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1、TenderIstheNight：Fitzgerald＇sPortraitofa＂DeposedRuler＂Se2006,Volume4,No.9(serialNo.36)US—ChinaForeignLanguage,ISSNI539-8080,USATenderIstheNight:Fitzgerald'sPortraitofa''DeposedRuler''FengqiaoHao'RenfuTang''LangfangTeachersCollegeAbstract:Fitzgeraldtermshishe
2、roDickDiverinTenderIstheNight''adeposedruler".111isessayexploresthesocialcausetohisruinthroughthephilosophyofSpengler.Whenthehistory'sstreamchangescourse,Dick,whoistoocommittedtothepastandtotheoldAmericanmorality,failstoadjusthimselftothedirectionoftheage.He
3、isoutoftunewithhistime.Therefore.heisultimatelydefeatedanddeposedbytherealheroandthebarbaricrulerofthenewage--TommyBarban.Keywords:adeposedruler;oldmorality;anewepockbarbaric1.IntroductionThe1920sinAmericaischaracteristicallythoughtofastheendofanoldworldandt
4、hebeginrdngofanewphaseofhistoryandcivilization.Tobemoreexact,abarbaric,harshandchaoticnewworldemergesfromthedeathoftheoldidealsandidealism.WeshouldexpecttofindthisagetransitionfullyportrayedinthenovelofTenderIstheNightbyFitzgerald.whoisthespokesmanofthe1920s
5、.FitzgeraldtermshisheroDickDiver'deposedruler"(1962:229).Indeed,thisoffersanapproachtothediscussionofDick'sdecline.2.SocialCausetoDick'sRuin2.1Spengler'sprophecyofthedeclineofthewestDicksymbolizesthelaststrongholdfortraditionalvaluesanddiscipline(Lee,1989).F
6、romhisfatherheinheritedhisold.fashioned.formalmannersandwhatFitzgeraldcalled"'goodinstincts'—-honor,courtesy,courage"r1962:102).Hisfather'sinfluenceonhimissoprofoundandpermanentthathereturnsconstantlytotheoldstandardsandiscommittedtooldmoralityallhislife.Des
7、piteallhisextemalcharm,Dickistoocommittedtothepast.toanoldAmericanmorality.Farfrombeingcontemporary,hewasalreadyfaintlyold-fashionedbythetime.Increasinglythroughoutthenovel.Dick'soldmoralprinciplesarenolongerappliedtothenewworld.entireageremainsalientohim.Wh
8、enthehistory'sstreamchangescourse,Dick,whoistoocommittedtothepastandtotheoldAmericanmorality,failstoadjusthimselftothedirectionoftheage.Heisoutoftunewithhistime.Therefore,hisdissipationandfallin
