比的悲剧根源。 从盖茨比的悲剧根源这一视角分析,本论文旨在使人们更好的解读此小说,并有

19、助于人们在现代社会建立健康的价值观。 关键字:了不起的盖茨比;美国梦;悲剧根源outlineintroductionthe great gatsby, one of the most famous novel published by f. scott fitzgerald, is about the american dream, and the demise of those who attempt to capture its false goals. different people analyze the great gatsby from different perspective

20、s, while this thesis mainly analyzes the great gatsby from the perspective of gatsbys tragic roots.i. background information 1.1 a brief introduction of f. scott fitzgerald 1.2 an introduction of the great gatsbyii. gatsbys american dream in the great gatsby 2.1 gatsbys pursuit of dream process 2.2

21、disillusionment of gatsbys dream. analysis of the roots of gatsbys tragedy 3.1 class differences3.2 daisys moral characters3.3 gatsbys illegal activitiesconclusion the great gatsby is a great novel, not only for its deep thought and profound theme, but more importantly, also for its social meaning.

22、this thesis tries to analyze gatsbys tragic roots on purpose to offer a window onto the writing device, get a profound understanding of the novel and build healthy values in modern time. introduction written in 1925, f. scott fitzgeralds the great gatsby is often referred to as “the great american n

23、ovel” and as the quintessential work which captures the mood of the “jazz age” fitzgerald was born in 1896 in saint paul, minnesota, and educated at princeton, although he dropped out to join the army before he completed his degree. stationed near montgomery, alabama, he met and later married zelda

24、sayre, a high-strung woman from a family more prominent than his own. his first novel, this side of paradise, published in 1920, was a tremendous critical and commercial success. fitzgerald followed with the beautiful and the damned in 1922, the great gatsby in 1925, tender is the night 1934, and wa

25、s working on the last tycoon 1941 when he died, in hollywood, in 1940. fitzgeralds the great gatsby was not a great success during his lifetime, but became a smash hit after his death, especially after world war ii. it has since become a staple of the canon of american literature, and is taught at m

26、any high schools and universities across the country and the world. four films, an opera, and a play have been made from the text. fitzgerald had an intensely romantic imagination; he once called the great gatsby “a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life”. the great gatsby received mostly po

27、sitive reviews , and critics have viewed it differently in each decade. t. s. eliot once concluded that it was the “first step that american fiction has taken since henry james”. ernest hemingway, who had a lifelong love-hate relationship with f. scott fitzgerald once described scotts talent “as per

28、fect and delicate as the wings of a butterfly”. j.d salinger simply put it “theyre all a bunch of phonies” in this paper, the author will firstly give a brief introduction of f.scott fitzgerald and the great gatsby, analyze gatsbys american dream in the great gatsby and mainly analyze gatsbys tragic

29、 roots- the disillusionment of gatsbys american dream. through the tragic fate of the hero gatsby, this paper shows the deep social crisis and people values and moral values depressing in the jazz era, and presents a loss of life and the disillusionment of the ideal dream in that time.i. background

30、information francis scott key fitzgerald september 24, 1896 ? december 21, 1940 was an american author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the jazz age, a term he coined himself. he is widely regarded as one of the greatest american writers of the 20th century. fitz

31、gerald is considered a member of the lost generation of the 1920s. he finished four novels, this side of paradise, the beautiful and damned, tender is the night and his most famous, the celebrated classic, the great gatsby. a fifth, unfinished novel, the love of the last tycoon was published posthum

32、ously. fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age. the great gatsby proceeded with nicks narration. nick. carraway was born in a western family, going to the developed eastern for his own ideal. nick lived in the west egg of long island

33、 neighboring gatsby. gatsby was very rich and mysterious, and holding extremely luxurious banquet once per week. nick attended gatsbys banquet and made friends with gatsby and understood that gatsbys living here and showing luxury were all for attracting daisy, who was nicks cousin living in the eas

34、t egg, near to the west egg. in the past, gatsby and daisy once fell in love with each other. but later, daisy married a rich boy?tom buchanan. from then on, gatsby made efforts to amass money for winning back daisy. by nicks help, gatsby and daisy ignited their love affair again. but in the conflic

35、t between gatsby and tom, daisy dared not to leave tom. after that, purposelessly, daisy knocked toms mistress-mrs. wilson to die by car. in order to protect daisy, gatsby took the responsibility. however, tom hinted mr. wilson that gatsby was the murderer. so mr. wilson who didnt know the truth kil

36、led gatsby. at last, there were very few people attending gatsbys funeral. meanwhile, daisy and tom became reconciled and gone out for traveling together. nick saw through the indifference of people and left eastern.1.1 a brief introduction of f. scott fitzgerald f. scott fitzgerald was a famous wri

37、ter of his own time. as malcolm cowley once put it, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. the years ticked away while he noted the songs, the shows, the books, the quarterbacks. his own career followed the pattern of the nation, booming in the early 1920s and skidding into near oblivion d

38、uring the depths of the depression. yet his fiction did more than merely report on his times, or on himself as a prototypical representative, for fitzgerald had the gift of double vision. like walt whitman or his own nick carraway, he was simultaneously within and without, at once immersed in his ti

39、mes and able to view them and himself with striking objectivity. this rare ability, along with his rhetorical brilliance, has established fitzgerald as one of the major novelists and story writers of the twentieth century. fitzgerald attended princeton university but was forced to withdraw in 1917 b

40、ecause of poor grades, and later that year joined the army. in 1918 he met zelda sayre, the daughter of an alabama supreme court judge. to prove himself and win her, he rewrote the novel which he had begun at princeton; in 1920 this side of paradise was published and the two were married fitzgerald

41、started writing for periodicals, publishing early stories such as “the diamond as big as the ritz”, later collected in tales of the jazz age 1922. fame and prosperity were both welcome and frightening; in the beautiful and damned 1922, he describes the life he and zelda feared, a descent into ennui

42、and dissipation the fitzgeralds moved in 1924 to the french riviera, where they fell in with a group of american expatriates, described in his last completed novel, tender is the night 1934. shortly after their arrival, he completed his greatest work, the great gatsby 1925, which poignantly expresse

43、s his ambivalence about american life, at once vulgar and dazzlingly promising. some of his finest short stories of this period, particularly the rich boy and absolution, appeared in all the sad young men 1926 the stresses of fame and prosperity led fitzgerald to drink excessively; zelda suffered me

44、ntal breakdowns in 1930 and 1932 from which she never fully recovered, and she spent most of her remaining years in a sanitarium. by 1937 fitzgerald had become a scriptwriter in hollywood; there he met the gossip columnist sheilah graham, with whom he would spend the rest of his life. he told the st

45、ory of his downward slide in the crack-up, published posthumously in 1945. his last work, the hollywood novel the last tycoon 1941, was left unfinished at his death at 44 of alcohol-related causes1.2 an introducation of the great gatsby the great gatsby is fitzgeralds favorite novel, also a most obv

46、ious sign that his thought and style became mature. with strict designing of structure and special narrator, fitzgerald expressed the motif of the disillusion of “american dream”. by the standard of both art and profundity, the novel is the best works of fitzgeraldthe story is set in new york city a

47、nd on long island, in two areas known as west egg and east egg. the story is set in the early 1920s, just after world war i, during prohibition, a time period that outlawed the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages. this is significant not only because gatsbys ill-gotten wealth is

48、 apparently due to bootlegging, but also because alcohol is conspicuously available, despite being illegal, throughout the novel. indeed, the characters are seen drinking expensive champagne-suggesting that the wealthy are not at all affected by these lawsthe social setting is among wealthy, educate

49、d people, those with a good deal of leisure time and little concern about people who are not in their social milieu. nobodys concerned about politics or spiritual matters-but everybody cares about how they are perceived socially. the social climate demands respectability; it asks people to conform t

50、o certain standards. this is one reason why toms flaunting of his mistress is an issue. organized crime enters the picture through the backdoor with jay gatsby. everybody suspects him, but everybody is willing to partake in his lavish parties anyway. the life of ease and luxury is contrasted sharply

51、 with the stranglehold of poverty containing myrtle and george wilson or the life from which jay gatsby emerged. it is also interesting to note that george wilson is the only one who mentions god in the text: religion is notoriously absent from the upper crusts sensibilities. there are two more important contrasts to keep in mind if you want to talk about the geographical setting in the great gatsby. the first is the whole east egg/west egg thing. nick tells us right off the bat that east egg is the wealthier, more elite of the two. despite all his money, gatsby lives in west egg, suggestin